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Counseling Software Evaluations:
Connect for Success
reviewed by: Cordelia Wright (SMCC); John Hanson (PC)

evaluation summary
1. Overall, how would you rate this program?

|X| Excellent       | | Good       | | Fair       | | Poor

Good specific skills. Good practice. Testing is reinforcing and not obvious. Students could have a great tutorial with this. Useful for training advisors and people with attitudes or poor communication skills.
2. Please describe specific strengths, weaknesses, and/or limitations of the program.
Good layout, sequence, explanations, exercises, icons, and relevant aspects of interpersonal communication. Good for provocative thinking. The voice and motion was uncoordinated.
3. Would you recommend this program?

|X| Yes       | | No

4. If you indicated "yes" to Question 3 above, in what settings would you use this program?

|X| Courses: Male/Female Communication + COM110.
|X| The Learning Lab:
|X| Client Counseling situations:

Quality of Program Components
Defintely
Yes		 Somewhat Defintely
No
5 4 3 2 1 N/A
1. The program directions are clear.
Occasional confusion for one of us but mostly clear.		 |X| | | | | | | | | | |
2. Students can easily use the software independently.
Offered options which were ultimations.		 | | |X| | | | | | | | |
3. The purposes of the program are clearly communicated. |X| | | | | | | | | | |
4. The program content is accurate. |X| | | | | | | | | | |
5. The content is appropriately sequenced.
Yes, but there was little feedback in lesson one that confused lesson two.		 | | |X| | | | | | | | |
6. The program content is up-to-date. |X| | | | | | | | | | |
7. The information provided in the feedback is helpful.
In lesson 2, yes. Lesson 1, no. There was no explanation when the wrong or right answer were shown to explain why it was correct or incorrect etc., thereby confusing "region" test identified in lesson 2.		 | | |X| | | | | | | | |
8. The tone and style of the program are appropriate for community college students. |X| | | | | | | | | | |
9. The program's visual presentation is appropriate for community college students. |X| | | | | | | | | | |
10. The program represents the diversity of our student population.
No mention of racial communication differences in US and perceptions of "native language". No African-American or Hispanic or Indian representatives shown or discussed.		 | | | | | | |X| | | | |
Ideas For Uses of the Software
Uses in the classroom:
How would you use this program or a particular part of this program in a classroom lesson? (List and explain the specific steps you would do so that another faculty member could clearly understand how to use this program in the classroom)

We would use it generally in class lectures and subsequent tutorial.

Uses in the Client Counseling:
How would you use this program in a client counseling situation? (List and explain the specific steps you would do so that another counselor could clearly understand how to use this program in a client setting)

Along with personal counseling as a tool in the beginning sessions with students who are conflicted, heavily emotional, or poor communicators (i.e. abusive men).