Biennial teaching room survey 2008 Teaching Room Audit

The General Teaching Rooms Advisory Group (GTRAG) consists of
representatives from Registry, ITS, Regional Facilities Management, 
Regional Registrars, and an Academic Staff member from each of the
campuses.
= GTRAG has oversight of the development and operations of general
teaching
= rooms across the University.

One of the functions of GTRAG is to conduct a biennial audit and user
satisfaction survey on the state of the teaching room facilities.

The purpose of the Audit is to obtain a snapshot of the teaching =
facilities across the whole university on a room by room basis. The
audit
will be = held during the semester 1 break so that results are available
in
a timely fashion to inform decisions being made in the annual capital
funding = rounds.

A vital part of the Audit process is the opportunity for input from the
users of the lecturing facilities.=20

Teaching facilities specific to any department (such as labs, =
departmental
seminar rooms, etc) are NOT included in this process.=20

The audit considers the following aspects of each teaching space (where
applicable):

	Fitness for Purpose (Good, Satisfactory, Unsatisfactory)=09
	General Observation
	Access
	Acoustics
	Lectern/Control Panel
 	Computer
	Disability enabled
	Lighting
	Seating and Desks
	Sight Lines
	Teaching Wall
	Obvious Hazards
	Screens
	Projectors
	Sound
	Other Comments

GTRAG requests submissions from the academic community on any aspects of
=
the teaching rooms. Submissions should be as specific as possible and
should
= be on the accompanying form attached to this email. Positive feedback
is =
also welcome for the purpose of informing any future lecture theatre =
development.

Submissions must be received by April 11th 2008 and should be sent to:

Albany Campus:=20
Dr John Harrison (Chair GTRAG)
j.w.hpzrkrpy@massey.ac.nz


