Teacher Feedback

Code Kaleidoscope Testing Questionnaire

For teacher feedback after ethical approval has been agreed.

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Participant Information

You are being invited to give feedback on Code Kaleidoscope, a prototype website designed to support KS3 creative coding and introductory Python concepts. Your feedback will help evaluate the website as a potential teaching tool before wider classroom use.

Participation is voluntary. You may skip any question you do not wish to answer. Please avoid naming individual students or including information that could identify a student.

Data Protection And Confidentiality

This feedback form should be handled in line with the University of Edinburgh's Data Protection procedures, UK GDPR, and the Data Protection Act 2018. The University of Edinburgh is the data controller for personal data processed as part of approved University research.

This questionnaire is designed to collect teacher feedback about the website, not identifiable information about students. Please do not include student names, identifiable student comments, or sensitive personal information.

Data collected: teacher feedback, optional teacher name or initials, teaching context, date, and experience using the prototype.
Purpose: to evaluate teacher experience, usability, stress points, and perceived teaching value of the Code Kaleidoscope prototype.
Access: responses should only be accessed by the student researcher and relevant academic supervisor(s).
Storage: responses should be stored securely using University-approved storage, not personal public folders.
Reporting: findings should be summarised or anonymised so individual teachers or schools are not identifiable.
Retention: keep responses only for the period approved in the ethics review and project data management plan.

For general information about how the University handles research participant data, participants can refer to the University of Edinburgh research participant privacy notice. The University's Data Protection Officer can be contacted at dpo@ed.ac.uk.

Consent

Please tick before completing the questionnaire.

Teacher name or initials (optional) Date

Teaching role/context Subject/age range taught

1. First Impressions As A Teacher

What was your first impression of the website?

Did the purpose of the activity feel clear to you? Yes Partly No

Which part of the website did you understand most quickly? Which part, if any, felt unclear at first?

2. Teacher Usability And Stress Points

Circle one rating for each statement: 1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree.

Statement	Rating	Notes
I found the website easy to navigate.	1 2 3 4 5
I understood what the main controls did.	1 2 3 4 5
The challenge progression was clear from a teaching perspective.	1 2 3 4 5
The live code model would help me explain programming concepts.	1 2 3 4 5
Using the website felt low-stress and manageable.	1 2 3 4 5
I would feel confident introducing this tool to students.	1 2 3 4 5

3. Value As A Teaching Tool

Do you think this would be a useful tool for teaching introductory programming? Why or why not? Which programming concepts do you think it supports best? Would the creative drawing approach help make coding feel more accessible? How might you use this in a lesson?

4. Design, Accessibility And Classroom Fit

Was the visual design clear and appropriate for KS3 students? Were the colours, contrast and layout suitable for a classroom setting? Was there anything that made the website feel cluttered, confusing or stressful to use? What support or explanation would you need before using it in a lesson?

5. Improvement Suggestions

What would you like to see added to make this a stronger teaching tool? What should be simplified, removed or changed? What should stay the same? Any final comments or recommendations?

Overall Judgement

I would use Code Kaleidoscope, or a revised version of it, in a KS3 computing lesson:

Overall judgement Yes Maybe No

Reason