The Engineering Graphics Tutorials and Lecture Presentations by Stephen W. Crown, Ph.D. provides students with quality step by step tutorial instruction in the use of AutoCAD as part of a complete engineering graphics course. The set of four CDs includes 15 Screen Cam movies which walk the student through the basics of AutoCAD, a 5 to 10 minute screen capture video of the solution to every homework problem assigned in AutoCAD, games and quizzes which emphasize significant course material, and stand-alone lecture presentations used for the online course or student review. The material serves as a stand-alone course, however, its format is such that it can be easily edited to fit an instructor's personal teaching objectives or used in part to supplement existing course material. Keywords: engineering drawings, engineering graphics, spatial reasoning, solid modeling.
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Engineering Graphics Instructional Materials Abstract from paper published in the ASEE Journal of Engineering Education (July 2001): "A number of web-based games were created using simple JavaScript code to teach visualization skills needed for a course in engineering graphics. The games are part ofa comprehensive multimedia instructional CD-ROM/web page that consists of an integrated web site with links to hours of tutorial movies, lecture presentations of class lectures, and a series of interactive web-based quizzes. The web-based games provide an interactive graphics based introduction to engineering graphics and a class design project. In addition, several games are devoted to the development of visualization skills in the areas of multiview drawings and pictorials, auxiliary views, the manipulation of objects and coordinate systems in a 3-D coordinate space, and dimensioning and tolerancing. The games provide an interactive learning experience for students where tutorial animations specific to the students needs are interjected into the games. The feedback based on student input in the games allows the students to learn and apply new concepts simultaneously. The impact of the game pages on student understanding and the development of visualization skills have been positive as evidenced by improved performance on exams and positive feedback on surveys. The overall effectiveness of the instructional CD has also been positive, and this continues to be used and expanded."
