On Line Microsoft Project Tutorial For Engineering And Technology Students

Abstract

This paper explores a designed online instructional tool to tutor engineering and technology students on how to utilize the Microsoft Project software to create a project plan which is one of the important elements in project management. Students in the engineering programs and in the technology program at Ohio Northern University are required to utilize Microsoft Project to construct a plan for their senior design projects. There are no any dedicated lectures to teach students or to show them how to use this software. Students need to learn it on their own. The tutorial shows students all the involved steps in project planning and how to insert each task to develop the plan. This tutorial allows students to learn on their own and it is advantageous due to its self-paced. The information and data collected from survey and questionnaires was analyzed and used for the evaluation of the effectiveness of this media based instructional tool. Students have responded favorably to and expressed their satisfaction with the developed tool.