Student Support, Confidence, Workload, and Video Resources in a New Civil Engineering Graphics Course

Abstract

Through the development of a new course focused on spatial analysis and civil engineering drawings and design, several systems were used for learning management, student response, and video content to improve the educational experience of students and provided feedback to the instructor regarding the performance of the course. The features primarily used in the course were the BlackBoard Learning Management System (LMS), TopHat audience response system, Panopto video platform, and LinkedIn Learning resources.

Challenges of Developing a New Engineering Drawings Course for Civil Engineers

“…Instead the students were shown how to find the software tools that would do the functions they required and learn to understand what the software is doing or asking for. This type of instruction was initially frustrating to students but was overcome with class supports as described in detail in a companion paper [3].…”

“…Classroom technology has been widely used in this course and that use is discussed in a companion paper [3] that discusses the effectiveness of classroom technology to this course offering. Technology that has been used in the course included the learning management system BlackBoard, the audience response system TopHat, the video recording platform Panopto, video tutorials from Lynda.com, and the use of Webex video conferencing during computer laboratories.…”