autodesk.blogs.com: Have you ever had to train someone else on how to do something in software using text, images, or even video? I bet the majority of you have, and while videos with narrations are a great way to train someone especially over the web the actual details and technical steps of what you are doing are sometimes not included in the narration or clear enough in the video or text instructions.
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This tool looks like a very useful way to learn AutoCAD- not equal to a real person teaching you, but a good way to learn the basics or the use of new tools. I looked at a few demo videos, and it is useful because there is not only a narration and video demonstration, but a running track at the bottom that shows the actions taken in order and the products that resulted- it is essentially a log of everything clicked on during the course of making the drawing.
The one drawback I can see to this method of teaching is that it teaches you a way to make a specific thing- a set of stairs, a 3D gear, or a weldment. While there are also more general tutorials such as how to make an elevation, it might be hard to get a thorough general knowledge of how the program works through solely these videos. For example, if I had no knowledge of CAD and then watched some videos, I would know how to make a gear that looked a specific way, but I might have trouble applying that knowledge to different projects and using the program independently of the videos.
I think that this could be an incredibly useful tool if used and translated in an efficient way. Because AutoCAD is such a widely used and demanded product, a tool such as this could be seriously beneficial to new and upcoming AutoCAD users. This program is especially great because along with the standard narration and video, it also shows the keystrokes and options used to create the desired product which could be extremely beneficial to someone without an instructor.
This reminds me of how difficult it was to teach the new soldiers in my unit to use our computer programs.
Because military service is only 2-3 years, you really want to get the most out of each soldier. Therefore, you want to teach them how do use the programs as quickly as you can while still having them understand everything.
We would always try to think of ways to better our teaching tools so that we would get more professional soldiers.
This Auto desk project just reminds me of how hard it really is to teach someone a new complex computer tool..
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