Melendez, Awilda


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TEEL 3162 DC Circuits Laboratory Web Page Awilda Melendez a_melendez_upr@hotmail.com March 4, 2002 EdTec - Online Session 4

Problem, need, or opportunity
A course web page offers an excellent opportunity to review laboratory techniques and concepts. Hyper and multimedia are appropriate delivery systems in that they allow students improve their skills and knowledge out of laboratory course hours.
Audience
The main audience would be freshmen students enrolled in DC Theory Circuits Laboratory Course (TEEL 3162) of the Electronic Technology programs. The audience can also include non-freshmen students registered in the program. More than 70% of freshmen students have basic skills on computer literacy.
User's Needs
Interviews and surveys to students provided information about many things that the course web site should include. The needs are: The users wanted to have an opportunity to review laboratory techniques and concepts out of laboratory hours. The users are interested in options that make easier the understanding and how use of any proto board. Also they wanted practice on how to determine continuity in a proto board by measuring resistance between two points using a Digital Multimeter (DMM). They are interested in mastering skills in basic resistive circuit construction in a proto board. The users said that they need more practice in DC parameters measuring techniques, especially, current. Also the users wanted a review on how to determine resistors values. They wanted to learn how to write a conclusion for a technical report. The most important needs of the users were the understanding of the proto board, and the DC measurement of current and continuity in a circuit. Navigation systems will include a topical table of contents an alphabetical index.
Environment
The user will be most likely be accessing the site from their home computer. The site will be available and accessible through the Electronics Department web page. The course home page will have a navigational bar links to the information. The site will not likely have much video or animation. Thus, the user will not need many plug-ins. Since there will be photograph images showing procedures, a high level modem or cable connection will help improve downloading time. A 4.0 browser will also help improve downloading time for the user. A printer would be helpful if the user wanted to make a hard copy of any information on the site.
Resources and Limitations
The resources for the course web site are currently available and self-generated. They are ready to be put into hypertext and hyper-media format. The web page can be updated on the university campus on a semester basis.
General Solution
A course web page will be a great source of information for the students of DC Circuits Laboratory Course. It will serve as another medium to review concepts and laboratory techniques.


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