Distance Education Overview » How Do I Use the Training DVDs?
How Do I Use the Training DVDs?
When you first insert one of the training DVDs into an available drive on your computer, a menu will appear displaying links to all required video demonstrations, notes, and sample files.
When you are working with the DVDs, it will be a common practice to have several different applications running at the same time. Use the Windows taskbar to switch back and forth between the various applications. Typically, you would expect to see the DVD Menu, Acrobat reader for the notes and sample drawing PDFs, the player for the video demonstrations, and AutoCAD or Revit for trying the exercises.
One of the unique features of a self-paced, DVD-based training series is the ability to support a variety of learning styles and you may choose to explore the material on the DVDs in any order that you desire. The lectures and demonstrations have been divided into a series of short segments with the first few videos for a particular lesson exploring general concepts and theories, and the last few videos showing demonstrations of the practice and assignment drawings that are required.
Depending on your learning style you might choose to skip the theory lectures and go right to the drawing demonstrations before creating the drawings yourself. Return to the notes and theory demonstrations as required.
Another approach might be to view the theory demonstrations and then try the practice drawings on your own, returning to the drawing demonstrations later if you run into problems.
The best approach to gain a thorough understanding of all of the course material would be to read all notes, view all videos, and create all required drawings.
How Do I Use the Downloadable Content?
The course and lesson downloads contain all of the material normally found on the training DVDs. Extract the downloaded lesson zip file to a folder. Inside each lesson folder, you will find a series of video files which may be played with the included video player. All other notes and support files required for that lesson will also be available.