Autodesk

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Category: Find & Use

Resource Type: Software Suite

Source: GMIT, LYIT

External Links:
https://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/featured

Provides LYIT students access to a wide range of Autodesk software such as AutoCAD, Revit, Maya, etc. LYIT have no direct relationship between the free software offered to students by Autodesk. This agreement is direct relationship between the student and Autodesk.

Recommended by our Digital Champions:

I have used AutoCAD software for a long time in practice and I now incorporate it into my teaching practice. The fact that all higher education students have access to the AutoDesk suite of software is extremely useful and I can see it being beneficial across many disciplines. There is an array of technical to intuitive modelling capabilities within the AutoDesk suite. I use it for my teaching practice from a technical perspective, but am working towards developing 3D interactive teaching resources to help communicate clearer the transition from 2D to 3D. This is a really useful pedagogical approach which could be adopted across STEM disciplines and further afield.

Irene Hayden

ATU Galway-Mayo

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Ease of Use

 3/5

The tool has a user-friendly interface and it is easy for instructors and students to become skillful with in a personalized and intuitive manner.

Media Rich & Flexible Features

 1/5

The tool is restrictive in terms of the representational forms employed (audio, visual, textual) and presents information sequentially in a rigid, inflexible format

Mobile Design & Functionality

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The tool offers an app, but only for a limited set of mobile operating systems. Tool is not accessible through a mobile browser. Design and functionality of the mobile tool constrained by the limitations of the mobile device.

Integration / Embedding with Moodle

 2/5

The tool can be embedded within Moodle, perhaps with with limited functionality, but can not be fully integrated.

Support / Help

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Technical support and help documentation is available directly from the software providers website and/or built in to the application.

Enhancement of Cognitive Tasks

 1/5

The tool acts as a direct tool substitute with no functional change to engagement in the targeted cognitive task(s)

Metacognitive Engagement

 1/5

There are no opportunities for formative feedback on learning (i.e. lacking opportunities for tracking performance, monitoring improvement, testing knowledge on a regular basis)

Collaboration

 1/5

Communication, interactivity, and transfer of meaning between users is not supported or significantly limited

Sign Up / Sign In

 3/5

Use of the tool does not require the creation of an external account or additional login, such that no personal user information is collected and shared.

Archiving, Saving, and Exporting Data

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There are limitations to archiving, saving, or importing/exporting content or activity data

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