NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE
COURSE SYLLABUS 

 

Course Title:	Basic Computer Aided Drafting
Course Prefix & Number:		DFTG1309	Section Number:	340	Semester/Year:	SP19
Semester Credit Hours:		3	Lecture Hours:	32	Lab Hours:	32
Course Description (NCTC Catalog): Detail drawings with proper dimensioning and tolerances, use of sectioning techniques, pictorial drawings, including bill of materials.
Course Prerequisite(s): None
Required Course Materials: Tutorial Guide to AutoCAD 2018 Author: Lockhart ISBN-10: 1-63057-120-2

 

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

Name of Instructor:	Brandon de la Torre
Campus/Office Location:	Corinth/Room 210
Telephone Number:	940.536.3786
E-mail Address:	bdelatorre@nctc.edu

 

 

OFFICE HOURS

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
If you need to meet at a different time, please schedule an appointment. If you need a face to face meeting, you must email to make arrangements. Please do not text or call the cell number in this syllabus other than the times listed as office hours. The instructor is not available on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Any questions sent on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday will be answered on Monday. It is important that you read your assignments at the beginning of the week so your questions can be answered early.

 

 

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

Identify terminology and basic functions used with CAD software

Use CAD hardware and software to create, organize, display, and plot/print working drawings

Use file management techniques

 

 

GRADING CRITERIA

# of Graded Course Elements	Graded Course Elements	Percentage Values
3	Exercises	35
4	Exams	20
1	Term Project	20
15	Discussion Posts	25

 

Grading Scale

90-100%-A

80-89%-B

70-79%-C

60-69%-D

59% and Below F

 

 

TENTATIVE COURSE SUBJECT OUTLINE (Major Assignments, Due Dates, and Grading Criteria)

Week 1 (1/22 - 1/27)	Student Introduction Discussion Post	points
Week 2 (1/28 - 2/03)	Watch videos under Introduction To AutoCad (4 videos) Reading from textbook- GS1-1,GS2-1, (GS3-1 optional), and INTRODUCTION 1 pages 1-56 Participate in the discussion noted as Reading Review #1	points
Week 3 (2/04 - 2/10)	Watch the following videos (UNITS, ZOOM, LINE, CIRCLE, OFFSET, TRIM and EXTEND). (These videos can be found under Basic CAD Functions/Commands ) Start the selected Exercises 1.1- 1.11 under the Assignments Participate in the discussion noted as Challenges	points
Week 4 (2/11 - 2/17)	Complete the Reading Exam Chapter 1 Participate in the discussion noted as Line Types	points
Week 5 (2/18 - 2/24)	Continue working on Exercises 1.1-1.11 Complete the selected Exercises 1.1- 1.11 under the Assignments Participate in the discussion noted as CAD Types #1	points
Week 6 (2/25 - 3/03)	Complete the Exam #1 Basic AutoCAD Commands  (see below) Participate in discussion noted as AutoCAD Commands	points
Week 7 (3/04 - 3/10)	Reading from textbook- Tutorial 2 BASIC CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES, pages 57-92 Participate in discussion noted as Reading Review #2	points
Week 8 (3/11 - 3/17)	SPRING BREAK: Enjoy your break
Week 9 (3/18 - 3/24)	Watch videos (LAYERS, HATCH, MIRROR, MOVE, ROTATE, ARRAY, ARC, ELLIPSE, CHAMFER and FILLET) under Basic Cad Functions/Commands Start the selected Exercises 2.1M-2.11 under the Assignments Participate in the discussion noted as Industries that use AutoCAD	points
Week 10 (3/25 - 3/31)	Complete the Exam #2 AutoCAD Commands (see below) Participate in the discussion noted as CAD Types #2	points
Week 11 (4/01 - 4/07)	Complete the selected Exercises 2.1M-2.11 under the Assignments Complete the Reading Exam Chapter 2 Start the selected Exercises 3.1-3.12 under the Assignments Participate in the discussion noted as Hand vs. Computer	points
Week 12 (4/08 - 4/14)	Continue working on Exercises 3.1-3.12 Participate in the discussion noted as Renderings	points
Week 13 (4/15 - 4/21)	Review the requirements for the final project and proceed with assignment Participate in the discussion noted as Final Project	points
Week 14 (4/22 - 4/28)	Complete Exercises 3.1-3.12 Work on the Final Project Participate in the discussion noted as Drafting Positions	points
Week 15 (4/29 - 5/05)	Watch the remainder of the videos under Basic Cad Functions/Commands Work on Final Project Participate in the discussion noted as Managing Layers	points
Week 16 (5/06 - 5/12)	Work on Final Project Participate in the discussion noted as Architects vs. Engineers	points
Week 17 (5/13 - 5/16)	Turn in Final Project	rubric

*Schedule may be changed at Instructors discretion as semester progresses

 

SEMESTER SCHEDULE

22 Jan - Class begins

04 Apr - Last day to drop course with a “W”

11-16 Mar - Spring Break

11-16 May - Final Exams

17 May - Term ends

 

ATTENDANCE POLICY

NCTC does not have an attendance policy for online classes. Instead, discussion posts are used to evaluate participation in the class.

 

 

DISABILITY SERVICES (Office for Students with Disabilities)

The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) provides support services for students with disabilities, students enrolled in technical areas of study, and students who are classified as special populations (i.e. single parents).

Support services for students with disabilities might include appropriate and reasonable accommodations, or they may be in the form of personal counseling, academic counseling, career counseling, etc.  Furthermore, OSD Counselors work with students to encourage self-advocacy and promote empowerment. The Counselors also provides resource information, disability-related information, and adaptive technology for students who qualify.

If you feel you have needs for services that the institution provides, please reach out to either Wayne Smith (940) 498-6207 or Yvonne Sandman (940) 668-4321.  Alternative students may stop by Room 170 in Corinth or Room 110 in Gainesville.

 

 

CORE CURRICULUM FOUNDATIONAL COMPONENT AREA

o Communication
x Mathematics 
o Life and Physical Science
o Language, Philosophy & Culture
o Creative Arts

o American History
o Government/Political Science
o Social and Behavioral Sciences
o Component Area Option

 

REQUIRED CORE OBJECTIVES

o Critical Thinking
o Communication 
o Empirical and Quantitative

x Teamwork 
x Personal Responsibility 
o Social Responsibility

 

COURSE TYPE

o Academic General Education Course (from ACGM but not in NCTC Core)
o Academic NCTC Core Curriculum Course 
x WECM Course

 

 

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY

Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, academic falsification, intellectual property dishonesty, academic dishonesty facilitation and collusion.  Faculty members may document and bring charges against a student who is engaged in or is suspected to be engaged in academic dishonesty.  See Student Handbook, “Student Rights & Responsibilities: Student Conduct ([FLB(LOCAL)]”. 

Consequences for academic dishonesty may include:

• Zero for assignment
• Dismissal from course for the semester

 

 

QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, or COMPLAINTS

Name of Chair/Coordinator:	Cherly Gary-Furdge, Ph.D
Office Location:	Corinth Campus 2nd Floor Suite 239 - Office 234
Telephone Number:	940-498-6238
E-mail Address:	cfurdge@nctc.edu
Name of Instructional Dean:	Debbie Huffman
Office Location:	Gainesville Career Technology Building
Telephone Number:	940-668-3357
E-mail Address:	dhuffman@nctc.edu

 

 

MAKE UP WORK AND LATE ASSIGNMENTS

Neither make-up exams nor quizzes will be given. Course work will not be accepted late. You have time to complete your assignments and it is important that you do so. If you have a problem uploading an assignment and choose to email it to me, it must be time stamped before 11:59 p.m. Sunday of the week assigned.

Discussion posts differ from this schedule slightly. For any discussion posts that require replies from other students, your discussion post must be uploaded by Wednesday at 11:59 pm. This allows time for your classmates to reply and for you to respond to those replies. These replies must be completed by Sunday at 11:59 pm as the discussion post will close at that time. I am NOT forcing you to respond to a particular amount of replies to your post at this time; if I see that majority of the class is not responding to replies, I will make a change and start grading them with a requirement of responding to two (2) replies to your post. These are called "discussion" posts for a reason, it is to simulate a class discussion, so let's strive for that.

 

 

OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION

 

INSTRUCTOR'S AVAILABILITY

The online environment can be a little confusing and many of you may feel that because the class is online and is available 24/7, the instructor is also available 24/7. To clear up this misunderstanding, please note the following:

The instructor will be available to answer any questions you may have during the times listed in the office hours above. The instructor will try to contact you back as soon as possible when emailed outside of these hours, but please note that the instructor has 24 hours to respond.  

 

EMAILS

Emails must be sent through the Canvas messenger. Students should not email the instructor from personal email accounts, nor should emails be sent to the instructor's NCTC email address. All emails will be responded to within 24 hours unless on the weekends.

 

TEXTING

Please only text the instructor for immediate issues with access to an exam or quiz. General questions should be sent through Canvas.

 

FILE UPLOADING

Please only upload PDF files of assignments. Do NOT try to upload DWG or DXF style of files. The file is restricted to PDFs only and any other file type will not be graded.