ECE3400 Fall 2017
How to Make a Tutorial
By Kirstin Petersen, August 8th 2017
We’d love for more inputs to improve the website. The goal is to eventually have so much information online that students with any background could do well in the class.
Making a tutorial is also a good way to catch up on credits if you are falling behind in class. Please contact the instructor and agree on a suitable tutorial before beginning!
Quick tips for making tutorials
- Tutorials can be either a manual on how to do something (use a program or a design technique), or a walk-through example of how to do it. We are especially looking for good ideas for the latter.
- Tutorials should be kept short and to the point - no one wants to read a lengthy document.
- Tutorials should include lots of helpful pictures. If possible, video tutorials are even better!
- Tutorials shouldn’t just include strategies that work, but also comments on what doesn’t work.
- Tutorials must start with the name of the class (# ECE3400 Fall year), the title of the tutorial (## title), and the date and contact information of who made the tutorial (name, date).
- Don’t do double work! Google the topic, if a good tutorial already exist, link to it instead. If you want to improve an existing tutorial that can be arranged too.
Needed tutorials
Here are some tutorials we would like to add to the website. This is not a complete list, feel free to suggest more topics!
- Good line following with PID control
- How to use other freeware CAD-programs
- How to make pretty websites in markdown/html
- How to make an analog filter
- How to make a digital filter
- How to make a low noise amplifier
- How to make your own motor controller for DC motors
- Example video of how to design and layout a small PCB
- Example of how to easily calibrate IR sensors
- How to use an oscilloscope
- How to make a visual program in Python
- How to make a good tutorial video
- etc….