Brooksby Melton College - Q Project

Staff training in the use of Digital Video for teaching and

learning

Ben Williams

ILT Coordinator

Example 1 – ICT

Installing a soundcard

Mark Lamb

ICT Lecturer

Installing a Sound Card

Step 1Earth yourself and ensure the power supply has been removed.

Step 2Remove outer case from CPU to allow access

Step 3Place the sound card on top of a chosen slot. Gently push down the cardso it sits into position, screw the card onto the case

Installing a Sound Card

Step 4If the computer has a CD Rom drive fitted, its audio output can beconnected to the sound card.

Step 5Re-assemble the case, attach speakers to the card’s output socket andswitch on.

Sound card installation

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Example 2 – Automotive Engineering

Vehicle Tracking Adjustment

John Jones

Automotive Lecturer

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Example 4 – Agricultural Service Engineering

The Mobile Dynamometer

Phil Spencer

Agricultural Service Engineering Lecturer

Lecturer

The Dynamometer

It is important to ensure that a vehicle is running at optimum power and efficiency

A key consideration is whether the engine is producing the expected amount of power

In order to measure this we use a Dynamometer

Put simply, a dynamometer places a load on the engine and measures the amount of power that the engine can produce against the load

The dynamometer is attached at some point in the drive train (in agricultural equipment this is normally a secondary drive shaft)

The engine is then run at a set rpm

Next the dynamometer is used to apply a load to the engine. The amount of load applied is then varied to reduce the rpm to different speeds. The load the engine can support at a given rpm is then used to calculate the power output at that speed.

The dynamometer actually measures the torque of the engine.

To calculate the equivalent horsepower you simply multiply torque by rpm/5,252

Setting up a mobile Dynamometer

Work in progress• Setting up video editing equipment at the second

campus• Rolling out DV training as part of the ILT staff

development programme• Providing guidelines/instructions on the college

Intranet system• Looking into DVD production for longer video• Working with the media dept. to see if students

can be given assignments to produce instructional video for BMC as part of their courses

• Optimising DV streaming over the college network