Improving engineering students' skills using a digital storage oscilloscope using multimedia resources

Currently, students at Edith Cowan University (ECU) studying engineering utilise a laboratory worksheet with written instructions to follow in all experiments. This can be restrictive as most laboratory sessions are limited by time and the written instructions can be misinterpreted by some students. To overcome this issue, a multimedia presentation was developed to reduce the workload of students during the pre-laboratory phase and the burden on the laboratory demonstrators during laboratory session. Our verbal feedback, from laboratory demonstrators, is that students have traditionally struggled with the basic usage of the Digital Storage Oscilloscope (DSO). A video tutorial has been created with the primary purpose for utilisation in first year engineering courses at ECU where students have the most difficulty, and reusability in later years when students need to review their knowledge and skills.