Using my.sketchup app (web based) for edu with middle school students

[bbowman]

Hi,

I am brand new to this community and software. I have never used autocad or anything like this.

I’ve been asked to introduce the my.sketchup to 12 and 13 year olds to complete a project.

Here is a brief list of the requirements:

1. Design the interior of the space station
2. Use a cross section to show the various areas of the space station
3. The space station must have various areas including living quarters, medical facility, kitchen etc.

You get the idea I think.

My question: is my.sketchup app the appropriate tool for this project? The teacher wants it to be completed in about 2 class sessions which is why I’m looking at the web based app.

Thanks

[DaveR]

It could be done although two class sessions seems optimistic. Keep in mind that my.SketchUp is still in beta and not all features have been implemented yet. There was a recent thread on the topic of using my.SketchUp in a school setting. It might be worth a read.

I know My.Sketchup is in Beta Form, but

It seems my.SketchUp hasn’t been designed to be used in shared user sessions. It uses extensive caching in your browser’s local storage to avoid redownloading the same stuff. When two students use the same account on the computer, but switch their signin of the online account, the browser cache still contains the same models and confuses SketchUp. To solve the issue, you could clear local storage in the browser’s preferences. I don’t know whether my.SketchUp has a setting not to use local stora…

[bbowman]

@bbowman

Hi,

I am brand new to this community and software. I have never used autocad or anything like this.

I’ve been asked to introduce the my.sketchup to 12 and 13 year olds to complete a project.

Here is a brief list of the requirements:

1. Design the interior of the space station
2. Use a cross section to show the various areas of the space station
3. The space station must have various areas including living quarters, medical facility, kitchen etc.

You get the idea I think.

My question: is my.sketchup app the appropriate tool for this project? The teacher wants it to be completed in about 2 class sessions which is why I’m looking at the web based app.

Thanks

Appreciate your timely response. I’ll check the link and you included.Thanks!