Get started in the classroom with Docs and BIM Collaborate

These exercises are intended to be used in a classroom setting in which a teacher is providing instruction of Autodesk Construction Cloud workflows to students. There are several in-depth Autodesk resources that can be referenced before starting in on these exercises and can be helpful in facilitating the instruction. Those references are listed in the Next Steps section.

Before beginning these exercises, it is assumed that your teacher has created an Autodesk Construction Cloud project for you. If you are not in an instructor-led class, you will need to create a project first and upload the required dataset files available in the Module Downloads.

If your teacher has set up the project for you, it is important to note the following:

1. The datasets used in the exercises should be accessed from Autodesk Construction Cloud after your teacher has set up the project for you. Instructions for accessing the datasets are included below.
2. In order to access the datasets, you will need access to the Autodesk Construction Cloud services, Autodesk Docs and Autodesk Build. It is assumed that your teacher has provided this access for you.
3. Your teacher will also provide you with the necessary folder access permissions for using the project files.

Access Autodesk Construction Cloud projects and files       

Instructions for students in an instructor-led class

In advance of using these exercises, teachers will need to have set up their classroom according to the instructions found in the Teaching Supplements downloads for this project.

1. Account sign-in: Sign in to the Autodesk Construction Cloud.
2. Project list: Students should see the default view on screen as shown below (Figure 1). Confirm that your Autodesk profile name appears in the top-right corner of the screen (Figure 1, mark 1).
3. Open project: From the project list, select the project that your teacher created (Figure 1, mark 2).

Note: Please refer to Online Help for a complete listing of viewable file formats.

4. Confirm active project: In the project selector (Figure 2, mark 1), verify the active project is correct.
5. Open Autodesk Docs: From the product picker in the top-left corner of the screen, select Docs (Figure 2, mark 2).
6. Access files: Click Files from the navigation menu (Figure 2, mark 3) and view the subfolders set up by your teacher.
7. Access folders: Click the Project Files folder (Figure 2, mark 4).
8. Open project files: Click the file to open it in the web browser environment (Figure 2, mark 5).

Note: Only the projects to which you have been invited will appear in this listing. If you do not see your project, please contact your teacher for project access.

Tip: Test your knowledge on the topics in these exercises by taking the quiz.

Instructions for self-paced learning

If you are not in an instructor-led classroom and want to use the exercises, you can download the dataset files from the Module Downloads section for this project. Note that you will need to create a project first and upload the dataset files to use in these exercises. In your newly created project, create a folder in which to upload the datasets and name it Class Project. Refer to the Online Help for further details on creating a project.