Scanner is a digital demonstrator of a laser scanner developed by Steven Kangisser and Abhishek Shankar. The demonstrator provides students an opportunity to gain hands-on learning experience by replacing a physical instrument. This is valuable  when such physical devices are not available. The digital demonstrator is applied in a building construction scenario. The intent of this digital device is to serve as a testbed for other digital demonstrators, primarily for STEM education.  

Scanner enables equipment access to students in remote learning environments or in situations where access to equipment is restricted. Scanner can also be used as an instructional tool in a classroom setting to showcase the functionality of the physical instrument. 

The digital demonstrator has two modes, access mode and assessment mode. The access mode is an unrestricted mode aimed at instructional and practice usage. This mode has full access to the digital demonstrator and has no constraints on the device settings. All the settings can be toggled on and off to show the operation of the laser scanner. The assessment mode is a restricted functionality mode aimed at enabling instructors to assess student proficiency in the operation of the laser scanner device. This mode can be used for evaluation at both the formative and summative stages of assessments. While in this mode, the user has a randomly assigned scenario that they must navigate. Access to settings not pertaining to these scenarios are restricted in this mode.  

Links to the digital demonstrator documentation, interactive device in the access mode, and the interactive device in the assessment mode follow;  

Digital Demonstrator Documentation 

https://abhishekshankar.gitbook.io/scanner/ 

Access Mode 

https://bit.ly/mode-access 

Assessment Mode 

https://bit.ly/mode-testing