Course Description Assessment¶
Course: FanPedia: An Intelligent Textbook on Fans & Blowers
Assessed file: docs/course-description.md
Analyzer: course-description-analyzer v0.04
Date: 2026-10-08
Overall Score: 96/100¶
Quality Rating: Excellent. Ready for learning graph generation.
Detailed Scoring Breakdown¶
| Element | Points | Earned | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | 5 | 5 | Clear and descriptive; matches site_name in mkdocs.yml |
| Target Audience | 5 | 4 | Specific (adult professional development) but spans several roles with different needs: sales staff, application engineers, specifying engineers, plant staff |
| Prerequisites | 5 | 5 | Explicit math and unit prerequisites; states that no fan or HVAC background is assumed |
| Main Topics Covered | 10 | 9 | 14 topics covering all five FanPedia sections plus the current catalog product lines and performance basics. Topics 1 and 12 are long lists that pack many concepts into one bullet |
| Topics Excluded | 5 | 5 | Eight clear boundaries (CFD, duct design, VFD programming, field service, pricing, manufacturing, rating tests, other manufacturers) |
| Learning Outcomes Header | 5 | 5 | "After completing this course, students will be able to:" |
| Remember Level | 10 | 10 | 7 specific outcomes |
| Understand Level | 10 | 10 | 7 specific outcomes |
| Apply Level | 10 | 9 | 6 specific outcomes. Several depend on catalog performance tables the learner must be given; no outcome covers applying an accessory or construction choice to a stated condition |
| Analyze Level | 10 | 10 | 5 specific outcomes, including the FanPedia-versus-catalog source check |
| Evaluate Level | 10 | 9 | 5 specific outcomes. Judgments are well framed, but none names the standard or criteria document a learner would cite |
| Create Level | 10 | 10 | 5 outcomes plus a concrete capstone project |
| Descriptive Context | 5 | 5 | Three paragraphs on why fan vocabulary matters, the sources, and the teaching approach |
| Total | 100 | 96 |
Gap Analysis¶
| Element | Gap | Impact on learning graph generation |
|---|---|---|
| Target Audience (−1) | Several job roles in one audience | Low. The generator may pitch some concepts at an engineering level and others at a sales level; chapter depth may vary |
| Main Topics (−1) | Two topics are long lists | Low. The generator still has every item named; it may need to split those topics into more than one taxonomy category |
| Apply (−1) | Accessory and construction choices are not covered at the Apply level | Low. Accessory concepts may land only at the Remember level until Evaluate |
| Evaluate (−1) | No named criteria or standard | Low. Judgments may be framed as opinion rather than against a stated criterion |
Improvement Suggestions¶
These are optional; the score already clears the gate.
- Name the primary reader. For example: "Primary audience: new Twin City Fan sales and application engineers; secondary: representatives, distributors, and specifying engineers." This keeps chapter depth consistent.
- Add one Apply outcome for accessories, such as "Select the accessories required for a stated service condition (wet airstream, hot airstream, leak-tight duty, vibration-sensitive floor)."
- Anchor Evaluate outcomes to criteria. For example: "...against the catalog's stated operating limits for temperature, pressure class, and maximum RPM."
Concept Generation Readiness¶
- Breadth: 14 topics spanning fan families, anatomy, arrangements, impellers, rotation and discharge, housings, drive train, bearings, inlets and outlets, flow control, special construction, installation accessories, performance, and specifications.
- Depth: FanPedia's technical descriptions alone name more than 100 distinct configurations and components (arrangement variants, damper types, inlet box types, bearing and lubrication options, motor positioners, split housing styles, spark-resistant types). The current catalogs add 20 product categories.
- Estimated concept yield: about 250–350 concepts, comfortably above the 200-concept target.
- Concept-type diversity: good. The outcomes call for terminology (Remember), mechanisms (Understand), calculations (fan laws, density corrections), configuration rules (rotation, discharge, motor position), trade-offs (impeller and flow-control comparisons), and synthesis (specifications and the capstone).
Next Steps¶
Score 96 ≥ 85: ready to run learning-graph-generator.