The present time can be characterized as an era of digital revolution which has resulted in a creativity burst in different design applications. Rapid advancements in Information Technology (IT) are still under way and are widely used to communicate architectural design projects. The paper deals with an exploration of some elements of IT, how they can be integrated into both architectural design process and university curricula. In academic courses contemporary CAAD knowledge basically are about the development of computer aided creative and problem solving skills in context with fast changing CAAD media. It becomes more difficult to teach the common principles behind individual software which is general and will most likely survive ever-changing software versions. Limited university class contact hours for the subjects do not allow developing of detailed courses for training particular software. A case study is presented about the evaluation of the promptitude of the architectural students for the self sufficient problem solving tasks. Statistical analysis of the data revealed strong linear correlation between the time to complete particular exercise and preliminary CAD competence level among the students, thus clearly demonstrating the importance of CAD training in effective use of software.