Creating interactive on-line instruction

Author

Hewes, Jeremy ; Hills, Mimi ; Miyake, James ; Sleeter, Melissa

Author_Institution

Instructional Products, Apple Comput. Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

28 Sep-1 Oct 1994

Firstpage

446

Lastpage

451

Abstract

The Apple Guide interactive instructional system was designed and developed by the Instructional Products group at Apple Computer. This effort consisted of simultaneous creation of three separate components: a system extension, or “engine,” that provides the interface and features of the system; a set of Guides, or databases, that contain the instructions; and a set of tools for authoring and compiling the databases. The paper describes Apple Guide and offers examples, potential pitfalls, and tips for creating such a complex instructional system

Keywords

Apple computers; computer aided instruction; human factors; interactive systems; user interfaces; Apple Computer; Apple Guide interactive instructional system; authoring; databases; instructional system; interactive on-line instruction; interactive online instruction; system extension; Communication system control; Computer aided instruction; Control systems; Displays; Engines; Magnesium compounds; Performance evaluation; Spatial databases; System testing; Terminology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Professional Communication Conference, 1994. IPCC '94 Proceedings. Scaling New Heights in Technical Communication., International

Conference_Location

Banff, Alta.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1936-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPCC.1994.347484

Filename

347484