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From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
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Subject: Re: Two cog-eng questions on displayed instructions to the user
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Date: Mon, 31-Oct-83 12:02:41 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 31 12:02:41 1983
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Organization: The Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto
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As well as "enter" and "type", you can tell the user to "press"
or "hit" when a single key is involved. In the CAI we have for law
students, the program usually tells them to "type" an answer and
"press" the RETURN key. I find that if you can, it's a good idea
to highlight RETURN, if the terminal can do it.

A side note: in the courseware I am developing, I decided that "DELETE"
or "RUBOUT" might be a bit confusing for students to remember as the
interrupt key. So I change the interrupt key to ESC, and tell them that
they can use this key to "escape the clutches of the program". (When
the press it they get a menu of choices which includes quit, continue,
move on to a new lesson, comment, etc.)
  I have found this works very well. All the students seem to remember
ESC. What they don't remember is that it's a *key*. I have had to add
a catch in my input routine to catch the typed tring "esc" and remind
the student "If you want to escape, press the *button* marked ESC!".

Dave Sherman
The Law Society of Upper Canada
Toronto
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