identifying appropriate sources of information
 : Library Catalogue
Task: Library Catalogue
Resource: 
Students' cue card

The simplified computer catalogue contained the 6 screens shown here. All manipulation had to be done by typing commands and pressing return. It was designed for NEMP in Hypercard¨. This catalogue is simpler than conventional school computer catalogues in the following ways:

  • instructions were repeated at the place where the students type, not just in the box at the bottom of the screen;
  • the instructions language was simplified: "type here" instead of "enter here" or "type at the insertion point" for instance
  • a maximum of 5 instructions were given in the box at the bottom
  • the instruction "press return" was repeated where the student type
   
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