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Ruth Hudgens |
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Amy Evans |
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Hanover College |
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The use of visuals benefits learning (Moore
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Color-coding instructional materials helps
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Hypermedia should be easy to use (Norman, 1990) |
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Peripheral displays impair task performance
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Our goal is to efficiently convert a book to a
CD without losing information while enhancing the learning experience of
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Searching by religion, state, or county narrows
the chance of mistakes in results |
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Results of a search will take several steps to
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Search for a county- choose state®press the next button |
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Choose the topic of interest (# of churches)®press the next button |
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A timeline of dates appears along with a map of
the county |
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Dates on the timeline are linked to the data
related to the desired topic |
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Menu bar is a fast way to find wanted commands-
avoids frustration in new users. |
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Buttons control functions such as back, forward,
show me |
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Step-by-step instructions for specific questions |
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Questions can be typed in a box and answer will
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Tutorial that shows the basic idea of how to use
the CD. |
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If addition help is needed it should be easily
accessible through links. |
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A window with the CD helper should be floating |
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This enables the user easy access to help, and
at the same time it is out of the way. |
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Benefits of visuals and color to learning |
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Easily accessed and interactive index and search |
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Multiple windows to compare figures |
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Help options make CD more user-friendly |
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