I'm starting to get ideas. If it relates to how the nature of the input affects interface design, that can help. e.g.<br><br>- Boolean data or mutually-exclusive data options - use radio buttons.<br>- Bounded data (e.g. between 0 and 100) - use a slider/scrollbar.<br>
- Strictly formatted data (e.g. credit card number) - use a masked edit textbox.<br><br>Maybe...<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 August 2012 14:19, Mark KELLY <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all. I really, really disliked trying to write a page about "<b>SD U3O2 KK05 - formatting and structural characteristics of efficient and effective input and output</b>"<br>
<br>I tried at <a href="http://www.vceit.com/SD/format-structure-of-io.htm" target="_blank">http://www.vceit.com/SD/format-structure-of-io.htm</a> and was still not too happy when I'd finished.<br>
<br>The formatting aspect was not too bad, but trying to explain structural characteristics of input wasn't nice. The study design gives no clues, the old Fitzpatrick & Keane text didn't seem to refer to it, and it does not appear in Adrian' text. Google has nothing to say about it. The term has not appeared in any SD exam. I still don't know what the study design meant by it.<br>
<br>I know I've asked here before, but does anyone have a clue what structural characteristics of input actually refers to?<br><br>VITTA's 2011 second SD exam, question B3a, implies that it includes data being suitable to be selected from a limited list. <br>
I was thinking along the lines of structured records and files used for input, so I had absolutely nothing to say for the question. The limited list idea makes sense, but how else can data be structured to improve the efficiency and/or effectiveness of input?<br>
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</font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Mark Kelly<br>Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area<br>McKinnon Secondary College<br>McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia<br>Direct line / Voicemail: +613 8520 9085, Fax +613 9578 9253<br>
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