[Year 12 SofDev] VITTA SD 2011 Exam 2 - structural characteristics of input data (B3a)

[Mark KELLY]

I'm starting to get ideas. If it relates to how the nature of the input
affects interface design, that can help. e.g.

- Boolean data or mutually-exclusive data options - use radio buttons.
- Bounded data (e.g. between 0 and 100) - use a slider/scrollbar.
- Strictly formatted data (e.g. credit card number) - use a masked edit
textbox.

Maybe...



On 10 August 2012 14:19, Mark KELLY <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi all. I really, really disliked trying to write a page about "*SD U3O2
> KK05 - formatting and structural characteristics of efficient and effective
> input and output*"
>
> I tried at http://www.vceit.com/SD/format-structure-of-io.htm and was
> still not too happy when I'd finished.
>
> 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.
>
> I know I've asked here before, but does anyone have a clue what structural
> characteristics of input actually refers to?
>
> VITTA's 2011 second SD exam, question B3a, implies that it includes data
> being suitable to be selected from a limited list.
> 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?
>
> Help?
>
> --
> Mark Kelly
> Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area
> McKinnon Secondary College
> McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
> Direct line / Voicemail: +613 8520 9085, Fax +613 9578 9253
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>
> --
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> write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn - Alvin Toffler.
>
>
>


-- 
Mark Kelly
Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area
McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
Direct line / Voicemail: +613 8520 9085, Fax +613 9578 9253
kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au << use this, not Edumail please!
VCE IT Lecture Notes: http://vceit.com
Moderator: IT Applications Edulist

--
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and
write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn - Alvin Toffler.
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