JPH03191383A - Cai system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily prepare a teaching material by executing a function for carrying out prescribed processing in response to each operation of an operator, gathering the information of each operation when software is executed, and generating data file. CONSTITUTION:As a program executed by a first means, for instance, the program of the window control function of the basic software is used. A window is displayed on a display device 2, and each function is used by an input means such as a mouth 6 and a keyboard 4. A second means gathers each information of the operations carried out by the operator through the use of an user operation interpreting part 11, a relevant data specifying part 12, and a data generating part 13, and program data that the operated contents are substituted for the language notation of a CAI system and described is prepared and housed in the data file 8. Therefore, the operator carries out the operation while monitoring a screen, so that each data and the program are easily and automatically prepared, and a complicated operation is eliminated. Thus, this CAI system in which a teaching material is easily prepared is obtained.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a CAI system that generates teaching material data and data indicating the flow of educational content.

(Conventional technology) In a CAI system that has a teaching material creation function, a teaching material creator can display screens and audio on a display to present to learners,
It was now possible to create data such as input requests from learners and specify the flow of such data in some way.

(Problem M to be solved by the invention) When specifying this in a programming language, the teaching material creator had to input it as a new character string or as a copy of an existing one. In addition, when creating materials using the programming language, the creator of the teaching material cannot directly grasp the content that is actually presented to the learner through the screen or audio, so The content, such as the position of icons on the screen, must always be created by analogy with the programming language, and then the actual operation must be confirmed, and if necessary, the content must be changed. was on.

It is an object of the present invention to solve the problems of the above-mentioned prior art and to provide a CAI system that facilitates the creation of teaching materials.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The CAI system of the present invention includes a first means for executing software having a function of performing a predetermined process in response to each operation of an operator using an input means; and second means for collecting information on each operation performed by the operator when the software is executed, and generating a data file describing the contents of the operation.

(Function) In the present invention, the program executed by the first means is, for example, a program for the window management function of the basic software of WorkStage, when WorkStageDan is used as the CAL system. While such a program is being executed, a window is displayed on the display device, and various functions can be used using input means such as a mouse or a board. In such a state, the second means of the present invention collects information on each operation performed by the operator, and calculates the content of the operation in CAL.
Create program data written in the language notation of the system and store it in a data file.

According to the present invention, each data and program are automatically created simply by the operator operating while looking at the screen, and does not require complicated operations as in the past. system can be realized.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an example of implementing the CAl system of the present invention using a workstation.

A system control unit 1 consisting of a CPU, a CRT display device W12 for displaying the screen, and a CRT control device! ! 3, a keyboard 4 and a keyboard interface 5 for inputting characters, numbers, commands, etc., a pointing device such as a mouse [6 and a pointing device interface 7, and a keyboard for storing programs and necessary data files. A storage device 8 and a storage device aytsm device y19 are connected.

The system control section 1 has a function as a normal work scene, and in addition, as features of the present invention, it has a user operation interpretation section 11 and a corresponding data identification section 1.
2 and a data generation section 13.

When a key or mouse input is made, the user operation interpretation unit 11 determines what those inputs are (icons or window menus).
It determines what kind of processing (selection, character input, cursor movement, etc.) was performed on the screen.

The relevant data identification unit 12 is a user operation interpretation unit! After determining ``what'' and ``what'' operations are performed, it is determined whether such operations can be replaced with the language of the C1r system.

The data generation unit 13 converts the notation of the programming language of the actual CAl system when it is determined by the relevant data identification unit 12 that the data can be broadly changed.

This work scene has normal functions operated by basic software. The window information managed by the window management function of this basic software includes the position and size of the window, and the positions, sizes, types, and contents of all items in the window.

FIG. 2 is an operation flow diagram for explaining the processing operation of this embodiment.

WorkScene's basic software is running, and its authentication function authenticates the user (step S
1) If the authentication is successful, wait for an instruction (command input) from the user. Depending on whether automatic data generation processing according to this embodiment is instructed or other processing is instructed (step S2), The automatic generation mode of the present invention is selected (processing from step 4 onwards) or another specified processing mode is selected (step S3).

When the automatic generation mode of the present invention is instructed, the CAl system program therefor becomes operational by being incorporated as part of the basic software flow. The functions of the basic WorkScene software trace all inputs from the user's keyboard or mouse, and the location, time, etc. of those operations are recorded by the user operation interpretation section (interpretation routine) 11 of the CAI system. passed to.

After instructing the automatic data generation mode, the user performs the operation that he or she wants to reproduce in the learning system while the basic software is running.

The user operation interpretation unit 11 waits for the user's operation input (step S4), and if the operation input is received, the operation is
■Monitoring inputs such as moving the mouse, pressing a mouse button, and operating the keyboard (step S5)
), that is, when a key or mouse input is made, the user operation interpretation unit 11 determines what kind of operation (i.e., selection, character input, cursor movement, etc.) those inputs were for what (icon or window menu). For example, if there is an input in which a mouse button is pressed, how that is interpreted depends on the operating state of the work stager at that time. At this time, if the mouse cursor is on an icon, that icon is selected, and if it is on a character in the window, that character is selected. Also, if the mouse button is pressed in an empty space, nothing happens. Therefore, in this example, it is determined which of the following three types of operations is involved.

■Icon selection■Selection of characters in the window■When pressing the mouse button in an empty area, the corresponding data identification unit 12 determines “what” by the user operation interpretation unit 11.
After determining "what" the operation is, the receiver uses the data received from the user operation interpretation unit 11 to determine the type of operation and the environment at that time (work stage calculation state B).
), it is determined whether such an operation can be replaced with the language notation of the CAI system (step 56) 6 For example, the user operation interpretation unit 11 selects the If it is determined that (2) is the case, the applicable data specifying unit 12 determines whether or not the corresponding language notation is prepared in the CAI system.

As a result of the SONO judgment, if there is no corresponding command in the language of the CAI system, that data is discarded (step S7), and the process returns to step S to wait for the next data input.
Move on to 4.

If there is a corresponding command, the data generation unit 13
is that data and other data required by the command,
In other words, it extracts the necessary data from the data obtained from the environment at the time the data is generated (for example, environmental data managed by basic software such as the selector status and cursor position), generates a command, and stores it ( Steps S7, S8). If the "delete key" is pressed, if the state is set, the C that says "delete something"
Although it is possible to generate a program to be used in an AI system, "something" cannot be determined only from the key information manually, so the state on work stage 1 when the delete key is pressed is required. become. If something is selected, the basic software system that is running is managing that information, so the 1CAI system will know what is currently selected from the basic software system, what it is, etc. information can be extracted. Once the command prepared for the CAI system is identified in this way and the data necessary for the command is obtained, program data for use in the CAI system is generated according to the syntax of this command.

The above operation will be explained in more detail using an example of selecting and copying a file icon on the desktop. It is assumed that the file icon to be copied has been taken out on the desktop in advance.

The user first selects the corresponding file icon “Unused Document”
Specify by moving the cursor with the mouse, and select by clicking the button by pressing and releasing it. Then, the position of the mouse cursor and the click operation are detected by the basic software and passed to the user operation interpretation section 11. The user operation interpretation unit 11 first identifies what is at that location based on the position of the mouse cursor and the click operation. In this example, there is an icon on the desktop, and since the click is on the icon, the CAL system determines this as a "selection." At this time, information such as the name and type of the icon is also obtained from the basic software.

All the obtained information is passed to the relevant data specifying section 12.

The relevant data specifying unit 12 determines from the passed information whether it can be expressed in the programming language provided by the CAl system.

In this example, it is possible.

Then, that information is passed to the data generation section 13. The data generation unit 13 generates a program rselct Icon “unused sentence ii” corresponding to icon selection.
Create.

The user then presses the C0PY (transcribe) key on the keyboard. Then, the user operation interpretation unit 11 determines whether something has been selected, and if so, what it is. Here, information on the icon that has already been selected can be obtained.

No actual copying operation is performed when the icon is selected and the C0PY (transcription) key is pressed. In other words, at this point in time when the key is manually input, the corresponding data specifying unit 12 determines that there is nothing corresponding to the CAl system program (1), and all information is discarded and the process moves to wait for the next input.

The basic software is in copy mode.

Finally, when the user places the cursor on the desired location and clicks the mouse button, the user operation interpretation unit 11 determines what is selected, what it is, and what the state of the cursor is. The icon is currently selected and the cursor is in the transcription state.

The relevant data specifying unit 12 determines from the passed information whether or not the CAl system language notation is possible, and determines that it is possible at this point.

Then, the data generation unit 13 generates a command according to the grammar of each command of the language of the CAl system.
It has a function to create a program written in accordance with the language notation based on the data passed by the relevant data specifying part, and in this example, it uses rcopyIco.
n Create “unused documents”.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a screen displayed on the CR7 display section of the work scene at a certain point in data creation according to this embodiment. This screen displays a file (i.e. script) window rscrlptJ that is written as part of the program of the learning system.
is displayed. Window rscriptJ has the following contents.

a) Take out the basic icon "unused document" at position +12-11.

b) Select the basic icon "Unused document".

C) Place the basic icon “Unused document”! Copy to 11-11.

d) Open the icon “Inventory”.

(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention, each of the above-mentioned data can be easily and automatically created by an operator performing an operation while looking at the screen.
Since it does not require complicated operations like the conventional one, it is possible to realize a CAL system in which teaching materials can be easily created.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an operation flow diagram showing the operation of the embodiment, that is, the flow of teaching material creation support. FIG. 3 shows an example of a screen displayed on the CR7 display section of the work scene when creating the script of this embodiment. l... System control unit, 11... User operation interpretation unit, 12... Applicable data identification unit, 13... Data generation unit, 2... CRT display device, 3... CRTWAj
1g device, 4...keyboard, 5...keyboard interface, 6...pointing device (mouse), 7...pointing device interface.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] First means for executing software having a function of performing predetermined processing in response to each operation by an operator using an input means; and a second means for collecting operation information and generating a data file describing the operation contents.