JPH03191385A - Cai system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily prepare a system for learning a computer function which can be monitored through a multi-functional computer by inputting the data of data file and executing a program when command instructing the reproduction of gathered operations is executed. CONSTITUTION:This CAI system has a program executing means 2 operating as an executive system, a data file housing part 4, a reproducing means 5 reproducing the operations through the use of the data file in which the operations are gathered, and further the command instructing the reproduction of the gathered operations in a used language system. A third means 5 cells out the program when the command is executed, and the data file from the data file housing part 4 as well, gives the data of the data file to be inputted into the program, and reproduces the gathered operations by executing the called program. Thus, anyone can easily prepare a teaching material for learning a function provided on a computer.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Industrial Application Field) The present invention is a CAI system that creates learning materials using a computer in order to learn the functions that the computer has.
It's about systems.

(Conventional technology) Computer-aided education systems (CAf) have traditionally been used.
) exists. However, no CAI system has been realized as a means for teaching about computer functions. Many methods of teaching computer functions used CD-ROMs or videos to display the functions on a monitor and provided them as a means of education.

In addition, those display screens may be photographed and stored on a CD-ROM.
The data was collected on videos.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) Conventional teaching methods using computer functions have the disadvantage that it takes time to create teaching materials and is expensive.

The present invention eliminates these drawbacks, and makes it possible to easily create a system for learning combiator functions that can be performed on a monitor (desktop) on a multifunctional computer (work stage 1). C
The purpose is to provide an AI system.

(Means for Solving the Problems) As shown in FIG. 1, the CAT system of the present invention executes a program having a function of performing predetermined processing in response to each operation of an operator using input means 1. an authoring system comprising a first means 2 for collecting information on each operation performed by an operator during execution of the program, a second means 3 for encoding and storing information in a data file, and the data file. a command for instructing reproduction of the sampled operation, including a file specification part that specifies a file, and a command that calls the program when the command is executed, and executes the program using the data of the data file as input. It is equipped with an executive system having three means 5.

(Operation) When the authoring system is in operation, the first means 2 executes a program having a function of performing a predetermined process in response to an input operation of a target to be collected. Examples of such programs include programs for window control, which is the basic software for work stage training. When the program is executed, information on each operation performed by the operator is collected by the second means 3, encoded, and stored in a data file.

The executive system has a command in its language system that instructs reproduction of the sampled operation. The format of the command for instructing reproduction of the operation consists of an instruction part and a file specification part for instructing the data file. The third means 5 calls the program when executing the command, reads the data file from the data file storage section 4, and provides the data of the data file as input to the program;
By running the called program, the captured operation can be reproduced.

Note that the authoring system and executive system that can be used in the CAI system of the present invention may be configured in the same combiator, or, for example, the authoring system may be configured in the teacher's computer 111. Each system may be run on a separate computer, such as the executive system being configured on the learner's computer.

(Example) Figure 2 shows a general-purpose computer (work scene) for implementing the authoring system or executive system in the CAI system of the present invention.
This figure shows an example of the configuration.

This workstation includes a system stabilization section 20 consisting of a CPU, a main memory 21, and a C for displaying the screen.
RT display device! 22 and CRT interface 22, a disk device 24 and disk interface 25 for storing programs and necessary data files, a keyboard 26 and keyboard interface 27 for inputting characters, numbers, commands, etc., a mouse 28 and It consists of a mouse interface 29.

The CAI system according to the following embodiments of the present invention includes:
The functions are realized by the cooperation of the hardware configuration of the 7-stage scene configured as described above, the basic software of this work stage 1, and the software of the execute Utip function of +11 with the authoring function.

FIG. 1 shows the basic configuration of the present invention, which consists of an authoring system and an executive system. When the WorkScene is operated as an authoring system according to the present invention, input means 11 such as a mouse and keyboard, a program execution means 2 for executing the basic software of the work stage V, an input operation collection and file creation means 3, and a data file are used. It has a storage section 4. Furthermore, when the work stage changer shown in FIG. 2 is operated as an executive system, it means that the program execution means 2, the data file storage section 4, and the reproduction means 5 for reproducing operations using the data files obtained by the operation.
is nurturing.

Here, an outline of the procedure for creating and using teaching materials using the CAI system of the embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG.

■ First, the multi-functional work stage and monitor (
Create an operation to be taught on the desktop. The method for creating it is to operate the authoring function (teaching material creation support software) built into WorkScene, select the "demo creation" function that includes the fall I of operation collection, and actually perform the operation you want to create on the monitor.
Save the operation details as a data file. When creating a "courseware" document using a command to create teaching materials, a description specifying a data file is inserted using a demo command at a desired location in the "courseware" document where the user wants to reproduce the operation.

■Next, create a text document/text folder to be used in the courseware created with the authoring function in work stage 1, and output it as "educational material".

"Educational materials" can be created for each courseware. Therefore, it is possible to create teaching materials that match the operations that are automatically reproduced in the work scene, thereby increasing the learning effect.

■ The software required to learn the functions of WorkScene, which uses the function to transcribe "courseware" documents and "educational materials" documents to floppy disks on the multi-functional work stage 1, is Create everything to be included on this floppy disk.

■ In order to learn the functions of WorkScene, you can transfer the learning software from a floppy disk to the Work Stage 1 system and run it, allowing you to study along with the courseware. The "Courseware" document and the "Educational Materials" document are automatically transferred to the common area when the learning software is executed.

Next, the authoring function that can be used in this embodiment will be explained.

First, load the authoring function software and select the "Authoring" menu displayed on the attendance menu. When "Authoring" is selected, a window in which various files can be created will be displayed on the display screen, and an "Unused Demo" corresponding to one file will be displayed.
When you select , an editing window will appear.

This window has the following options: "Save" to save the created data in a file, "Reset" to return to the previous state, "Create" to create data, and "Test Run" to run using the created data. It is configured so that by using these commands, even people without programming skills can create a collection file of Operator 1. Regarding the collection of operation scenes, mouse movements can be set by specifying whether or not to collect mouse movements. Next, you can set a pause (stop) time while capturing an oberete scene.

By performing each operation scene one by one by the teaching material creator, it is possible to collect the operating scenes and create data for automatic operation 1 for the teaching material.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a function for collecting operator operations in an embodiment of the present invention.

The input unit 41 corresponds to the keyboard 26 and mouse 28 in FIG. 2, and their interfaces 27 and 29. The input operation determining unit 42 detects an operator's operation using the keyboard 26 or mouse 28 and determines the type of the operation. Key manual processing queue processing unit 43 and mouse instruction processing queue processing unit 4
When there is an output from the input operation determining unit 42, 4 registers it in the queue and processes the queue as input data in the execution of the basic software of Works Scene.

When executing the authoring function, the encoding unit 45 uses the cow-human processing queue processing unit 43 and the mouse instruction processing queue processing unit 44 of the basic software of the work stage 1.
It monitors the input to the data file, and when there is input, converts the code format of the input data to the code format determined for the data file. The data file generator 46 generates a data file from the output of the encoder 45.

The data file storage unit 47 is for storing a generated data file of operation collection with a name.

In such a configuration, the operation of collecting user operations will be explained with reference to FIG.

In an environment where the basic software of WorkScene is running, a display screen such as a window that is the target of input operation collection is displayed on a CRT.

This basic software is designed to perform basic operations of the work scene in response to data in the key manual processing queue and the mouse instruction processing queue. In such a state, the authoring function (operation collection command) is activated.

Input from the operator's keyboard 26 and mouse 2
In step 551), input operations are sent to the system control unit (CPU) 20 through the keyboard interface 27 and mouse interface 29, respectively. That is, user operation information is input from the input section 41 in FIG. 4 to the input operation determination section 42. Operations to be collected include, for a mouse, movements of the cursor in the X and Y directions, and down/up movements of the left and right buttons of the mouse, and for keyboards, such as down/up movements of various keys.

The input operation determination unit 42 determines whether it is a keyboard input, a mouse instruction, or another operation.Step S5
2.553) If it is a key manual input, add the input to the processing queue of the key manual processing queue processing unit 43.Step 554) If it is a mouse input, add the input to the processing queue of the key manual processing queue processing unit 44. The data is added to the matrix (step 555), and each data identified by the input operation determination unit 42 is monitored by the encoding unit 45, and when data is found, it is encoded (step 85B) and written to a file as one block of data. Write it out (step 557).

Then, repeat these operations to collect data,
When the operation sampling stop command is issued, the sampling is ended (step 858).

In this embodiment, a function "test execution" is provided to test the user operations recorded in the file format in the data file storage section 47 as described above. That is, there is a function to reproduce collected user operations, and a block diagram thereof is shown in FIG.

As mentioned above, there is a data file storage section 61 that stores a data file obtained by collecting operator operations, a decoding section 62 that reads data one block at a time from the data file and decodes it, and a decoding section 62 that reads data block by block from the data file and decodes it, and determines whether the data is key human data or mouse instruction. A file data determination unit 63 that determines whether data is data and outputs each data according to the determination, and a cow that registers the output data of the file data determination unit 63 in a queue when it is key human data - waiting for manual processing Matrix processing unit 64
and a mouse instruction processing queue processing section 65 that registers the output data of the file data determination section 63 in a queue when it is mouse instruction data.

The operation of the above configuration will be explained with reference to the flow diagram shown in FIG.

The basic WorkScene software is running, and the same operating environment as that used during the operation sampling is set. That is, the display screen such as a window is reproduced on the CRT so that it is the same as when it was taken. This basic software performs processing in response to data in the key manual processing queue and the mouse instruction processing queue.

In this state, the authoring function is activated, and the arrival of an operation reproduction command ("test execution") from the user is monitored (step 571). When an operation reproduction command is issued, the file name of the input operation data collected by the process shown in FIG. One block of data is read into the main memory 21, and the file pointer is advanced by one (step 573).
), the u1 encoding unit 62 decodes (converts) the read one block of data from the encoding format for storage in the data file storage unit 61 to the file format used by the system control unit 1 in the work stage W. (step 574)
.

It is determined whether the decrypted data is data manually generated by a key or data specified by a mouse (step S75,
578).

If the result of the determination is that the data is key human power data, the data is added to the queue of the key human power processing queue processing unit 64 (step 577), and if it is mouse instruction data, the data is added to the queue of the key human processing queue processing unit 64. 65 matrix (step 878).

The above operation is performed when the file is read to the end (step 572) or when an instruction to stop operation playback is issued (
Continue until step 579).

On the other hand, the function of the basic software of WorkStage is to sequentially read the contents of the key manual processing queue or the mouse instruction queue and treat them as input, thereby reproducing the sampled user operations.

The data file related to the operation collected as described above is used as a part of the courseware document as described above.

In this example, eowm is prepared as a command to be used for the courseware to be created, that is, a command that can be executed in the courseware execute A-tape system. command (“Demo command (DDT) J
) is provided.

This demo command (DDT) consists of an instruction part and a file specification part. The data file of the collection is specified by the file specification part.

When creating a courseware document, if you want to use the collected operations, you can include a demo command that specifies the name (number 10) of the data file containing the operation data you want to use as part of the command file (script file).
Insert into command file. Also, before the demo command, write a description to set the operating environment by making full use of the prepared executable deep command.For example, if an operation such as copying a document icon on the desktop is collected, , To create the environment when collecting before this demo command (DDT), use the Pickup Icon Command (PUI) to pick up a document icon from the catalog or aid, and write the operating environment to place it on the desktop. .

This operating environment setting is necessary because unless the environment is the same as the demo operation collected during authoring, the demo will not operate in the same way as the one collected.

The configuration for executing this demo command is shown in Figure 6.
It is only necessary to have a configuration similar to the configuration for "test execution", and its operation may be as long as it can perform the operation shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7.

FIG. 8 is a flow diagram showing an outline of the command file execution operation of the executive system.

First, load the courseware executive function software and set up an environment in which the courseware can be executed. This courseware executive function develops a function that allows the loaded courseware to be plugged in as a course menu after loading the courseware executive software, and is made to be executed by the courseware learner.

Next, load the command file from the courseware (
Step 581). This command file is configured using 60a type commands provided by the courseware executive function, and the order of description is not unique (it is set arbitrarily.) Each command is called and executed as an interpreter (step 584).In the case of a demo command, a command to set the environment (
or a group of commands), the demonstration environment is set by executing that command (step 58).
5). When the demo command is called, the demo file specified by the file specification section in the command is called from the demo folder (step 58B), and the demo collected during authoring is executed in real time (step 587). The execution can be performed using the same configuration (function) as the configuration (function) for test execution shown in FIG. 6, and the operation is also the same as the flow shown in FIG. Therefore, detailed explanation will be omitted here.

(Although FIG. 8 shows a step 883 for determining whether or not it is a demo command, such a determination is not actually made. Step 885 for executing the demo command, which is a feature of the present invention, is shown in FIG. This is included for convenience in explaining ~S87 to distinguish it from other commands.Actually, the commands in the command file are executed sequentially.) In this way, the data is called from the demo file, and the demo ( operation).

(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention, it is possible to collect the contents of an operator's operation on a work scene and create a data file, and to specify the data file with a command to reproduce the operation contents. , the contents of the operation can be reproduced as is during execution.

Therefore, the present invention has the advantage that anyone can easily create teaching materials, and it does not take much time or cost.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows an example of the configuration of a general-purpose computer (workstation) used as hardware for an authoring system and an executive system in carrying out the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the outline of the procedure for creating and using teaching materials with the CAI system of the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a function for capturing operator operations according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is an operation flow diagram showing the operation of collecting operator operations. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the function of reproducing operator operations taken according to the present invention. 7th rI! J is an operation flow diagram showing an operation for collecting operator operations. FIG. 8 is a flow diagram showing an outline of the command file execution operation of the executive system. ! ...Manual means, 2.Program execution means, 3.
...Input operation collection and filing means, 4.Data file storage unit, 5.Collection input operation reproduction means, 20.System control unit (CPU), 21.Main memory, 22. ...CRT. 23... CRT interface, 24... Disk, 25... Disk interface, 26... Keyboard, 27... Keyboard interface, 28... Mouse, 29... Mouse interface, 41... Input unit, 42... Entry operation determination unit, 43.64... Cow-
Human processing queue processing unit, 44.65... Mouse instruction processing queue processing unit, 45... Encoding unit, 46...
Data file generation unit, 47.81...Data file storage unit, 62...Decoding unit, 63...File data determination unit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A first program that executes a program 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 information on each operation performed by an operator during execution of the program, encoding it, and storing it in a data file; and a file specification for specifying the data file. has a command for instructing reproduction of the sampled operation including a part, and calls the program when the command is executed;
A CAI system comprising: an executive system having third means for executing the program by inputting data of the data file.