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Peer reviewedPerreault, Heidi – Business Education Forum, 1986
Presents the following steps for software evaluation: examine course objectives, study software reviews, make arrangements to preview the software packages that appear best to meet the needs of the course, develop or obtain a software evaluation guide, read documentation, complete evaluation guides, and make the selection based on the above…
Descriptors: Business Education Teachers, Computer Software, Decision Making, Documentation
Watt, Dan – Popular Computing, 1984
Describes features of five new software programs--Songwriter, Musical Ideas, Musicalc I, Musical Construction Set, Musicland, and Music Designer II--which facilitate musical composition and musical creativity in a variety of ways. Shortcomings are briefly discussed, and sources for further information are given. (MBR)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Creativity, Documentation
Pieper, Gail W. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1987
Recommends teaching about the uses of humor in technical writing classes by using computer user manuals. Suggests that humor has a place in technical communication, particularly in computer manuals, where new users' apprehension must be reduced, heavy technical points need clarification, and warnings and cautions should be reinforced. (SKC)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Wold, Geoffrey H. – School Business Affairs, 1988
The availability of micro-to-mainframe communications software has provided computer thieves with new tools. Explains how to establish and maintain proper electronic data processing controls. (MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computers, Crime Prevention, Documentation
Wozny, Lucy Anne – 1985
In the Fall of 1982, Drexel University introduced a new educational program for the 1983-84 academic year that required every freshman to have access to a personal computer for use in all areas of the curriculum. The computer selected was the 128K Macintosh. As of January 1985, approximately 5,000 students, faculty, and staff on the Drexel campus…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Consultation Programs, Counseling Services, Documentation
Peer reviewedDeRose, Steven J.; Durand, David – Computers and the Humanities, 1995
Describes the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) guidelines' approach to describing hypertext features. Discusses the rationale behind the design of the tagset and the range of features included in the guidelines. Discusses the relation and integration of TEI mark-up and the HyTime standard. (CFR)
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Coding, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Kaplan, Michael, Ed. – 1997
The job of the library cataloger has grown increasingly complex. Catalogers must draw from a vast pool of dynamic information as they handle traditional and new forms of media. Technical Services Workstations (TSWs) provide catalogers the network data, application programs, and standard hardware required to catalog all types of media quickly and…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Software, Computer Terminals, Documentation
