Visual interaction techniques for courseware production and presentation.

by Lam Shing Yung, Anton.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1991.Includes bibliographical references.Chapter I. --- Introduction --- p.1Chapter 1.1. --- Motivations for Presentation System --- p.2Chapter 1.2. --- Shortcomings of Traditional Method --- p.2Chapter 1.3. --- Computerized Courseware Production and Presentation System --- p.5Chapter 1.4. --- Hardware Advances --- p.7Chapter 1.5. --- "Windowed, Graphical Applications" --- p.9Chapter 1.6. --- Interaction Techniques --- p.10Chapter 1.7. --- Research Objectives --- p.12Chapter II. --- Existing Products and Related Research --- p.13Chapter 2.1. --- Existing Products --- p.13Chapter 2.1.1. --- PRESENT Slide Presentation System --- p.14Chapter 2.1.2. --- Harvard Graphics --- p.15Chapter 2.1.3. --- HyperCard --- p.15Chapter 2.1.4. --- Macromind Director --- p.16Chapter 2.1.5. --- Authorware Professional --- p.17Chapter 2.1.6. --- "PageMaker, Ventura and MacDraw" --- p.19Chapter 2.1.7. --- Summary --- p.20Chapter 2.2. --- Related Research --- p.20Chapter 2.2.1. --- Authoring Systems --- p.20Chapter 2.2.2. --- User Interface Management System (UIMS) --- p.23Chapter 2.2.3. --- Visual Programming --- p.24Chapter III. --- User's Model --- p.27Chapter 3.1. --- A Simple User's Model --- p.27Chapter 3.1.1. --- Object-0riented Presentation Material --- p.27Chapter 3.1.2. --- Frame -Based Presentation --- p.29Chapter 3.1.3. --- Presentation Styles --- p.29Chapter 3.2. --- Novice Users vs Experienced Users --- p.30Chapter IV. --- Design of the Courseware Production and Presentation System --- p.31Chapter 4.1. --- Overview --- p.31Chapter 4.2. --- Object Oriented Design --- p.31Chapter 4.3. --- Object Oriented Graphics --- p.31Chapter 4.3.1. --- Modification of Object --- p.32Chapter 4.3.2. --- Clipboard --- p.34Chapter 4.3.3. --- Stacking of Objects --- p.35Chapter 4.3.4. --- Group Together and Break Apart --- p.36Chapter 4.3.5. --- Hierarchy of Grouping --- p.38Chapter 4.3.6. --- Storage Requirements --- p.39Chapter 4.4. --- Operations --- p.39Chapter 4.4.1. --- Manipulative Operations --- p.39Chapter 4.4.2. --- Frame Control Operations --- p.39Chapter 4.4.3. --- Timer Operation --- p.40Chapter 4.5. --- Active-Object-Set Model --- p.40Chapter 4.5.1. --- Importance of Objects --- p.41Chapter 4.5.2. --- Active Object --- p.42Chapter 4.5.3. --- Active Set --- p.43Chapter 4.5.4. --- The Timer Event --- p.43Chapter 4.6. --- Properties of Visual Objects --- p.45Chapter 4.6.1. --- Physical Attributes --- p.45Chapter 4.6.1. --- Event-Handling Operations --- p.45Chapter 4.6.2. --- Private Status --- p.46Chapter 4.7. --- Object Class --- p.47Chapter 4.8. --- User-Defined Object Classes --- p.47Chapter 4.9. --- User-Defined Operations --- p.47Chapter V. --- Interaction Techniques for Defining New Object Classes and Operations --- p.49Chapter 5.1. --- Interaction Techniques --- p.49Chapter 5.2. --- Object Creation --- p.49Chapter 5.3. --- Operations --- p.51Chapter 5.3.1. --- Direct Manipulation --- p.51Chapter 5.3.2. --- Menu Selection --- p.51Chapter 5.3.3. --- Parameter Selection --- p.51Chapter 5.4. --- New Object Class Definition --- p.52Chapter 5.4.1. --- Definition through Drawing --- p.53Chapter 5.4.2. --- Creating New Object Instances of the New Object Classes --- p.54Chapter 5.5. --- New Operations Definition --- p.55Chapter 5.5.1. --- Specification of Parameter Type --- p.55Chapter 5.5.2. --- Selection and Sequencing of Primitive Operations …… --- p.57Chapter 5.5.3. --- Using the New Operations --- p.60Chapter 5.6. --- Binding of Operations to an Object --- p.61Chapter 5.7. --- Default Operations for User-Defined Classes --- p.63Chapter VI. --- Implementation Issues --- p.64Chapter 6.1. --- Operating Environment --- p.64Chapter 6.1.1. --- The User Interface --- p.64Chapter 6.1.2. --- The Operating System --- p.66Chapter 6.1.3. --- The Hardware Requirement --- p.66Chapter 6.1.4. --- The Final Choice --- p.67Chapter 6.2. --- Representation of Objects --- p.68Chapter 6.2.1. --- Basic Objects --- p.68Chapter 6.2.2. --- Group and User-Defined Objects --- p.69Chapter 6.2.3. --- Set of Active Objects --- p.70Chapter 6.3. --- Object-Oriented Graphics Management Subsystem --- p.71Chapter 6.4. --- Multiple Editing Window --- p.73Chapter 6.5. --- Clipboard --- p.73Chapter 6.6. --- Graphical Menu --- p.73Chapter 6.7. --- Font Management --- p.74Chapter 6.8. --- Mapping of the Active-Object-Set Model to the Implementation --- p.75Chapter 6.9. --- Representation of Operations --- p.76Chapter VII. --- Future Work and Conclusions --- p.79Chapter 7.1. --- Limitations --- p.79Chapter 7.1.1. --- Direct Manipulations --- p.79Chapter 7.1.2. --- Multiple Presentation Windows --- p.79Chapter 7.1.3. --- Editing of User-Defined Operations --- p.80Chapter 7.2. --- Future Work --- p.80Chapter 7.2.1. --- Maintaining Relationship Through Constraint Satisfaction --- p.80Chapter 7.2.2. --- Functions for System Status/Values Query --- p.82Chapter 7.2.3. --- "Private Status Flag, Pre-Conditions and Conditional Execution" --- p.82Chapter 7.2.4. --- Object Oriented Programming --- p.85Chapter 7.3. --- Other Related Application Areas --- p.86Chapter 7.3.1. --- Visual-Object Oriented Systems --- p.86Chapter 7.3.2. --- User Interface Management Systems --- p.89Chapter 7.4. --- Conclusions --- p.89References --- p.9