Category: AuthoringSystem
Organization: Massachusetts University, Amherst, MA, USA
Journal: Communications of the ACM
Abstract: The power of an authoring system to produce
        interactive courseware varies from system to system.
        Some systems can produce lessons that contain only
        text. Other systems have templates for creating
        multiple-choice and true-and-false questions. Still,
        others provide advanced capabilities for animation,
        simulation, free-form input, and answer analysis.
        Selecting an authoring system that is powerful and
        flexible enough to satisfy local needs and future
        growth is becoming a complicated process. The
        MacBalan model for producing objective and precise
        measurements of the power and performance of
        authoring systems is described. An animation task is
        given as an example of the model's potential as a
        tool for evaluating authoring systems along the
        dimensions of functionality, flexibility, and
        productivity.
Number: 10
Bibtype: Article
Author: C. B. MacKnight
        S. Balagopalan
        E. Sibley
Pages: 1231-6
Month: oct
Title: An evaluation tool for measuring authoring system performance
Year: 1989
Volume: 32
Keyword: authoring languages, computer aided instruction,
        performance evaluation, software tools, authoring
        system performance, authoring system power,
        authoring system evaluation tools, authoring system
        selection, interactive courseware, multiple-choice,
        true-and-false questions, simulation, free-form
        input, answer analysis, MacBalan model, animation
        task