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Student Aid CAN help you LEARN something FASTER than normal studying!
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WHY? because rather than reading the information and trying to
remember it, Student Aid challenges you to THINK of the right
answer! As you fail to answer - you learn (from your own
mistakes). On top of that - YOU get instant feedback! and continue
onward, with minimal delay, learning more. You can even monitor
your progress on various tests over time.
I've programmed student aid about 5 times now - each time it seems
in a different language or different machine, and almost always for
my own use. I firmly believe (YES - else I wouln't do this) that it
has helped me in school, and in taking tests (Especially the ASQC
Certified Quality Engineer test that has taken me forever to pass!).
HOW DO I USE STUDENT AID?
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My favorite way has been in actually collecting the quizzes from my
instructors as the semester goes on and then typing in similar questions
(and from my class notes) as the semester goes on and then refreshing
my memory with Student Aid before major tests & exams. Surprisingly -
I found that I've learned the material better from typing in questions
(Of course I can type pretty fast so it wasn't all that hard.
In this latest version - I've tried to simplify data entry, so I could
do everything from the keyboard, and of course I added gadgets
everywhere to let me use the mouse [I hate programs which you have to
go back and forth all the time!]).
Another way I forsee Student Aid to be of use (If you don't want to
type in your own questions) is by downloading premade tests from my
BBS (I've establishing a collection of them - hopefully someday to
cover a wide range of subjects). Of course, this option is available
to registered owners only. If I can collect enough tests to fill a disk
I'll try to notify all the registered owners of the new test disks
which are available (directly from me).
INSTALLING ON HARD DRIVE
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For faster operation you can install to hard drive by dragging the
StAid DRAWER (With ALL files) to the Hard Drive.
Note: If you just drag the StudentAid program icon - IT WILL NOT
WORK! You need the other files in the drawer (not visible from
workbench, but listed below as mandatory files). They must be in
the same drawer as the StudentAid program.
LOW ON MEMORY?
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If you have a 512K machine you may be able to get it to work if you
create a special boot disk (with all the files listed below, DONT
forget to copy the listed system files). I havn't tried this since
both my machines have 2 meg or more, and all of my friends (except
one) have 1 meg or more. I do know though, if you only have a little
bit of memory after Student Aid loads (less than 100K) my program will
flag it in the Main Menu and the listing of tests on disk may not work
properly (In this version I've had to use RAM: for some disk I/O).
WORKBENCH 1.3 USERS!
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For some reason, Student Aid looses the location of the sa.list routine
with workbench 1.3, therefore:
TO RUN ON Workbench 1.3 you currently MUST run it from CLI!
by changing your directory path to staid (or whatever you called
the drawer) and then run the program by typine StudentAid, ie...
cd ram:staid ;assuming the drawer is in RAM:
StudentAid ;will run student aid (for WB1.3 users!)
for workbench 2.0 and up it should work fine from either workbench or
cli.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
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To run Student Aid, you need to have:
Amiga 500,1000,2000, or 3000+
Workbench 1.3, or 2.0 (NOTE: FOR WB1.3 Read Above!)
MINIMUM of 1 MEG (Yeah, I hope to fix this someday)
RECOMMENDATIONS:
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I've tested this program very thoroughly on my A3000 running under
workbench 2.04, and under 1.3. I have also tested it on my A1000
and found it to run flawless.
I'd also like to make a suggestion to anyone who wishes to use my program
to create tests (and hopefully upload them to my board for download
credits) and that is: Please limit the scope of the tests! I've found
that in as little as 3-5 chapters of most school books you can easily
come up with 50 questions (1 FULL TEST). Don't try to cover a whole
subject such as MATHEMATICS in 1 test, but break it up and cover the
different parts of it in many tests. An example would be a single test
on FORMULAS IN ALGEBRA, another maybe on FACTORING APPLICATIONS.
I think you will find, that the data entry seems a little tedious at
first, but well worth the effort later. Suprisingly, in some subjects,
like History and Humanities, I've found myself actually predicting the
questions the teacher asked in the test practically word for word.
STUDENT AID CONTENTS: (REQUIREMENTS)
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Mandatory files: (DO NOT DELETE ANY OF THESE ELSE IT'LL HAVE PROBLEMS!)
StudentAid - The Main Program
sa.config - configuration file
sa.list - external I/O function called by StudentAid
sa.point - pointer sprite
sa.hlp# - help files for the various areas (by nr#) of Student Aid
sa.Q0# - ascii files of quotes for inspiration
sa.intro - intro pic (to show) while loading & preparing other files
sa.prtpic - image
sa.monpic - image
sa.ting - sound
Optional files: (CAN BE DELETED AT WILL TO FREE UP SPACE)
Note: you must keep test files in a seperate directory from StudentAid.
specify the name in the configuration area.
tests/#?.TST - Test files (#? is the amigados wildcard meaning anything!)
tests/#?.HLP - Help file for related test (name #? must match test)
tests/#?.GRD - Grade file for related test (name #? must match test)
ReadMe.TXT - This file
Revisions.TXT - History of s.a.
Additional files: (You MUST provide - looked for from your workbench system)
(If creating a SINGLE BOOTABLE disk - you must have all of these!)
delete - normally located in your c: directory
copy - same as above,...
filenote - same as above, can change this path in config.
run - MUST HAVE this else you won't even see a filelist
devs/ramdrive.device - Student Aid process some info in RAM: (not in WB2.0)
devs/printer.device - if you're printing
l/ram-handler - same as above
devs/printers/driver?- of course if you plan to print you need your driver
NOTE: If the all of the above files are NOT available you may experience
problems while in the file load/save/delete area (chances are, you won't even
get a list of tests if the ram-handler is not available!!!).
LICENSE AGREEMENT:
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FOR DEMO VERSION 1.4 ONLY!!! (ONLY THIS VERSION IS FREELY DISTRIBUTABLE)
You may use and distribute this program as long as the following terms are
agreed to:
(1) It may not be modified in any way.
(2) If distributed, it must include all of the original programs and
documentation it came with and all copyright notices must remain
intact.
(3) The Program may not be distributed for profit nor will it be
made part of a "for sale" public domain software collection without
prior written permission from author.
Your use or distribution of the this program states that you agree to these
terms and have accepted this license agreement.
FOR REGISTERED VERSIONS 1.5 AND HIGHER!!!
You may use this program as long as the following terms are agreed to.
(1) It may not be modified in any way.
(2) It may not be distributed to any other party for any reason.
(This DOES NOT include any tests, help, or grades you created with
this program). However, YOUR registration is non-transferable.
Your use of the this program states that you agree to these terms and have
accepted this license agreement.
REGISTRATION & FINAL WORD:
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Thank's to everyone who has helped me with this product (especially
all the registered owners and my beta testers). Please, if you want these
kind of products to continue, support the programmer(s):
For an official full featured, registered copy, please send $25.00
(Check or Money O