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Subject:Re: "one action per step" From:Jeffrey A Pittman <jeffp -at- CLARK -dot- EDU> Date:Tue, 6 Jun 1995 14:14:33 -0700
<ENTER your password>
Sounds fine, but if you write student instructions like this, at least
25% of the students will look bewildered and run to the lab aide for help.
When writing student instructions, I use the following:
Type <your password> press <ENTER>
This seems like a pain at first, but it is the only way to make sure no
one misunderstands your directions, especially if the directions are for
complex operations like logging out of one server, and then logging onto
another server to perform a disk virus scanning operation, and finally
reversing the process to get back to the original server.
J.P.
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