carol@uokvax.UUCP (10/05/84)
When I posted a request for information about UNIX self-paced tutorials on the net many moons ago, several people asked me to post the results of my search. Well, here it is. I might add that we settled on the program called "NUTSHELL" by Allied Bunker Ramo. It was the only one that met our budget needs, and though less interactive than I would have liked (there is absolutely no chance for the student to test his comprehension), it does provide a great deal of information in a variety of formats. In full configuration it has sections on C and UNIX in manual, tutorial and glossary form. It provides an index and access to the system manual pages as well. The whole thing is accessed via a series of menus, handy I suppose for the novice. They have an 800 number for dialing up to test the software yourself, a very nice touch. And the final selling point for us was the dropping of the $5/port fee for educational institutions. We have purchased the UNIX half of NUTSHELL for $300.00, and may later invest in the C half if we like what we see. The only problem was the lack of source code, but what do you expect for $300.00? The following was compiled from my notes, so please excuse occasional terseness. I have a sample output from the NUTSHELL session which I would be happy to share. Feel free to get in touch with me if you have any questions. --- Carol Holliman --- ctvax!uokvax!carol ************************************************************************** UNIX Self-Paced Tutorials User Training Corp. POB 970, Soquel CA 95073 | educ discounts are ~20% (negot) 408-354-6433 | $995 to lease 4 tapes for 1 month uses audio cassettes and a black box | courses sound good - bsd stuff too you watch examples displayed on screen | John Wilk 408-370-9710 | paid out lease $1800-4250 plus | cost of hardware and workbooks | will credit $995 evaluation For example: mo. rent/permanent "lease" adv-1 $400/3500 $3500 adv-2 $400/3500 3500 c for prog $475/4250 4250 hardware $205/1610 1610 workbooks ~$35 @ 6 ~240 ------ 13100 - 20% discount * .80 = 10480 ********** Uni-Ops | work in progress POB 27097, Concord, CA 94527-0097 | on mailing list 415-945-0448 Walter Zintz computer-managed-instruction tutorials ********** Colorado State University 800-525-4950 10 video tapes ********** The UNIX System Tutorials | see User Training Corp. The Santa Cruz Operation 500 Chestnut Street PO Box 1900 Santa Cruz, CA 95061 Doreen Hamamura 408-425-7222 low cost cassette lessons one-on-one style of instruction variety of topics *********** UNIX Fundamentals Computer Technology Group | 15 videodisks $5250 310 South Michigan Avenue | seems to be only for IBM pc Chicago, IL 60604 | also have interesting vidiotapes Carrel Schulke | but these are EXPENSIVE 312-987-4084 | $2100-5300 each 800-323-unix video tapes and student guide students will have used over 30 UNIX commands Unix Overview | 6 tapes $2100 Computer Technology Group video tapes ************ Interactive Computer-based C Courseware | in progress Institute for Advanced Professional Studies 55 Wheeler Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Dr Donald D French 617-497-2075 Modular, self-paced, interactive courseware for UNIX to teach a range of topics on C can get source code software and course notes Interactive Computer-based UNIX Courseware Institute for Advanced Professional Studies Modular, self-paced, interactive courseware for UNIX to teach a range of topics on UNIX topics: history of, getting started, creating and maintaining files, UNIX commands, UNIX file system, Communications, Intro to Shell... software and course notes ************** Instructional Workbench | no source code, AT&T | no good for bsd systems Bob Hoffman 1-800-828-8649 ************** Nutshell Training Services Group, Bunker Ramo 35 Nutmeg Drive Trumbull, Connecticut 06609 (203) 386-2223 contact: Thomas Wilkes UNIX and C training on-line $300./$300. have 800 number for trial not completely done, free update, 3 mo to finish no source code *************************************************************************** Other Related Items of Potential Interest source: Data Sources - July 84 N-274 MDBS - EDA database management course Unix Software Guide (Digital) eh? (Extra Help Facility) ANDYNE COMPUTING LIMITED PO Box 1496 221 King Street East Kingston, Ontario Canada K7l 5C7 Douglas J Ross, Pres. 613-548-4355 displays directories of available docs and provides means to display or print a multipage on-line doc p121 $250 CAST (Computer-Assisted Self-Training System) MEASUREMENT CONCEPT CORP. 1721 Black River Bouldevard Rome, NY 13440 Maria Rich 315-337-1000 $495-2000 prog language designed for the development and execution of computer-aided instruction (CAI) courseware. split screen text, limited graphics, recording of student performance ... p 58 also listed in /usr/group p165 contact: David Clark no source code /usr/group Fall 1983 CMI (Computer Managed Instruction) MEASUREMENT CONCEPT CORP. An instructional tool to report on program,lesson and student performance in CAI and computer testing. p58 MAINMAN MEASUREMENT CONCEPT CORP On-line prep, storage, display and printing of manuals and technical literature with security and automatic updating assured p59