CATs for CS: CAT Editor

Installation

To use the CAT Editor, save the following two files to the same directory:

To run on Windows (as long as JRE 1.4 is installed), simply click on CATEditor.jar. After a few seconds, the editor will appear.

To run from a Unix prompt, enter the command 'java -jar CATEditor.jar'.

All files are saved in the CAT XML format. From the user point of view, he or she need only enter HTML tags as long as they are in an XML allowed format (i.e. all tags are closed and all tag attribute values are quoted). The editor can only load files that are in this format.
The validity of the XML formatting is checked before saves or when the "Check XML Validity" button is pressed. If any errors exist, the first occurring one is reported in the Error Log.
To help the user deal with XML formatting, the editor has functionality to "clean" HTML into an XML valid style. When XML validation fails, the user is given the option to clean the HTML first.
There is an option to save inaccurate XML to a text file which must then be edited by hand and not through the editor.
In the fields "Other Uses", "Topics", "Assessment Goals", and "Related Topics," use "**" or double asterisks to denote separate bullet points.
Preferences, in the publish menu, can be used to control the layout of the Student and Instructor HTML views.
Both the instructor view and the student view can be published to HTML files for classroom use.

The method for entering the "Technique" and "Assessment Goals" fields will be changed to allow selection instead of text entry.
Templates will be available that will auto-fill most of the fields to permit easier production of new CATs. This feature will eventually allow for the addition of new CAT types that will then be available in the "Technique" field.