{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/cue-the-part-that-matters-right-now",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1084",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Cue the part that matters right now",
  "summary": "An arrow can be more useful than another paragraph.",
  "kind": "heuristic",
  "body": "Use one restrained cue to identify the part being discussed at that moment. Let the cue follow the explanation, then remove it when attention should move. This is signaling, not a licence to animate every control.",
  "limits": [
    "Do not encode meaning through colour alone or use flashing effects. A cue must not obscure the underlying content."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "explain-complexity-50"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-C28B8099B696C6E4"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "Brame recommends signaling important information with a restrained visual cue in instructional video.",
      "source_id": "RS-C28B8099B696C6E4",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "A teaching recommendation, not an independently reviewed causal claim for this exact cue design.",
      "locator": "Recommendations: Signaling."
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "A demonstration contains many moving or visually similar parts."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Do not encode meaning through colour alone or use flashing effects. A cue must not obscure the underlying content."
  ],
  "example": "During a load-status demo, a temporary outline marks the transition that means accepted rather than completed.",
  "check": "Can the learner name the important change without mistaking the highlight for a separate instruction?",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-C28B8099B696C6E4",
      "title": "Effective educational videos",
      "url": "https://sites.google.com/view/cynthia-brame/teaching-guides/effective-educational-videos"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1084",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1085",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/remove-the-interesting-detail-that-teaches-nothing"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-13B0CC3ED8022AB1",
      "title": "Learn and explain without hiding the difficult part",
      "url": "/collections/learn-and-explain-without-hiding-the-difficult-part"
    }
  ]
}