Capture now naming files

Hi all,
I work at a college (16-19 yr olds) and we are changing from Adobe Premiere to FCP. For lots of projects our students will use "capture now" without logging. In Premiere after capturing each clip a screen pops up and asks you to name the clip. So it's impossible to forget to give the clip a name other than a numerical addition to the previous name, which is the default on both Premiere and FCP, because the prog is effectively asking you each time. Is there a way to do something similar on FCP, to stop students having loads of "untitled"s and "filename+1,2,3" etc. I am worried that they will rename the clips in the Browser and then if we move things they will not be able to relink to the original files.
Many thanks,
Sean

As posted by Shane Ross in another thread...(in case they refuse to name their clips)
"Highlight the clip and then go to the MODIFY menu, choose RENAME and then FILE TO MATCH CLIP."
Capture Now does not offer what you're asking for.
A better alternative is to teach the students to give the clips a representative name, prior to using Capture Now...or better yet...teach them to properly Log and Capture their clips.
This will help them to look at the footage, which pays off in the long run, by having a better idea of shots they have to work with and can save drive space by not capturing bad takes and such.
Make it part of their grade. If they learn bad habits now, they'll likely carry them forward.
K

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They are located under <user name>/Library/Preferences/Final Cut Pro User Data/
Their names are :
Final Cut Pro 5.0 Prefs.fcset
Final Cut Pro Obj Cache.fcmch
Final Cut Pro Prof Cache.fcpch
This assumes FCP 5, but I believe the names and locations are very similar in 4.5.
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Start FCP. It will take a little longer than usual.
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