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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Hi Paula/ Mark / Mel,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Thanks for quick response Paula, puts our minds at ease.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">I had a look at your site Mark which had similar responses to what we thought of. However, I think Mel has the right idea – she has described the purpose of the USABILITY TEST as part of
plan, rather than how to test the purpose of the SOFTWARE. Same with the other 3 areas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Michael Cooper<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ICT Coordinator and Network Support <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.braybrooksc.vic.edu.au"><span style="color:#0563C1">braybrooksc.vic.edu.au</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">From: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au> on behalf of Mel Yuan <melyuan@hotmail.com><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List <sofdev@edulists.com.au><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, 10 October 2016 1:41 pm<br>
<b>To: </b>Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List <sofdev@edulists.com.au><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Year 12 SofDev] VCAA Sample Exam assistance requried!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi, some ideas. <o:p></o:p></p>
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Once all the new elements of the PIMS software have been tested, Kirsten must test the usability of the entire solution.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif"">Using the prompts given below, briefly describe a plan for a usability test for the application that will
be installed on the mobile phones. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif"">Purpose - The purpose of the usability test would be to assess the effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction
of he Parking Officers with the mobile phone application. A secondary goal would be to assess the usability of the Operational Statistics web portal used by the City Engineer/s.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif"">Location - The test would take place on the streets in the City of Bigton in order the examine the use
of the application in real-world situations including conditions like weather, on-street connectivity, day/night lighting, etc. Testing the web portal would take place at council offices. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif"">Equipment functionality - A prototype environment would be set-up in a designated street including parking
bays, the car detection unit (CDU), the server-side application/s and the client-side application loaded onto a mobile phone. A test set of cars and scenarios would be provided.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif"">Users - Users would be chosen that represent a cross-section of Parking Officers to represent a representative
sample based on their experience in the role, experience with technology and taking into consideration any relevant sub-groups, such as those with differing abilities.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers, Mel <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 10 Oct 2016, at 1:26 pm, Christophersen, Paula P <<a href="mailto:christophersen.paula.p@edumail.vic.gov.au">christophersen.paula.p@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">You are correct - the focus of Question 10 - serial and random file access is not specifically mentioned in the study design, hence the question should not have
been in the sample paper. A general question on access to files would have been appropriate, but not one on specific types of access.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">Paula<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au"><span style="color:#954F72">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au"><span style="color:#954F72">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</span></a>]
on behalf of Cooper, Michael J [<a href="mailto:cooper.michael.j@edumail.vic.gov.au"><span style="color:#954F72">cooper.michael.j@edumail.vic.gov.au</span></a>]<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, 10 October 2016 12:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>[Year 12 SofDev] VCAA Sample Exam assistance requried!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">My students and I have been working through the sample exam but without any official answers, I/we are trying to explain and tie our own answers to KK and KS from
the study design.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Section C, Question 10 asks about Serial and Random file access, where is this referenced in the study design?</span><span style="font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Also I/we struggled to come up with a good response for Section C question 13, regarding usability tests.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Does anyone have any answers they would be willing to share?</span><span style="font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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