INTRODUCTION This free web update for IT @ Work: Information processing and management relates to outcomes 1, 2 and 3 in Unit 3, and outcome 2 in Unit 4, of VCE Information Processing and Management. It consists of a PowerPoint presentation on image manipulation and a Word 97/98 file containing revision questions. CONTENTS This update is organised in the following files:
The update is free to download but needs a password to open (see ‘Password protection’ section below). PowerPoint presentation on image manipulation The new study design for Information Technology comes into effect in January 2003. The first two outcomes for Unit 3 of Information Processing and Management are related. In outcome 1, students develop skills with a specific software tool and then call on these skills by solving an information problem for outcome 2. In achieving the first outcome, students might use, for example, image manipulation software and explore its capabilities. They might then look at the interdependence of this software with hardware components such as digital cameras and scanners. In achieving the second outcome, students might use, for example, the image manipulation software in conjunction with web authoring software to solve an information problem. If this is the case, then students will need to know about JPEG and GIF image file formats – not the technical details perhaps, but certainly the differences in their application and what those differences mean for the web page designer, or the print publisher for that matter. The PowerPoint presentation provided here uses a photograph and a graphic image to point out the effects the different compression techniques have on the images. It has been constructed using Microsoft PowerPoint 97 on an IBM-compatible computer running MS Windows 95. The slides have comments for the teacher in the notes page view. They make reference to the new edition of IT @ Work. The presentation was constructed with a view to showing a whole class at once but individual students could view it on their own computer. Revision questions There are three revision questions for outcome 3 of Unit 3, and one revision question for outcome 2 of Unit 4. USE OF THIS MATERIAL This material is copyright of the authors. It is provided free to schools on the condition that it is only used in teaching with IT @ Work, which it supports. Provided this condition is fulfilled, a school may make as many copies as it requires for its students and staff, and may put it on computers used by its students and staff, including internal computer networks, provided that this material cannot be accessed by anyone outside the school. You may not give or distribute copies to anyone not at your school, whether as hard copies or by email or over the internet or by any other means. You may not knowingly put the material on any computer for downloading by anyone not at your school. You may not remove password protection from any files so protected, or copy their contents into unprotected files, except for extracts that are required in another file to facilitate teaching in conjunction with the textbook. You must apply to the publishers for permission to use any part of the material in any document, publication or file that you distribute outside your own school, or allow to be accessed from outside your own school. You may create a link from your website to this download page. Although this material is free, its supply is linked to usage of the textbook. Be aware that the publishers are the sole distributors and will take action to protect their rights against anyone distributing this material without permission. While we have taken reasonable care to ensure downloadable files are free of computer viruses, you should scan downloaded files with up-to-date anti-virus software before opening them. Macmillan Education Australia accepts no responsibility for damage caused to your computer system by viruses. DOWNLOADING FILES You can download this update by selecting from the links on the left. We recommend you download files as follows:
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