[Informatics] Adventures in Libre Office

[Colley, Elizabeth E]

Great idea!
Thanks Mark. 
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From: informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au [informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au] on behalf of Mark [mark at vceit.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 22 March 2017 6:20 PM
To: Year 12 VCE Informatics Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Informatics] Adventures in Libre Office

Thanks, Liz. That's good teachin' stuff.

Even though it currently lacks a hypothesis, it may make a good practice MMOS topic for them to play with.

Perhaps they can even reverse-engineer a hypothesis from their research findings

After all - that's where all hypotheses come from: observations that need a tentative explanation.

Regards
Mark


On 22 March 2017 at 17:17, Colley, Elizabeth E <colley.elizabeth.e at edumail.vic.gov.au<mailto:colley.elizabeth.e at edumail.vic.gov.au>> wrote:
They’ve got a bit more h/wk time, and next week I’ll get them to try the favourites with a practice scenario.
So far…


Good

No Good


ZOHO - https://www.zoho.com/projects/gantt-charts.html
This website has a free trial, however - We can only make one project, accompanied by 10MB of accessible space.  (SAM & RIKASH)

This website is easy to navigate around.

Tableau
https://www.tableau.com/products/trial#system-requirements
There is a free trial of 14 days.
User has to pay for either the personal version ($999 USD) or the professional version (1,999 USD)
Expensive.

Smart Sheet -

  *   Free trial for 29 days

  *   Cheap to use compared to other programs
  *   Can export into different formats
  *   Has the ability to print
  *   Can share to different users
  *   Can Save online
  *   Can import data
  *   Can email to others
  *   fairly easy to navigate around the website

Smart Sheet:

  *   Have to pay after free trial ends
  *   Must register with email
  *   $14 dollars a month


https://ganttpro.com/
GanttPro
·         Not completely free 0
·         Email verification -1
·         Colour scheme is pleasing +2
·         English or Russian +1
·         Clear starter layout +1
·         Can input data +1
·         Cant export or save unless pro -3
Total: 2/10

Gantt Project
Free
http://www.ganttproject.biz/
[https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/P9l2W1uPQE8Key3QX6_WdZAlHw63njUcYWXAY2XOIk9gimPImlScUtqJ6EnMGw9WbpcRkryyMivw16Jd3pxHyQquU21YJRgQC8b80n9MjWrubMfT5F9N_F0Q8_SmI4WCgjweyHq-]
Offline
Exportable

https://dapulse.com
Requires to Pay after 3 months

https://www.tomsplanner.com/software/project-planning/pricingsignup.aspx

This allows you to do ONE PROJECT and it’s stored online! However, thats all we need!!! And worst case scenario - We can buy it and do 20 projects and its just under $10! --- Do have a look at this website!

Project Manager
https://www.projectmanager.com
Absolutely, positively horrible. The colour scheme was disgusting, and you had to insert your card details to continue with the “30 day free trial”
[https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/DyVtC5uhGiGow9UEyDvjo28dazl8bfcloo3esZ2vtMHfckEbaD-iXmGsoRE-yAKIzIJFsbiVh19Ml3s2J_c9bCoGOLChvDH32Ba9G_W6QiwzhzKhWUqdlWDUdyESTQD5lkz8zKFQ]
Like look how gross it is!



Liz Colley

Year 7 Assistant Educational Year Level Leader
English and Computing Teacher



From: informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au<mailto:informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au> [mailto:informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au<mailto:informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au>] On Behalf Of Mark
Sent: Wednesday, 22 March 2017 4:59 PM

To: Year 12 VCE Informatics Teachers' Mailing List <informatics at edulists.com.au<mailto:informatics at edulists.com.au>>
Subject: Re: [Informatics] Adventures in Libre Office

And... ?

I'd very much like to hear about their findings.

Regards,
Mark

On 22 March 2017 at 16:50, Colley, Elizabeth E <colley.elizabeth.e at edumail.vic.gov.au<mailto:colley.elizabeth.e at edumail.vic.gov.au>> wrote:
My students had a fun time creating a google doc, with each pair testing out a different ‘free’ Gantt chart software and posting their results and recommendations.


Liz Colley

Year 7 Assistant Educational Year Level Leader
English and Computing Teacher




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