[Year 12 IPM] Formats & Conventions

[Stewart, Andrew]

Thanks Mark,

Are there a set of guidelines for optional and preferred conventions?

 
Cheers
 
Andrew
 
 
Andrew Stewart
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From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Mark Kelly
Sent: Sunday, 15 October 2006 5:58 PM
To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
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Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] Formats & Conventions

This keeps coming up...

1. Formats and conventions are not the same thing
2. Formats describe how information is structured or arranged e.g. as a 
table, a graph, a web page, an annual report.
3. Once a format has been chosen, there are conventions that are (a) 
mandatory (b) preferred or (c) optional for that convention.

e.g. once you choose to the format of a table to present data, the 
conventions are to have bold headings, right-aligned numbers in columns
etc.

If you'd chosen the format of a bar graph, you'd need to follow the 
conventions of labelling axes, using different colour or fill pattern 
for the different bars etc.

Does that help?

Ooroo.

Mark

Stewart, Andrew wrote:
> Hi,
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> Can someone please describe an easy way to explain to my students the 
> difference between preferred and optional formats or conventions?
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> My students have struggled with Q 4 of the 2004 VCAA paper.
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> Cheers
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> Andrew
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> Andrew Stewart
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> Head of Information & Communication Technologies
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> Ballarat & Clarendon College
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> 1425 Sturt St
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> Ballarat Vic 3350
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> Ph:    63 3 53308200
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> Fax:   63 3 53323553
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> Mob: 0419516701
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> www.clarendon.vic.edu.au <http://www.clarendon.vic.edu.au/>
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