[Year 12 IT Apps] Unit 4 2011: RDBMS Part 2 or Spreadsheets

[Elliot, Mitchell E]

I was thinking of doing the same, Database unit 3 and spreadsheets unit
4 mostly in case they can put both on the exam.

 

Mitch Elliot | Buckley Park College | Cooper St, Essendon 3040 | (03)
9331 9999 | elliot.mitchell.e at edumail.vic.gov.au
<mailto:%7Celliot.mitchell.e at edumail.vic.gov.au> 

 

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[mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Jackson Bates
Sent: Thursday, 11 November 2010 9:59 AM
To: 'itapps at edulists.com.au'
Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] Unit 4 2011: RDBMS Part 2 or Spreadsheets

 

Hi All,

 

Just out of curiosity, what are you all doing for unit 4: Databases or
spreadsheets? And what is your rationale for this?

 

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A reminder from VCAA about the functions to be demonstrated in both:

(taken from
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vcaa/correspondence/bulletins/2010/July/vce_s
tudy.html#2)

 

 

Relational database management system 

The following functions apply to Unit 3:

 

*create tables

*create relationships between tables

*use a range of data types

*electronic validation

*create, edit and use queries

*use of calculated fields

*sort records or index on different fields.

 

If students use a relational database management system in Unit 4, the
following additional functions apply:

 

*import/export of data

*format data for display

*create and edit a range of forms, including different data types and
controls

*create and edit a range of formatted reports.

 

Spreadsheets 

 

*conditional formatting

*formulae including simple functions (SUM, average, maximum, minimum,
count), conditional statements and lookup tables

*cell protection

*graphs

*insert notes/comments

*macros

*relative and absolute cell references

*naming a range

*electronic validation

*sheet referencing

*formatting/layout

 

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FWIW I'll probably run with spreadsheets, just for the sake of building
wider usable skills, but I'm open to ideas.

 

On a side note, I assume only the database knowledge from unit 3 can be
on the exam, since there is no way for the exam to differentiate between
those students that have done Databases Unit 4 or Spreadsheets. Does my
thinking seem sound on that?

 

Regards,

 

Jackson Bates

VCE IT Applications

Waverley Christian College

 

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