[Year 12 IT Apps] ITA U4O1 task 1 weighting

[Mark KELLY]

Hi all.  The study design says that "To support the ongoing use of these
solutions, students produce user documentation using either web authoring or
multimedia authoring software."

I think most of us would agree on what "web authoring" software would be -
Dreamweaver, Drupal/Moodle etc (but do we include Notepad if it's used to
create PHP/AJAX/CSS/HTML5 pages?).

We just need to argue over whether PDF is "multimedia authoring software".
I'd say not.  I'd say its prime function is *not* the creation of
multimedia.

I'd say Powerpoint and Flash *are* specifically designed as multimedia
authoring tools.

2.15c worth (assuming a GST rise to pay for the carbon tax)

Come out lurkers.  What do you think?

Mark

On 25 July 2011 14:23, Andrew Shortell <shortell at get2me.net> wrote:

>  Hey Mark
> At a personal level I do not believe a single PDF is adequate if it is
> merely a print document such as a text document (NOT necessarily a word doc
> from microsloth (attribution to Mike B))
>
> However I believe that as part of doing the preparation for creating User
> Documentation that we create a specification set / design brief. This brief
> contains all the things that will help them to achieve high in each criteria
> on the marking scheme.
>
> Thus they know exactly what they need to put in and so the students who are
> interested in attaining good results put it in.
> I consider it no reflection upon myself if they deliberately choose not to
> put in things that we have discussed and added to the specifications of
> which they have a copy.  !!
>
> Interactivity is important for user doc; searchability; and lots of other
> things. Given that you are marking the sacs you need to set the specs. If
> the students know the specs then they have the best chance of meeting them!
>
> (I think I am missing teaching vce!! And the intellectual challenges
> therein! As I sit in a year 7 art class.)
>
> Andrew
>
>
>
> On 25/07/11 1:30 PM, "Mark KELLY" <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> wrote:
>
> Hi Andrew.  While I acknowledge that PDF has one or two distinctively
> onscreen features, it lacks most of them.  If I let my kids use PDF as a
> format, they'd type up a normal Word document and just save it as PDF
> without exploiting the features they were meant to use.
>
> On 25 July 2011 10:22, Andrew Shortell <shortell at get2me.net> wrote:
>
> Hi John and Mark
>
> PDF is no longer merely meant to be printed. It is a simple way to keep
> everything looking like you meant it to look.
>
> PDF docs can contain links etc so they are not merely printed pages
>
> A lot of user doc that one receives nowadays comes as pdf. 100s of pages of
> it. When was the last time that you printed a pdf manual????????
>
> E.g. Last night I installed a big pond usb modem for a “Senior” couple. The
> suer doc was a series of pdfs. Telstra is moderately up to date with
> things......
>
> Back off my soap box and on to teaching and learning
>
> Andrew
>
>
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