[Year 12 IT Apps] ITA U4O1 task 1 VITTA resource

Wed Jul 27 15:05:06 EST 2011

Hi Everyone,

I am using the VITTA U4O1 as a sample SAC using spreadsheet software. I
am struggling a bit developing the actual spreadsheet itself. Has anyone
done up a solution to this, I would be interested to see how you
developed it. It doesn't seem to be as straight forward as what I did
last year and I'm starting to wonder if I made a huge error in giving
this as a sample SAC in the first place. I am fine with implementing the
formulas but I just can't seem to figure out the best (and easiest) way
of setting it out.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Laura Fihelly

Teacher of Business Management & Information Technologies

Catholic Regional College Sydenham

380 Sydenham Road 

Sydenham 3037

email: fihl at crcsydenham.net

web: www.crcsydenham.net <http://www.crcsydenham.net/>    

From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au
[mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of SAMANTHA MITCHELL
Sent: Tuesday, 26 July 2011 4:55 PM
To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] ITA U4O1 task 1 weighting

Hi,

We use 'Wink' (open-source) to create a flash 'tutorial' embedded in an
html page. We then link these to 'Help' buttons/macros on the
spreadsheet.

It is a small program which is very engaging and easy to use - I highly
recommend it (there are two tutorials in the help menu).

Cheers, 

Samantha Mitchell

Mildura Senior College

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From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] on
behalf of Mark KELLY [kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au]
Sent: Monday, 25 July 2011 10:08 PM
To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] ITA U4O1 task 1 weighting

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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