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

Wed Jul 27 15:23:00 EST 2011

Hi Laura

Is that the Charlie and Rachael hairdressing scenario? If so, I'm about to look at it shortly.

Rob

Robert Minato
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On 27/07/2011, at 3:05 PM, Laura Fihelly wrote:

> 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  
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>  
>  
> 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
>  
> 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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