[Year 12 IT Apps] itapps Digest, Vol 125, Issue 35

Thu Jul 23 11:40:07 AEST 2015

Dreamweaver for me. It's easy to follow on with the same tool that was used
during U3O1. Keeping things as familiar as possible this time of year is
probably the best way to go.

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> From: Andrew Pate <arp at mentonegrammar.net>
> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] User guide/documentation for U401
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> HI all
> I have also used powerpoint in the past. This year my students have the
> skills to build a few simple pages and lay them out effectively with div
> and css or use a framework to do so.
> They were agast to think that within the SAC on spreadsheet they basically
> have to repeat SAC1 (albeit on a smaller scale)
>
> I think Powerpoint easily satisfies the criteria, and if the purpose is to
> demonstrate knowledge of help system structure and style, then good.
> Andrew.
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> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
> itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Ciotti, George W
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> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] User guide/documentation for U401 advice
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> Thanks Mark.
>
> I have to disagree though, pdf is a multimedia authoring platform of great
> versatility. I suppose it comes down to knowing how to get these features
> out of it. But one issue is that students are not allowed to use the
> Acrobat application that enables these features. That means more hardcore
> InDesign work.
> Last time I used Powerpoint and it worked successfully. Given that we're
> talking about a small component of the SAC it ranks in a similar league as
> the Web site prototype? As long as students can demonstrate an
> understanding of how a user guide/documentation can be applied to their
> solution and this can be operated onscreen it then satisfies the
> requirement. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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> Cheers
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> From: Mark <mark at vceit.com<mailto:mark at vceit.com>>
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> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 14:15:16 +1000
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> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] User guide/documentation for U401 advice
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> Hi George
>
> The relevant key skills for ITA U4O1 is "use web authoring or multimedia
> authoring software to create onscreen user documentation".
>
> Interactivity does not seem to be a criterion. Multimedia is.
> The question is whether a PDF can be called 'multimedia'.
> Strictly speaking, it can contain text and images, so it's minimally
> multimedia. But I'd suggest it is stretching the definition of 'multimedia'
> until it squeals...
>
> I've argued in the past that MS Powerpoint is a valid multimedia authoring
> tool, and Paula wasn't even too sure about that.
> But I think she now accepts Powerpoint can create true
> multimedia/multimodal (for 2016) presentations.
>
> I'd be uneasy about hoping that a PDF qualifies as 'multimedia'. Does it
> do video/animation of any variety?  Audio/music?
> I've always treated PDF as a format that is really designed for printing,
> not primarily for onscreen presentation.
>
> Another 2 cents foolishly frittered away.
>
> Mark
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> On 22 July 2015 at 13:53, Ciotti, George W <
> ciotti.george.w at edumail.vic.gov.au<mailto:
> ciotti.george.w at edumail.vic.gov.au>> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking to get my students to use InDesign to construct the
> Documentation component of the 401 SAC. It will be turned into a pdf and
> will demonstrate some interactivity. Before going down this route, I was
> wondering whether this satisfies the requirements for this component. I
> think I remember reading that PDFs do not meet requirements because they
> lack typical online features. Which of course is not true. It certainly
> falls in the multimedia, interactive and useable online criteria.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> George
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