[Year 12 IT Apps] User guide/documentation for U401 advice

Thu Jul 23 15:05:29 AEST 2015

Hi Damien,

I hadn't thought of Screencast-o-matic although we've made enough of them
for our staff (how do I save an email attachment again?!). Combined with a
storyboard and outline that should cover the points nicely.

Thanks,

Laurie

Laurie Savage
https://sites.google.com/a/pvgc.vic.edu.au/mr-savage/home

On 23 July 2015 at 12:36, ATKINSON-BUCK, Damien <
Damien.ATKINSON-BUCK at ivanhoe.com.au> wrote:

>  Hi Laurie and others,
>
> Agreed, a well-designed spreadsheet should need no User
> Documentation….there is *almost* no point to it. However, I’ve written
> several little programs in Excel for school like timetable converters and
> sports recording etc, that (which I think) are very easy to use. However,
> others do have difficulty with spreadsheets and baulk at the mere mention
> of them, and this is where a small amount of User Doc becomes a powerful
> ally. I often attach a short video walkthrough and find most users can
> generally follow along with it.
>
> Using that logic, for this SAC, I get my students to use a program like
> Screencast-O-Matic (free download here
> <http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/>) and make a 90 second walkthrough.
> Design wise, they do a quick storyboard and script outline, not that it’s
> required in the SD, but because I want them to still go through the
> processes.
>
> I stay away from PowerPoint on this as I try to teach them to use the
> right tool for the job, I think PowerPoint does it about as well as using a
> butter knife to undo a screw, yes it works, but there are better tools. At
> the other extreme, I think making a website for a spreadsheet’s
> documentation is overkill, there’ll be students spending a couple of
> lessons and stressing out creating a site for one sixth of the available
> marks.
>
> What we might find self-evident may not be self-evident to someone else.
>
> My 0.000053 bitcoin worth
>
> Cheers
>
> Damien
>
>
>
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> *From:* Laurie Savage [mailto:08327998 at pvgc.vic.edu.au]
> *Sent:* Thursday, 23 July 2015 10:44 AM
>
> *To:* Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] User guide/documentation for U401 advice
>
>
>
> One of the problems with the user documentation part of the project is
> that a well designed spreadsheet should be almost self evident or
> self-documenting!
>
>
>
> Laurie
>
>
>       Laurie Savage
> https://sites.google.com/a/pvgc.vic.edu.au/mr-savage/home
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>
>
> On 23 July 2015 at 09:32, Andrew Pate <arp at mentonegrammar.net> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> *From:* itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
> itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Ciotti, George W
> *Sent:* Thursday, 23 July 2015 9:10 AM
> *To:* Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
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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.
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> George
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> *From: *Mark <mark at vceit.com>
> *Reply-To: *Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List <
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> *Date: *Wed, 22 Jul 2015 14:15:16 +1000
> *To: *Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List <
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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.
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>
>
> Mark
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>
>
> On 22 July 2015 at 13:53, Ciotti, George W <
> 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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