[Year 12 IT Apps] Software for outcomes?

[Croke, Daryl D]

Hi all

Does anyone have a timeline for Informatics next year?


Cheers

Daryl Croke

Senior School eLearning Leader
Mount Ridley College
8338 3600
http://mountridleycollege.vic.edu.au/

keep on coding
http://geekstuff.global2.vic.edu.au/
http://physicalcomputing.global2.vic.edu.au/


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From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] on behalf of Mark [mark at vceit.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 18 November 2015 3:38 PM
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Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Software for outcomes?

Hi Daryl

If you just need to know the VCAA-mandated RDBMS functions for 2016+<http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/vce/computing/InformaticsSoftwareToolsFunctions.docx>, they are:

  *   create tables
  *   create relationships between tables
  *   use a range of data types
  *   electronically validate data
  *   create, edit and use queries
  *   search and filter records
  *   perform calculations
  *   create and edit formatted reports
  *   sort records or index on different fields.

That would include (IMHO)

  *   MS Access,
  *   Filemaker Pro (but be conscious of examiners' inbuilt antipathy to Filemaker's calculated fields and - maybe - lack of a "maintain referential integrity" option, and lack of input masks [which may have been implied in the 2015 ITA exam]),
  *   MySQL with a GUI front-end, and
  *   OpenOffice or LibreOffice (have not tried them in recent years. Can't speak for their functionality or ease of use)
  *   KellyBase (a new and exciting RDBMS written in 'Scratch' and available sometime in 2020 for only $600,000 per seat. Order NOW! Pre-payment is mandatory. Delivery is not guaranteed.)

Cheers

Mark

On 18 November 2015 at 13:21, Croke, Daryl D <croke.daryl.d at edumail.vic.gov.au<mailto:croke.daryl.d at edumail.vic.gov.au>> wrote:
Hi all

We are running Informatics in 2016 for the first time.

Needs some advice on software requirement for databases. What options are there? Class will run in a PC lab.

Cheers

Daryl Croke

Senior School eLearning Leader
Mount Ridley College
8338 3600
http://mountridleycollege.vic.edu.au/

keep on coding
http://geekstuff.global2.vic.edu.au/
http://physicalcomputing.global2.vic.edu.au/



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