[Year 12 SofDev] U4O1 Task 2 - Report/Test

Tue Aug 16 08:25:11 EST 2011

Hi Mark,

Now that you mention it if I rewrite the Description of U4O1 Task 2  from :

" User documentation and an explanation of how security and legal matters
are managed when creating solutions in one of the following: "

To 

" User documentation.  As a separate task, an explanation of how security
and legal matters are managed when creating solutions in one of the
following: "

Things become much clearer.  

P 36 - 37 of the ass. Handbook covers U4O1 task 2 from the middle of p36 to
all of p 37 except the last 5 lines of p 37 which introduces U4O2.

Thanks for the explanation .

Keep well

Kevork Krozian

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From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Mark KELLY
Sent: Tuesday, 16 August 2011 8:11 AM
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Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] U4O1 Task 2 - Report/Test

Hi Kevork. The wording in the study design is not as clear as many would
like it to be. 

And in the assessment book, did you read p.35-36, which covers U4O1?  
If you read 36-37 you might have been reading U4O2, which also uses a
written report or test.

SD U4O1 Task 1 is the solution, including internal documentation.

SD U4O1 Task 2 Part 1 is the user documentation.
SD U4O1 Task 2 Part 2 is the explanation of how security and legal matters
are managed using either a written report or a test.

You'd think VCAA could have least started a new sentence to differentiate
between the two parts of task 2.

At least that's how I read it.

Cheers
Mark

On 16 August 2011 07:54, Kevork Krozian <kevork at edulists.com.au> wrote:

Hi Mark,

A careful reading of p 36-37 of the assessment handbook indicates Task 2 is
to be completed as either a test or a report. The description of task 2 has
3 components, user doc, security and legal matters. The performance
descriptors for achievement level describe performance in all of these 3
components.

Therefore, I am left scratching my head as to how User Doc can fall outside
task 2 or is a separate issue to allocating either a test or report as the
mode of assessment and assessing all of user doc, security and legal matters
in the one task.

Is the suggestion that user doc can be a report and security and legal a
test ?  Or that user doc is completed as part of task 1 but allocated a
score in task 2 and only questions relevant to security and legal are found
in the task 2 document ?

I do take your point about the ITA/SD crossover. 

Mildly confused .......

Kevork Krozian

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From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au]
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Sent: Monday, 15 August 2011 8:25 PM

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Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] U4O1 Task 2 - Report/Test

Hi Kevork.  My reasoning was that the test/report decision on the
legal/security issues knowledge was a 50/50 split, but I wanted my ITA kids
who were in SD to get practice in writing extended responses for the
anticipated 8-mark questions in the ITA exam.

As Paula mentioned, user documentation is a separate issue.

Regards

Mark

On 14 August 2011 19:39, Kevork Krozian <kevork at edulists.com.au> wrote:

The top score descriptor for Task 2 includes the following:

"User documentation is appropriate, logically sequenced, complete and
accurate. Presentation is clear and consistent with generally accepted
conventions."

Could it be a test would make it hard to deliver this ?

Kind Regards

Kevork Krozian

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From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au]
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Sent: Sunday, 14 August 2011 12:16 PM
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Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] U4O1 Task 2 - Report/Test

I'm doing a report.  I had a good reason at one stage, but I can't remember
it now  ;-)

On 13 August 2011 19:42, Margaret King Iaquinto <iaquinto at ozemail.com.au>
wrote:

Thanks for that, Mark. No matter how many marks for user doc, I reckon it
must be a really focused task for the user doc. I'm thinking of a
trouble-shooting guide for a specific process in my case study. Something
short and sweet. Are you doing a test or a report for the security/legal?

VK3CFI 

On Sat Aug 13 16:17 , Mark KELLY sent:

For me, 10 for user doc. 5 for security/legal.  Pennypinching, I know, but
there's little choice...

On 13 August 2011 12:51, Margaret Iaquinto <iaquinto at ozemail.com.au> wrote:

Task 2 has only 15 marks out of 60 and some marks go to the user
documentation. What are people doing for the breakdown in marks with
Task 2? The user doc can't be a big task -- but that's OK. And the
remainder of marks are split between security and legal.

Is it better to have Task 2 relate directly to the case study and SRS of
Task 1? Or to have these marks on a new topic(s)?

Report? Test? Any ideas?

Maggie
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