1. General Project - School Guide

Your mark for this task will be used by the Scottish Qualifications Authority in deciding your overall award.

 

1. Problem Description

Your headteacher wants to have a computerised guide for visitors to help them to get to know the school.

It has to:-

1. Be user friendly: easy to use for people who have little experience of using computers.
2. Include a Home page or slide with links to five others. These may be about:
   1. Different Subjects or;
   2. Different areas in the school.
3. Each page should have a link back to the Home page or slide.
4. At least one page should have a diagram or picture.

After you have prepared and obtained a draft print out of your presentation, one page has to have added to it:

1. A movie clip
2. A sound clip

Your teacher will supply you with these:

1. A Project Diary must be kept while you are working on this project.
   • The Progress Diary must be included in your final report.
   • It should include a brief description of what you did on each day you worked on the task.
2. A Design Sheet for your pencil design.
3. A Plastic Wallet to keep all your work in,

 

 

What you have to do!

1. Using the Design Sheet produce a draft layout for each page/slide on unlined A4 paper.
   
   (12 Marks for your design so make them neat and detailed)
   
   
   1. The draft copy doesn't have to include the exact text.
      1. Use boxes to indicate their rough position on the slide.
      2. Label and annotate each box so you have an idea as to its contents. And roughly the style it should have: font size, colour etc.
         1. Make your text size large enough to be easily read on screen.
         2. Leave space for a diagram and/or picture if needed.
         3. Decide where in the multimedia guide the audio clip will be added.
         4. Decide where in the multimedia guide the video clip will be added.
      3. Remember to include the button or buttons that will link the pages to other pages.
   2. Label your design sheets with your name with the title draft copy.
      • Your computerised version doesn't have to match exactly your draft design. What the examiner wants to know here, is whether you have ideas at the start and you have done some planning.
      • You will have the opportunity for explaining differences between your final version and your design.
        
        
2. Working at the computer enter and edit your text using your chosen application package.
   
   (24 Marks for the implementation of your design.)
   
   
1. When you are finished print the pages ( write your name, Draft1 and a page number or title to identify the printout) on each sheet.
2. Using the printouts check your information for mistakes and make any necessary corrections in your computerised version.
3. Place the printouts them with your design, ready for your final report.
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3. Add a diagram or picture to the appropriate page or pages according to your design.
   1. You must use clip art or the graphics tools available in your application.
   2. Add the audio clip and the video clip to the appropriate pages.
   3. Add the buttons to link the pages and test that they all work correctly.
   4. Save and print again – write your name, Final Copy and a page number (or title to identify the print out) on each sheet.
   5. Demonstrate your working guide to your teacher.
      
      
4. In a new word document write a report on what you've done. It should include the following:
   
   (14 Marks for this section)
   
   
   1. Begin with an appropriate title.
   2. Under a sub-heading Problem Description write a description of the problem in your own words. This is where you are making it clear exactly what you are going to do!
   3. Under a sub-heading Computer Hardware & Software, complete a note of all the computer hardware and software you used in your project
   4. Under an appropriate sub-heading heading give details of where you obtained your information.
      • If you used any web sites as sources make sure you give the web address together with a short note of what information you got from it.
   5. Under an appropriate title write note of why backups are necessary how backup copies were made.
   6. Again under an appropriate title, write a note on whether you met all the requirements of the task.
      • The is where you make it clear eaxctly what you've done and how it compares to what you set out to do in your Problem Description section.
      • It is also the place where you explain any differences between your paper based pencil design and your final version.
   7. Finally under an appropriate title provide two clear suggestions of how your presentation could be improved.
      • Be clear about exactly what you would change, and;
      • Why it would represent an improvement.

 

What you should hand to your teacher!

1. Paper based pencil design - make sure your name and class is clear.
2. First set of uncorrected draft printouts also clearly labelled
3. Second set of labelled final copy printouts
4. Your report. - your name should be clear and with page numbering.
5. Your project diary.
6. And your computerised guide should be placed in a drop box for your teacher to mark.

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Your mark for this task will be used by the Scottish Qualifications Authority in deciding your overall award.