GCSE ICT
Welcome Back
Activity Review Evidence
Teacher and test buddy feedback / reflection <most important
Appropriate features and tools of software <second most important.
LOGO:
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vectors
pixelation
transferrable
resizable
transparent
definition
complementary
colour wheel
gradient
shade
MODEL:
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variables
conditional formatting
‘if’ function
testing scenarios
using functions
accessibility
usability
readability
contrast
pastel colours
AUDIO CLIP:
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fade in / out
clipping
distortion
amplitude
mixing
panning
effect
format
exporting
transferrable
DATABASE:
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filtering
query
criteria
readability
unnecessary information
record
field
contrast
pastel colours
Key words continued..
E-NEWSLETTER:
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hyperlinks
user control
accessibility
interaction
embedding
CSS class/ID
HTML
frameset
mainframe
colour scheme
typography
contrast
resizable
asset
navigation
BANNER:
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
state
frame
tween
opacity
fade
movement
layer style
animation
frame rate ?
delay
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graph
chart
title
axis
label
visualisation
statistic
cumulative
DIGITAL ADVERT:
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transition
typography
contrast
animation
asset
source
effect
media
audience
GCSE Exam
From January onwards we will be preparing for
the GCSE exam, which is 40% of your final
grade. (Unit 1)
GCSE ICT is a valuable qualification to have,
supporting your work in numerous industries /
paths of further education.
GCSE Coursework
Unit 2 - is your coursework (60%)
You have until Christmas to get this
finished.
You are welcome to use the ICT rooms at
any time.
CAB “Community Spirit”
Three practical activities:
★ Activity 1: Logo, Radio Advert, Music
Database
★ Activity 2: Spreadsheet model & Digital
Advert
★ Activity 3: Animated Banner & e-Newsletter
CAB “Community Spirit”
Several written activities
★ Activity 1-3 Reviews
★ Activity 4: Evaluation
★ Sources Table
These are EASY marks. You are all more than
capable to shine here key words at the start
and end of this ppt.
What do we need to focus on?
Catch-up time?
Activity 3?
E-newsletter?
Spreadsheet model adaptations?
DATABASE TASK
Querying a database, self-assessment
Lesson Aims
1. Collect work for moderation and feedback
2. Understand the ‘music databases’ task better
Learning Objective:
Recognise the benefits of filtering and arranging
information
Building a Query
Queries help us reduce the amount of information
shown in a database.
We can remove irrelevant information
and sort our information how we like.
How to build a query
1. Query Design (on the ‘create’ tool ribbon)
2. Add database to query
3. Select which fields to show (Rapper, worth, albums)
4. Choose a field to sort by
5. Specify a criteria to sort by. (>100)
Coursework
Relate the discussion to the “Music Databases” task
of your GCSE Coursework. Keep this in mind
when completing the Activity 1 review.
Complete your report and make sure the finished
version is saved as a .pdf file.
Task Requirements
1. Save a copy of the database to your folder.
2. Add 3 new songs released in the last 2 years.
3. Add the websites where you sourced your information
from to your sources table
4. Use a query to filter your database by year or genre
5. Create your database report, complete with logo
6. Record feedback received by your ‘test buddy’
7. Reflect on feedback and make appropriate changes
8. Complete the review for this activity, going into detail
and justifying your decisions
SOURCES TABLE
Sources Table
Points to rememember.
Please watch your spelling and grammar.
“I done this already” is an acceptable colloquialism
for an informal self-assessment, but if you write like
this in your coursework you will lose marks :(
Finally, it’s GCSE not “GSCE”... !
Where are your Sources Tables?
It has come to my attention that not many of you
have been updating a Sources Table.
Not using a Sources Table may lose you up to 10
marks of each activity… which may be the
difference between a B and a D!
What the exam board says...
“Students must acknowledge all their sources - even
those they decide not to use. They should justify
their choice of sources and explain the reasons for
using them.
All sources should be fully referenced. Simply
stating “The internet” or giving Google as the
source is not sufficient.”
For each item in your sources
table..
Information source: What is the URL or name
of book?
P or S: Primary or secondary?
Description: What is this information about?
Explanation: How/why/where or [why didn’t]
you use this information?
As well as the sources table...
You need to list any media assets you looked at in
your research in the assets table.
This includes music, images, video, graphics, banners
etc.
For example - the three songs you added to your
music database should go here.
You don’t need to fill in “details of permission” unless
you re-used the actual media.
Assets table
If you are aiming above a C, you need to show
understanding of using other peoples assets.
This applies to the Logo (1), Digital Advert (2),
Banner and E-Newsletter (3) tasks.
Often people borrow other peoples work, and
use it - as long as this complies with
copyright law.
Definitions...
Royalty-free: free from copyright
Copyright: reuse is unlawful
Creative Commons: reuse subject to
conditions
Attribution:
who made this media?
FOCUS ON:
Sources Table:
1. sources for investigation
2. sources for music database data
3. sources for spreadsheet model data
Assets Table:
1. examples of logos / graphics you used
2. songs for music database
3. examples of radio adverts / music used
REMEMBER!:
1. Use Microsoft Word, not Wordpad.
2. You need a range of sources (several for each task)
3. You need both primary and secondary sources for
high marks
5. Show evidence that you understand copyright in the
assets table
6. All data from your spreadsheet model should be
backed up by a reference
How do you know that the clown charges £55 an
hour?
EVENT MODEL
Developing the Event Model
Coursework Timetable
Week 1 – 1st October
Music Databases
Week 2 – 8th October
Event Model development / sources table
Week 3 – 15th October
Event model development
Week 4 – 22nd October
Event model advanced functionality
Week 5 – 5th November
Recommendations
Week 6 – 12th November
Audio clip / Activity 2 review
Week 7 – 19th November
Digital Advert / Activgity 2 review
HOLIDAY
Week 8 – 26th November
E-newsletter - Storyboards / Animated
banner
Week 9 – 2nd December
E-newsletter - Design
Week 10 – 9th December
E-newsletter - Structure
Week 11 -16th December
E-newsletter - Content
Week 12 – 6th Jan
E-newsletter - Finalisation
Week 13 – 13th Jan
Evaluation
Week 14 – 20th Jan
Evaluation
Developing the Model
Today we are going to be looking at Activity 2.
You should use the concepts we will be discussing
over the next few weeks if you want to get the
highest marks for this task.
Step One: Understanding the model
The idea of the model is to predict possible profit
(money for the charity) and losses, using
different scenarios of what your event will
involve.
How do we work out profit?
Profit = Income - Loss (Costs)
Step Two: Profit and Loss
Each “Consumables” table (section) on your
spreadsheet could contain two columns, headed
“Income” and “Costs”
At the end of each section, you should work out the
totals for each of these for this part only.
This will make working out total income, profit and
loss at the end much easier.
Step Three: Ideas for your model
Your model should reflect the decisions you made
in Activity 1: Investigation. However, you can
always go back to your Activity 1: Review and add
new ideas (remember to put the sources of your
information in your sources table)
You get the most marks for designing your own
model. By copying the example given in the CAB,
you are limiting yourself to a maximum “C”
grade!
Formula practice
How do we multiply?
How do we add?
How do we divide?
How do we subtract?
How do we do a 2 or 3 part SUM?
How do we add up multiple numbers?
How do we round up?
TASK:
Work on expanding your model to include more
variables.
EVENT MODEL
Developing the Event Model
.rtf files - don’t use them!
I recommend you change all your .rtf (Rich Text
Format) files to Word Documents.
Remember you can solve the issue of the tables
going off the edge of the page by changing the
page layout -> orientation to landscape.
Recap of last week
The two most fundamental things we discussed last week were:
● Your event model must have a reason for existence - to
calculate forecasted profit / loss
● It must be able to test different scenarios using variables
(e.g. dropdown lists)
● It must use formulae - unfortunately using another calculator
will get you 0 - no rewardable content
By the end of the lesson:
Make sure:
1. Your dashboard has variables to test different
scenarios (dropdown lists)
2. Your model works out total profit and loss.
3. Your static data is on your additional worksheets.
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GCSE ICT: Lesson 6
General Reminders
Spreadsheets are made up of labels (burgers) and
values (200 or £5.60).
Values cannot contain letters like ‘p’ or ‘pack of’ why is this?
Values must be numerical so calculations can be
added using formulae.
Example Model
Even if you have completed the example model
100% accurately and everything works, you
cannot achieve above a C grade.
For the higher marks you must implement
advanced functionality - this is what I want to
show you today.
General Reminders
Spreadsheets are made up of labels (burgers) and
values (200 or £5.60).
Values cannot contain letters like ‘p’ or ‘pack of’ why is this?
Values must be numerical so calculations can be
added using formulae.
Dashboard
Your dashboard is your user interface similar to what is featured on a website,
software program, phone app, cash
machine or any digital product.
The aesthetics of your design must meet
target and purpose.
Comments?
Why is this...
...better than this?
Consider..
Your typography.
Make sure your design is readable, accessible and
appropriate.
It is helpful to include instructions on how to use your
model. You may want to colour code your dropdown
lists, for example.
Use the yellow boxes to change the model’s variables.
Conditional formatting
One recommendation from the CAB is that you use
conditional formatting to colour code your event. This is
an easy way to gain high marks!
By now you should have your total profit and loss cells
complete - if not just use temporary values for this
exercise.
The event is making a profit
The event is making a loss
For extra marks...
Make your model display messages based on the results of
a certain scenario.
For this you will use the =IF function.
See the worksheet for additional info on this.
Think you are finished?
There is a lot of work to do if you want to achieve a B or
above!
Please collect the event model checklist from the front can you tick everything off?
For the remainder of the lesson:
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1. Implement conditional formatting to show
profit / loss
1. Add instructions on how to use the model
1. Add comments to annotate where you have
used advanced features
1. Facilitate the =IF function to display messages
GCSE IT - Lesson
7
Activity 2 Review
Reminders
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Your spreadsheet must be completed with the minimum of:
● data
● formulae
● variables
● total profit/loss
This must be completed by the end of the week as we will be
moving on to the ‘Recommendations’ report task next week.
Tomorrow will be spent on Activity 2 review...
What is the difference between these
words?
Define
Explain
Justify
Today’s lesson
… will focus on completing your Activity 2 review.
As the marking criteria says:
look for evidence in the Activity 2 review, Sources
Table, and the model itself.
Full marks can still be attained for a model that is
less than perfect.
In essence:
As long as you write about your work.. it’s ok!
So much of this coursework is based on reviewing
and evaluating your work.
You have a great advantage here because you’re
obviously highly literate so you shouldn’t find this
much of a problem.
Today’s lesson
Complete activity 2 review on the work you have done so far
You must go into detail for each section - remember to
define , explain and justify your decisions.
Continue with your spreadsheet model
Use the CAB and the resources available to you in the
shared area
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Using Lookup Tables
To make your model A* standard!
Recap
So far this term we have looked at:
1. Making your model represent your investigation
2. Updating your sources table to show where you got your data
3. Giving your model a purpose - calculate total profit / loss
4. Adding dropdown lists to the dashboard to allow the user to
make choices
Recap
So far this term we have looked at:
5. Linking worksheets
6. Using conditional formatting to highlight red if loss, green if
profit
5. Using the =IF function to display a warning message if the
model generates a loss
=IF(H23 < 0, “Warning - event will incur a loss!”, “”)
Today’s work
Continue working on your event model.
MAKE SURE:
1. Values in your cells do not include letters such as ‘p’
2. You have formulae to work out all calculations
3. Your dashboard includes dropdown lists to give the user variables
4. Your model works out total/profit loss
5. You have used conditional formatting
6. You have used the =IF function to display messages
7. You have added =VLOOKUP sensibly.
The =VLOOKUP function
Using “lookup tables” is quite complex, but
will show you have the technical ability
to get the highest marks.
Lookups are used when you want to search
for information in a table, and can be
used to condense data down to a smaller
set.
Activities
A good way to use =VLOOKUP in your model is with your
activities.
On an extra worksheet, you could have a list of ten different
activities - how much they will cost you and how much (if any)
income you will make from them.
On your dashboard - you present the user the option to choose
3 of these activities for the event.
=VLOOKUP should be used in conjunction with a dropdown list.
=VLOOKUP
The VLOOKUP function has four arguments.
=VLOOKUP(E11, myTable, 3,FALSE)
This is the name of the function - all formulae and function in Excel
begin with =
1. This is what you want to search for - in this case it will be your
dropdown list
2. This is where you want to search - this will be the table on your
extra worksheet
=VLOOKUP
The VLOOKUP function has four arguments.
=VLOOKUP(E11, myTable, 3,FALSE)
3. This is the column in the table you want to get the data from. 1 will
be the source of your dropdown list, so choose 2 or 3
4. You will need to search for an exact match so set this to “FALSE”
Using a Lookup table for your activities
Add advanced variables to your model:
1. Add data for a choice of 10 activities on an extra worksheet.
- What activity?
- How much to buy/rent
- Will you charge for people to have a go?
2. Incorporate options to choose three of these activities on your
dashboard
- What activity?
- Predicted number of people to have a go? (dropdown)
- How much cost? How much income?
Please raise your hand if...
You used Fireworks
or Photoshop to
create your LOGO
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Activity 1 - fulfilling the criteria to get the
highest marks.
The criteria says….
● You must gather material from a range of different sources, so
far your research is limited to the internet. Sources of
information include personal experiences, television, websites,
books, maps, diagrams, photographs, leaflets, newspapers,
podcasts, expert opinions, email.
● You must make decisions about what information is
relevant/appropriate to your investigation. In your sources table
/ Activity 1 Review, show discrimination of your research - you
must include all sources of information even if you decided they
weren't appropriate.
What you should do - 20 minutes
1. Update your sources table to include a range of different
sources for your investigation.
- books.google.com
- youtube.com
- personal experiences
2. Show discrimination of your research
- blogs
- yahoo answers
- wikipedia
- tabloid newspapers
Your tasks:
★ Add 3 books to your sources table.
★ Add 2 newspaper articles to your sources table.
(surveys/opinion polls to back up your questionnaire?)
Access these through the internet, but list them as physical
sources.
Remember you can add sources that you didn’t end up
using - this gets you into the highest mark band
The criteria says….
● You have limited information regarding your search
techniques - please make sure you discuss: types of
search engines, keywords, search techniques,
boolean operators
● You have limited information regarding your
selection techniques - how did you judge which
information to use? How did you know what
sources were valid / reliable / unbiased?
What you should do - 20 minutes
1. Show screenshots of different search techniques. Compare
search engines. Use boolean operators - AND, NOT, “ “ etc.
Discuss using specialist search engines.
2. Show discrimination of your research - talk about validity,
bias, reliability, reputable sources etc.
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Lesson 10 - Recommendations
Recommendations
Ideally by now you are in a position to start the
second task in Activity 2, the recommendations.
As the CAB says:
You must prepare some recommendations for the organisers. Make sure that
you use examples from your model and that you explain your
recommendations.
your model must fulfil its purpose, be able to test different scenarios and
calculate profit / loss to do this
The recommendations will be sent to each of the organisers to be viewed on
screen.
My suggestion is to format a Word document nicely then to use “Save as PDF”
- this is a standardised file format for digital reports
The recommendations must include:
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the logo and strapline
suggestions for the event
values from your model to support your recommendations
charts to illustrate your findings.
Remember you will not be there to answer any questions. Make sure you
explain your recommendations clearly.
Example
I propose the food dishes to be served should be:
Fried chicken, chips and burgers.
These dishes are very popular in the local community, as
discussed in the survey ‘Popular Quick Eats in Lewisham’ in
the Lewisham Recorder (12/04/2010). Furthermore, burgers
can be affordably sold at £3.00 per item, but due to minimal
costs for this food they will generate a sizable profit for the
charity. Please see the chart below to show the income /
costs / profit from the sale of this item across a range of
predicted sales:
Sensible graphs
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★ Bar charts are used to compare data.
★ Line graphs are used to show trend.
★ Pie charts are used to show proportional data.
What is wrong with these
charts/graphs?
Add a sensible title “A bar chart to show…”
Add labels for both axis
What is wrong with these
charts/graphs?
Pie Chart Comparing Income, Costs and Profit
Income, costs and profit are not proportionate!
They are not pieces of the same pie!!
Things to remember
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Compose in Word but export to PDF (Adobe)
Use sensible graphs
Write in clear, fluent English.
Back up any claim with data generated by your
model
5. The more variables / possibilities to test
different scenarios, the more in-depth your
recommendations report will be.
6. Use superlative language
7. Use professional business formatting.
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Lesson 11/12 - Logo & Digital Advert
Digital Advert
This assignment is non-specific, so you can choose
what digital tools you think are appropriate. You
have the options of:
PowerPoint
An automated (timed) presentation
Windows Movie Maker
A compilation of images and video
Things to remember
If you are using WMM - you should be adding video
(appropriate use of software).
Use www.offliberty.com to rip video from Youtube.
Import this into movie maker to include in your
advert.
Things to remember
In both routes, you should still be adding images these could be any photos to do with the local
community for example.
Use www.commons.wikimedia.org for ‘free to
reuse’ images
Import/insert them into WMM/PowerPoint to
include in your advert.
Using Assets
Remember - it is OK to reuse other peoples work as
long as you list this media in your assets table
(below your sources table).
You must show an understanding of copyright here:
Youtube rips - permission from owner
Wikimedia - creative commons license
Reminders
1. Please make sure your typography is
professional.
2. Spellcheck all your work
3. Your advert should include information based on
your model (e.g. ticket price)
4. Don’t ‘overuse’ transitions / animations
5. If using WMM, your final version should be
exported to a compressed video file format (e.g.
.wmv)
6. Use www.offliberty.org / www.commons.wikimedia.org
Logo
I would like to give you the opportunity to have
another go at the logo activity.
This is for several reasons -
Logo
★ Technical skills since Year 9 have improved
★ You missed out on the ‘analysis’ stage - affects
sources table
★ Some logos look like posters or CD covers
★ Stick drawings & professionalism?
★ Missing criteria from the brief
Examples of logos
Examples of logos
● Pixelation
● Background
● Transferability
● Resizability
● Professionalis
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Logo assessment criteria:
1. You have used appropriate digital tools and their
features effectively
Paint
Powerpoint
Fireworks
- why? Vectors
Logo assessment criteria:
2. You are aware of the properties of logos, such as
the fact they have to be transferrable (able to be
resized)
Questions to ask yourself:
★ Is your text too small?
★ Does your logo pixelate when it is made bigger?
★ How does your logo look on your database
report?
★ Do you have a coloured background - if so why?
Tasks
1. Choose 5 logos to analyse. Add these in your
sources table. Discuss their properties in your
review.
2. Recreate your logo using Fireworks and Vector
tools - this is so it can be resized.
3. Save an alternate version of your strapline in a
separate image - this can be used for the track list
& recommendations report
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Lesson 13 - Catch Up
Term 1 Summary
We have covered these practical activities so far
this term:
★ Event Model
★ Recommendations Report
★ Logo
★ Digital Advert
★ Music Database
Written aspect
We have also discussed what you need to include in
your Activity 1 Review, Activity 2 Review and
Sources Table in order to get into the highest
mark band.
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Holiday homework:
1. Go over Activity 1 and 2 reviews - more detail.
2. Complete spreadsheet model.
3. Finish recommendations report.
4. Complete Digital Advert.
5. Sources Table
6. Script for Radio Advert.
Holiday homework:
1. Go over Activity 1 and 2 reviews - more detail.
Everyone has a Word Processor - Trial version of
Office, OpenOffice, WordPad - all free.
You all have a brain and good literacy skills.
Holiday homework:
2. Complete spreadsheet model.
If you do not have Excel you can:
★ download trial version of Office for free
Holiday homework:
3. Finish recommendations report.
Again, all you need is a word processor and for your
spreadsheet model to be finished. It must be able
to test scenarios and generate profit/loss.
Holiday homework:
4. Complete Digital Advert.
Holiday homework:
5. Sources Table
- wide range of sources
- assets table (copyright)
- discrimination of research
- validity, reliability, bias
- extensive - covering each task!
- research / influence / inspiration
All resources and extra help will be available on
here over the holidays.
Please remember you can always email me with
questions:
epirt@chaucer.ac.uk
Today’s Agenda
1. Take advantage of the software in school:
- Logo (fireworks)
- Model (excel)
2. Work on your holiday homework activities.
AUDIO CLIP
Lesson 15 - Audio Clip
Starter
Quickfire quiz
Input or output?
SPEAKERS
output!
Input or output?
MICROPHONE
input!
.wav and .mp3 are
examples of...
audio file extensions
True or false:
Amplitude is how highpitched a sound is
FALSE!
It is how loud or quiet a sound is
True or false:
Audacity is free software you
can all download at home...
TRUE!
just go to http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Audio Clip
What do you have to do?
You must create an audio clip that introduces 'Community Spirit'. It will be
played on local radio.
Your audio clip must:
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last approximately 25 seconds
introduce 'Community Spirit'
include a 'save the date' announcement about the first event.
Audio clip
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You may wish to include appropriate sound effects or a soundtrack.
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Gather and prepare the content for your audio clip.
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Record your audio clip. You may record someone else reading your script.
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Make sure that the recording is clear and in a suitable format.
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Ask for feedback from your teacher and test buddy. Make changes if necessary.
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Check that your sources table is up-to-date.
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Save your finished audio clip in your Activity1 folder.
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Answer the questions about your audio clip in your Activity 1 review.
Audio Clip
Assessment criteria
Better students will have produced digital products that are of high quality,
with effective content and features.
★ The student has developed the specified digital products, using
appropriate content and features effectively.
★ They have reviewed and modified their work throughout its
development, using feedback from others to improve the outcomes.
Activity Success Criteria
Students…
★ Employ technical features of Audacity effectively
to create a professional sounding audio clip
★ Students demonstrate understanding of analysis
and influence
★ Students reference and repurpose digital
material, showcasing understanding of
copyright.
Earphones
Hands up if you have earphones!
Please ensure you bring these into school with you
each lesson starting from tomorrow.
This lesson - work on written content / script /
other activities.
Analysis
As with the logo task, a lot of you missed out on
this section.
You must show you have reflected on other’s
work by listing examples of radio adverts in your
sources table.
How did these examples influence your own
work?
Your script
You script should contain all the details about the
event, be professional and appropriate for target
audience and purpose.
If you haven’t completed this yet - make sure you
include the words “SAVE THE DATE”.
Save your script as a document in your
development folder.
Main activity #1
Find 3 examples of radio adverts (Youtube,
BBC etc.) and add these to your sources table.
Evaluate these and discuss how they influence
your own work (or how they don’t!)
Remember the more quality sources you add the
more marks you gain. Remember showing
discrimination of research gets you an A!
Finding music to use...
It is in your best interest to use ‘royalty free’ music
- I have uploaded a sample of these to the shared
area.
http://www.purple-planet.com/
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/
Please make sure you cite these sources in your
assets table!
Demonstrations
To get the highest grades you need to show you can use
Audacity’s features effectively.
Effects demonstrations:
❏ Fade in / out
❏ Reverb
❏ Change pitch
Experiment with these and make sure you comment on
them in your review!
Music advert’s checklist
Think you are finished?
❏ Audio clip must be in a finalised format - .wav, .mp3 or .ogg
❏ Does your radio advert sound professional?
❏ Does your script contain all relevant details about the event?
❏ Is your clip ‘around 25 seconds long’
❏ Have you used fade-ins/fade-outs?
❏ Have you made use of any other effects?
❏ Are all elements of your sound mixed properly?
❏ Have you added music to your clip?
❏ Is your review complete, showing acknowledgement of copyright and discussing
technical features of Audacity / radio adverts?
❏ Have you updated your sources table listing examples of radio adverts you
listened to?
❏ Have you updated your assets table listing any sound you ‘repurposed’ in your
clip and showing acknowledgement of copyright?
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Lesson 17 - Progress Check 2 / Deadline
Progress Check 2 You need to make sure Activity 1 and Activity 2 are completed to an A grade standard, in their
entirety.
This includes:
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Investigation
Sources table
Assets table
Activity 1 Review
Logo
Audio Clip
Music Database
Event Model
Recommendations
Digital Advert
Activity 2 Review
Grade Boundaries
Coursework is 60% (possible 120 marks)
Exam is 40% (possible 80 marks)
A*
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
Self-Assessment
You are expected to have made changes to the work marked in
the first progress check, having reflected on your feedback.
Next week - Self Assessment 2
E-NEWSLETTER
Lesson 22 - E-Newsletter
Activity 3
You must finish the remainder of the coursework:
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Animated banner
Timeline storyboard for banner
E-Newsletter
E-Newsletter storyboard / wireframe
Update sources table and assets table
Activity 3 Review
Final Evaluation
Starter Activity: - 10 minutes
1. Find 3 examples of e-newsletters to
add to your sources table for
research.
1. Discuss how (or why they didn’t)
these influenced your own work.
1. Comment on the credibility /
professionalism of the enewsletters you find.
validity
bias
appropriateness
relevance
professionalism
reliability
copyright
discrimination of
research
Lesson Objectives
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★ Storyboard ideas to show design process
Storyboarding - complete retrospectively
CAB/Links/E-Newsletter_Template
Develop a set of storyboards for the e-newsletter. This should include an overview storyboard and separate
storyboards for each section.
The overview storyboard should show the structure of the e-newsletter including:
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page layout, specifying the location of sections and key assets
details of navigation and links.
The section storyboards should be detailed enough to show clearly what the sections will be like, including:
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background and layout
font colours, styles and sizes
description of content needed such as text, images, animation, etc.
any links.
Today’s Agenda:
1. Continue working on your E-Newsletter
2. Make sure your storyboards are complete for both
tasks in this activity
3. Work on your Activity 3 review, using as much technical
vocabulary as possible.
Animated Banner
You must amend this with any updates to your
logo / strapline / event details - it has to be
consistent
You need to complete a ‘timeline storyboard’ template is found in the CAB.
Animated Banner Brief
You must create an animated banner for inclusion in an enewsletter promoting 'Community
Spirit'.
The animated banner must:
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be approximately the full width of the e-newsletter x 150
pixels deep
include your logo and strapline
include a suitable title for the e-newsletter
run continuously.
Assessment
For the highest mark band:
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The student has used design tools to clearly show what each screen will
be like and the pathways through the product.
They have commented on and justified important design decisions.
The student has developed the specified outcomes, using appropriate
content and features effectively.
The interactive product has an effective user interface and control.
The student has reviewed and modified their work throughout its
development, using feedback from others to improve the outcomes.
Possibilities:
★ Adobe Flash
★ Adobe Photoshop
If you are confident in Photoshop…I personally do
not know the software Art/Graphics students
might
Using software ‘effectively’
Use TWEEN.
You shouldn’t be moving layers/objects frame by
frame - this is a crude way to do animation!
Tween demo.
LESSON AGENDA
1. Have a look at your animated banner.
● Does it meet the criteria?
● Have you used features of software effectively?
2. Complete the storyboards for the banner and ENewsletter.
3. Continue working on your E-newsletter.
GCSE ICT
Lesson 24 - Progress Check II - Common issues
ACTIVITY 4 - REVIEW
Complete evaluation
for Activity 4.
Template and guidance can be found on
the links
Common Major Issues
1. File formats
2. Model
3. Recommendations
4. Sources Table
5. Music Database
6. External Documents
7. Digital Advert Confusion
File formats
Banner - must be animated .gif format
Audio clip - must be exported as .wav or .mp3
Digital Advert - must be:
★ .ppt / .pptx if presentation
★ .wmv / .avi / .mpg if video
★ .pdf / .jpeg if poster
Model
Many models are not accurate.
Income = all money taken in at the event
Costs = all money spent for the event
Profit = money left after costs are taken off
income!
Problems with most models
★ One burger costs £1 to buy.
★ I will sell one burger for £3.
★ I predict 1000 burgers will be sold.
★ Burger income = £3000
Overall income = £3000
Overall costs = not including total costs
Overall profit = £3000
To avoid this...
Make sure you have a ‘total costs’ column for food
and drink.
Make sure this is subtotalled, and this is added
into ‘overall costs’.
If you are using separate sheets - LINK the cells
containing the dropdown lists.
They should change dependently on each other.
Recommendations
DO NOT copy the exemplar.
Recommendations can only be made once your
model is complete and fulfils its purpose!
Please format as a report (not using size 30 font).
Sources Table
Not comprehensive enough.
Should include sources of:
❏ research about charities
❏ research about events
❏ costs for purchases/hires for model
❏ analysis of logos
❏ analysis of event adverts
❏ analysis of radio adverts
❏ information for music database
❏ analysis of animated banners
❏ analysis of e-newsletters
❏ research to back up recommendations
Discrimination of
research.
A wide range of
sources - books,
articles, videos,
discussions, blogs,
questionnaire etc.
Comment on validity
/ bias / reliability of
sources
Cross referencing
research
Assets Table
Some sources mixed up as assets!
Should include discussion of:
❏ graphics / photos used in logo
❏ graphics / photos / videos / music used in digital advert
❏ music / sound effects used in audio clip
❏ graphics / video / photos used in e-newsletter
❏ graphics / photos used in banner
❏ your own creations - audio clip, logo etc.
❏ software used in school
❏ website builders (e.g. cooltext.com)
❏ CAB-provided materials - the music database , templates
Discuss copyright
permissions if
needed.
Creative commons
license / copyright /
royalty free
Mention ‘educational
context’ - fair use
policy.
Music Database
In review you should include 3 screenshots.
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One of database showing 3 records added.
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One of track list report.
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One of query design with criteria used to make
tracklist
Music Database
Music Database - you must show evidence of filtering
database.
E.g. database - “students at Chaucer”
what’s wrong with this?
NAME:
YEARGROUP:
SCHOOL:
Ben
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Chaucer
Simon
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Chaucer
Tony
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Chaucer
Albert
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Chaucer
John
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Chaucer
Chris
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Chaucer
External Documents
All evidence of work needs to be
discussed in Activity 1 / 2 / 3 review. NOT
in other documents.
If you have used other documents please
HYPERLINK them - otherwise the
examiner will simply ignore this work!
Digital Advert Confusion
From the CAB:
”You must create a digital advert
that promotes 'Community Spirit'
to local charities.”
GCSE ICT
Lesson 25 - Finishing Touches
Finishing Touches:
1. Correct file names / folder structure
2. Sources Table
3. Activity 4: Evaluation
4. Activity Reviews contain plenty of evidence
5 Folders:
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Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Activity 4
Development
Old or ‘working’
versions of files in
subfolders called “Old”
or “Progression”
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Logo, Music Database, Audio Clip, Review
● Activity 2
Model, Recommendations, Advert, Review
● Activity 3
Banner, E-Newsletter, Storyboards, Review
● Activity 4
Evaluation
● Development
Sources Table
Extra Files
Any ‘extra’ files or documents must be
hyperlinked from your Activity Reviews if you
want them to count as evidence.
Sources Table / Assets Table
★ Discrimination of research
★ Evidence of cross-referencing
★ Wide range of sources
★ Discussion of validity, reliability and bias
★ Acknowledgement of copyright
Activity Review Evidence
Teacher and test buddy feedback / reflection <most important
Appropriate features and tools of software <second most important.
LOGO:
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vectors
pixelation
transferrable
resizable
transparent
definition
complementary
colour wheel
gradient
shade
MODEL:
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variables
conditional formatting
‘if’ function
testing scenarios
using functions
accessibility
usability
readability
contrast
pastel colours
AUDIO CLIP:
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fade in / out
clipping
distortion
amplitude
mixing
panning
effect
format
exporting
transferrable
DATABASE:
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filtering
query
criteria
readability
unnecessary information
record
field
contrast
pastel colours
Key words continued..
E-NEWSLETTER:
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hyperlinks
user control
accessibility
interaction
embedding
CSS class/ID
HTML
frameset
mainframe
colour scheme
typography
contrast
resizable
asset
navigation
BANNER:
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
state
frame
tween
opacity
fade
movement
layer style
animation
frame rate ?
delay
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graph
chart
title
axis
label
visualisation
statistic
cumulative
DIGITAL ADVERT:
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transition
typography
contrast
animation
asset
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effect
media
audience