ICT Year 7 Homework Book Name…………………………………………… Form……………………………………………. ICT Group……………………………………… Teacher………………………………………… Introduction - Homework 1 Q1 Why are passwords important? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Q2 Give an example of a piece of software used in your school _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Q3 Give a reason why it is important to log off after you have finished working _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Q4 What does the word MULTIMEDIA mean? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Introduction - Homework 2 Next lesson we are going to be designing a boat using Fireworks. Your homework is to sketch the boat and so that you are ready to draw your boat next lesson on the computer. Make sure you add colour and make it very attractive! (this can be done on the back of this sheet) Here is an example – Can you do better? Introduction – Homework 3 Health and Safety issues Use the table below using three complaints as headings. Copy the following solutions in to the correct column. (Each solution can be used more than once). Take regular breaks Proper chair and backrest Well positioned keyboard Good background lighting A screen filter Wrist rests Look away from the screen Repetitive Strain Injury Eye Strain and Headaches Circulation, Fitness and Back Problems Introduction - Homework 4 Create a Health and Safety Poster that warns people about how to use the IT rooms safely. Design - Homework 1 Draw a bird-eye plan of your bedroom. Include all the detail, such as bed, desk, wardrobe, lamps, hi-fi etc. Design – Homework 2 Health and Safety issues Copy and complete the sentences below using the words from the character below a Check that computer equipment and the work area is __________. b Ensure that workstations meet ________________ requirements. c Employees must have regular ____________________. d Provide ___________________ eye checks for staff who regularly use VDUs in their job. e Provide Health and Safety _______________ so people can reduce risks. minimum breaks training safe free The Internet - Homework 1 Make a collection of URLs by looking out for them on the TV and in magazines. An example of a URL is www.bbc.co.uk Company Name URL ________________________________ The Internet - Homework 2 Write up notes on two web sites you have visited following the format the URL of the site what the site is called what the site is about a description of what the site contains – in your own words Website 1 – _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Website 2 – _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ The Internet - Homework 3 Make a list of search engines you know about or have heard of. Visit each one and then decide which is your favourite and why. Search Engine – Name URL My favourite search engine is ___________________ because ________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Word Processing - Homework 1 Q1 Copy and complete the following sentence using a word from the list below The fancy name for the style of letters in a document is _______________ Feint Q2 Fount Which of the following font sizes would be suitable size for the main text in a normal word processed document e.g. a letter. a b c Q3 Font size 6 size 12 size 18 Aargh – the font – it’s just too small Look at the four examples of text below. Each one uses a different type of text alignment. Copy and complete the table writing the correct letter next to each type of alignment. Alignment Example left alignment right alignment centre alignment justified A B C D Word Processing - Homework 2 Q1 Which is the following is NOT a correct way to highlight a word? a Double click on the word b Hold down the SHIFT key while you move the text cursor using the cursor keys c Select EDIT and HIGHLIGHT WORD Q2 Copy and complete the following sentences, using your own words a The quickest way to highlight a paragraph of text is to ……… _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ b Holding down the CTRL and SHIFT keys whilst moving the text cursor with the left or right cursor keys will………… _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Q3 Explain how the backspace key can be used for deleting text. _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Word Processing - Homework 3 Q1 Doris Stoker has been asked by her boss to edit a letter that she has created on her word processor last week. Her boss wants her to delete the sentence “We thank you for your recent order” and then replace it with the words “We are sorry to hear that you have cancelled your order.” Describe two different ways that Doris could do this 1.______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ 2._____________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Q2 Marco Blanco is a famous chef. He uses a word processor to enter and store his recipes. He wants to reorder several instructions in one of his recipes. Explain how Marco could use the word processor to rearrange the order of the instructions on the recipe. _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Web Design - Homework 1 Design a HOME PAGE including links to 5 areas, headings etc to appear on all slides. Web Design - Homework 2 Web pages word search Z I L D D P F H K N Z E Z C V M Y M E B A A B W U T A R W D BROADBAND BROWSER DOWNLOAD L J N J E X V E C I E O K F J P R D P I N B W S E N Y F B Q S V N I V G V T D H R I R A Y H Y P E R L I N K K E F N F W HYPERLINK INTERNET MODEM N Y L D H D A Y R E T I H Y D S Z G B T B A S W C N X P T W U E K D D V E O M S I U K R B J K U A V R R U L D Y Z X J O PAGES SERVER SITE I E O D V T R P P N V X B L E J R U E R Y F L F A W T I V O B V R L T Q N O V B G O J W T R E S W O R B A I H C E D R N UPLOAD WEB W M O D E M O D R V T T S A N Web Design - Homework 3 Q1 Copy and complete the following sentences using the words below interesting fonts hyperlinks simple long pictures minimum a Websites need to be ______________ to read b Web pages should be clear and use a small number of __________ c Ensure that you keep your design ______________ d __________ make a web page interesting but take a __________ time to download. e ___________ should be kept to a _______________ Q2 The web page on the right is poorly designed. Say how you would do each of the following things this is a dead boring site a Improve the title – ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ b Reduce the download time – ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ c Make the site clearer ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ d Make it easy for people to move pages ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ When you have too many words on an web site the sites become very boring and nobody wants to read about the subject. What do you think? Web Design - Homework 4 Q1 Say whether each of these sentences are true or false a Web pages are just like books, you can start at page one and read all the other pages in order. _________________ b Web pages have buttons so that you can choose what you want to read. ______________________ c Most people are interested in the same things. ____________ d You can have lots of buttons or hyperlinks on your web page, all linking to different pages. _____________________ Q2 Victoria’s hobby is keeping small furry animals. She is proud of her collection and is designing a website to tell fellow enthusiasts about it. She requires help with designing her first page. Draw out a design of the first page to show how each of the following should appear. (This can be done on the back of this sheet) a Title: Small and furry Animals b Sub title Vicky’s collection c Her two pictures – one of hamster and one of a rabbit d Background colour and text.