Year 7 ICT ILC

Year 7 ICT ILC Application Programs used in ICT

Date Given: Week beginning 29th Feb 2016

Date Due to be completed: Week Ending 21st March in the last ICT lesson

Name: Tutor Group:

ICT Teacher:

Introduction

Throughout your Primary and Secondary education you will have used a selection of different programs other than PowerPoint, these include Word, Publisher and Excel.

Each of these programs are called Application Software and some other examples are listed below, some you will know others you will not have heard of:

1. Word Processing: Microsoft Word (Used in School) Notepad Wordpad Open Office Applix Word AbiWord

2. Presentational: Microsoft PowerPoint (Used in School) Coral Presentations LibreOffice Impress MagicPoint

3. Spreadsheets: Microsoft Excel (Used in School) Smartsheet EditGrid LibreOffice Calc

4. Desktop Publishing: Microsoft Publisher (Used in School) Coral Draw QuarkXPress

Your have 2 tasks to complete.

Task 1 is to describe the four main types of application software. You need to create a presentation that will explain both how you might use the programs for specific tasks and also describe 5 different skills you can do in each program. These could be new skills to you, or ones you know how to use already.

Task 2 is to create a one page Poster advertising each application (4 in Total). You can use the list below as a starting point for some of the skills and also the Teach-ICT.com video tutorials web page to help you. This is not a complex list it is only a guide. You will need to show 5 different skills from each application though. Word Excel PowerPoint Desktop Publishing

Bullets and format type Creating charts Using master slide Using design templates of bullet Add a table and extra Conditional Adding buttons Inserting extra pages rows/ columns formatting Use of word count & Wrapping Text Adding a video Adding a duplicate change case page Formatting text Using the Slide animation & Using columns Average, Min or transition Max formula Altering margins Sorting data Motion paths Changing bullets to different symbols Formatting line spacing Using either Adding sound Use of Drop Capitals counta, count blank or count if Adding symbols If formula Making the slides Page margins appear automatically Using the find and Renaming & Printing handouts Using auto shapes replace adding worksheets Adding a watermark to Showing Moving slides Using tables the document. gridlines Password Protection Using Comment Use of the Format Use of Text boxes boxes Painter Using Tabs Use of the Paste Looping the Using the rulers Special function presentation Table of contents Hiding either Timings to slides Colour schemes columns or rows Drop Capital Creating a drop Hyperlinks Page layout, portrait & down list landscape Thesaurus Goal seek Slide views Hyperlinks Setting the print area Planning Give yourself realistic time to complete each part of the ILC. You could create a storyboard or draft plan for each of the posters and presentation. For each task think what program (application software) you may need to use to complete the following tasks:

 If you were writing a letter to a friend, what program would you use?  If you wanted to display information on the plasma screen in reception, what program would you use?  If you wanted to create a poster displaying your Tutor Groups charity activity, what program would you use?  If you wanted to keep record of what birthday money has been spent, what program would you use? Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Create a basic Completion of Created a good Created additional Plan and create a presentation listing presentation with professional materials that could be storyboard design for a some of the skills. some animation. presentation and used to teach the new video to teach the skill Work includes some Some use of posters. skills you have similar the Teach-ICT spelling mistakes and navigation with described. video tutorials. errors. the use of Used a good buttons. balance of images Described how these Evaluate the skills that and text. are new skills learnt to you have learnt giving Completed 4 you and how they advantages and posters with some Key explanations could be used in other disadvantages for each. of the key points. given for each ways. application program.

Reminders.

The ICT department are looking to reward the expected good work produced in this ILC, but as a reminder failure to complete this or to an acceptable standard will result in 2 x 30 minute department detentions after school.