Thursday, December 16, 2010

Year 11 Classwork

Go to
www.yacapaca.com

Select "I'm a Student"

Copy and paste this access key

121940-Kmy9

Create a new account with password

Year 9 Homework

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www.yacapaca.com

Select "I'm a Student"
Copy and paste this access key

121298-czWx

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Year 8 Homework

Go to www.yacapaca.com
Select "I'm a Student"
In the access key box, copy and paste this key:

121826-khhp

You have only two trials for each set of question.
Due Date: 26/12/2010

Year 7 Homework

Go to www.yacapaca.com
Select "I'm a Student"
In the access key box, copy and paste this key:
121785-Echt

(Mind the letter case) Your homewok will be due on December 26, 2010

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Year 10 Homework

Go to www.yacapaca.com
Select "I'm a Student"
Type in this access key
121718-DuTc
(Mind the letter case)

Monday, December 13, 2010

Welcome to Yacapaca

Click on the link below to go to the site.
www.yacapaca.com

ICT LEVELS - Word Processing

Word Processing
Skills required to achieve Level 3
c Can change the font type, size, colour and apply styles (bold, italic, underline)
b Is able to use text editing tools to duplicate or move text
a Can change the text alignment, can name and save work in an appropriate place

Skills required to achieve Level 4
c Can insert Clip Art or WordArt and change their layout and resize them
b Can insert a picture saved on a disk, change its layout and resize it
a Is able to use the spell checker to correct mistakes and copy or move Clip Art, WordArt or picture

Skills required to achieve Level 5
c Is able to use the thesaurus to replace words with suitable synonyms find and replace words
b Can change the page size, margins and orientation of a document and apply page borders to document
a Can understand the importance of formatting a document to suit the intended audience

Skills required to achieve Level 6
c Is able to apply bullets or number a list of text and able to format text into columns
b Is able to insert tables and enter text into it
a Can explain the reasons behind choices made for improving the layout of the document

Skills required to achieve Level 7
c Is able to use basic text editing tools such as copy, paste, move, appropriately
b Is able to use basic formatting tools such as changing font styles, types, colours, sizes, aligning text and applying borders
a Can insert objects such as images, symbols, WordArt and format them to suit the purpose. Example: Wrapping, applying borders, water marks. Can insert columns and tables to a document and use the spell checker

Skills required to achieve Level 8
c Is able to insert headers and footers to a document and use mail-merge facility
b Is able to apply bullets and numbering to a list, change the line spacing and manipulate tables Example: Inserting rows and columns to a table, changing row and column size.
a Is able to apply a range of formatting tools on text and images, to make it more appropriate for its purpose

ICT LEVELS - Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet
Skills required to achieve Level 3
c Is able to give a suitable title to a graph and label the axes. Is able to arrive at simple conclusions from the graph
b Can use functions and formulae in a spreadsheet, copy it into another cell
a Is able to format cell contents change alignment and apply borders and shading

Skills required to achieve Level 4
c Can make changes to data in a spreadsheet and understand its effects
b Is able to format numbers into currency
a Is able to change the paper size, page orientation and margins

Skills required to achieve Level 5
c Is able to answer questions to modelled scenarios
b Is able to identify the most suitable type of graph for the scenario
a Is able to modify data in a spreadsheet to answer questions

Skills required to achieve Level 6
c Can produce a chart to suit the purpose give a meaningful title and label graphs.
b Can make changes to data in a spreadsheet and understand its effects
a Can work with basic formulae and use functions

Skills required to achieve Level 7
c Can filter records based on simple criteria
b Is able to appropriately use a range of formatting tools available in a spreadsheet program
a Is able to look for errors in a spreadsheet and correct them

Skills required to achieve Level 8
c Can make suggestions for improvements and modify a spreadsheet to make it suitable for its purpose
b Can work with advance functions such as IF function
a Can understand the difference between absolute and relative cell referencing

ICT LEVELS - General Computing

Skills required to achieve Level 3
c Can gain access to the browser. Can use a web address/URL to access a specific location of a website
b Can use hyperlinks to move from one page to another, use back, forward, favourites, and other useful buttons available in the browser
a Can identify parts and types of computer and use different search engines to get information and print web pages
Skills required to achieve Level 4
c Can copy web addresses and extract information and images from web pages and able to save web pages to view later and retrieve a saved web page
b Can design and create a web page and use suitable search criteria to find information and able to find useful information about a topic and present it in a document
a Identify the following output devices: monitors (CRT, TFT), projectors, printers (laser, ink jet and dot matrix), plotters, speakers, control devices – motors, buzzers, lights, heaters
Skills required to achieve Level 5
c Can understand that e-mail is a component of the Internet Is able to apply checking procedures to an e-mail, example: spell checker, insert hyperlinks to link web pages and objects like images and tables to a web page and can use tables to arrange text and images around a web page
b Is able to find useful information about a topic and present it in a document and manage e-mail folders and able to refine searches to find more accurate information
a Identify the following input devices: keyboards, numeric keypads, pointing devices (including mouse, touch pad and tracker ball) and some output devices: monitors (CRT, TFT), projectors, printers (laser, ink jet and dot matrix)
Skills required to achieve Level 6
c Can identify basic HTML tags and can present information in different forms and styles and design a simple network and can use complex search methods. Example: AND, OR etc.
b Can use various objects to improve the interactivity of the web page, example: hover buttons, marquees
a Identify different types of computer including Personal Computer or desktop, mainframe, laptop, palmtop and Personal Digital Assistant
Skills required to achieve Level 7
c Can produce a basic working solution to a given problem and a sequence of events to activate multiple devices concurrently and name the components of a network and describe the purpose of each component used in the network
b identify the main components of a general-purpose computer: central processing unit, main/internalmemory (including ROM and RAM), input devices, output devices and secondary/backing storage
a identify the following more input devices remote controls, joysticks, touch screens, magnetic stripe readers, chip readers, PIN pads, scanners, digital cameras, microphones, sensors, graphics tablet, MICR, OMR, OCR, barcode readers, video cameras, web cams, light pens
Skills required to achieve Level 8
c Is able to evaluate a control system and identify its limitations
b Is able to test a control system and identifying mistakes, correct and improve procedures of a control system
a Identify suitable uses of the output devices stating the advantages and disadvantages of each describe common backing storage media (including magnetic tapes, hard discs, all forms of CD and DVD, memory sticks, flash memory) and their associated devices and identify typical uses of the storage media, including types of access (e.g. serial/sequential, direct/random) and access speeds

ICT LEVELS - Presentation

Presentation

Skills required to achieve Level 3
c Can create a simple presentation with three or more slides and select appropriate slide layouts
b Can insert text boxes, WordArt, Clip Art and images to a slide
a Can apply backgrounds to slides and run a slide show

Skills required to achieve Level 4
c Can design effective slides using suitable fonts and avoid overcrowding slides with text and other objects
b Can add sound effects to a slide
a Can apply bullets or number a list of text

Skills required to achieve Level 5
c Is able to explain how the presentation meets the needs of the intended audience
b Is able to organise slides and link them appropriately
a Is able to create a presentation with multiple routes

Skills required to achieve Level 6
c Can use suitable slide layouts
b Can identify and choose suitable resources to be used for the presentation
a Can plan the structure of a presentation

Skills required to achieve Level 7
c Can use appropriate slide transitions methods
b Can apply suitable animations effects
a Can insert objects like WordArt and images to a slide Is able to format slides appropriately

Skills required to achieve Level 8
c Can generate presentation in different printout format using master slide
b Can explain how the choice of material affects the structure of the presentation.
a Can set suitable timings and sound effects for animations and slide transitions