Name GCSE ICT Controlled Assessment Handbook Proms
Introduction Proms are popular events in many schools. You are starting a new company that organises proms. In this CAB you will: decide on a name for the company research the choices that schools can make when organising a prom model the finances of a prom create digital products for the company. This CAB has four activities. You should work through them in order. Read through the whole CAB to make sure that you understand what you need to do. Keep this booklet and use the tracking sheet at the end to track your work! Prom Overview The company will work with schools to help them organise proms. It will provide schools with digital products. These will include: a sample list of formalwear suppliers sample tickets that could be used for a prom a sample digital poster to be used in the school to advertise the prom. The company will use a model that will allow a school to see how the choices it makes in the organisation of a prom impact on the ticket price that students will pay. The company will need a page for its website to show schools the services that it provides. Get Organised Folders Create a folder called Prom with these sub-folders: Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 Activity 4 Sources Sources tables You must keep careful records of all the sources you use. Create sources tables (you can find the template on the Weebly) Save your sources tables in your Sources folder. Test buddy You must have a test buddy who will give you useful feedback on your work. You must also be a test buddy for someone else and comment on their work. All feedback should be polite and include: what is good about the work what could be improved and how. Try to be as specific as you can in your feedback. Check that the work meets the CAB requirements. Try to avoid generalisations. Explain how your suggestions would improve the work. 1
Activity 1 - Introduction This activity consists of these tasks. Investigation: gather information and record your findings; decide on a name for the company. Logo: create a logo for the company. Formalwear list: find information about companies that hire or sell formalwear and save this for use in a sample list of formalwear suppliers. Digital poster: create a sample digital poster that could be displayed on large screens around a school. Review: answer questions about this activity. Save Activity 1 review in your Activity 1 folder. You should complete it as you work through Activity 1 (you can find the template on the Weebly) 2
Activity 1 Investigation Carry out an investigation and record your findings in the investigation section of the Activity 1 review. You should: conduct research to find out about: o what proms are o possible themes/styles/dress codes o companies that hire or sell formalwear o decorations for a venue o types of food/drink o prom activities such as: entertainment music (bands/dj) speeches photographers o transport options o types of location/venue o who would be invited/staffing expectations/chaperones o ways of funding a prom decide on a name for the company. Discuss the investigation section of the Activity 1 review with your teacher. Use it to record their feedback and any action you take. Carry out further research if necessary and finalise the investigation section of the Activity 1 review. Check again that your sources tables are up to date. You must get the approval of your teacher before you continue. 3
Activity 1 Logo You must create an original logo for the company that could be transferred easily to a range of media. The logo must: be one that you have created yourself use up to two colours be on a transparent background be saved in a format that can be used in a range of media. Create your logo. In the early stages of development, ask for feedback from your teacher and test buddy. Make changes if necessary. Save your logo in your Activity 1 folder. Answer the questions about the logo in your Activity 1 review. 4
Activity 1 Formalwear List The company will provide schools with a list of formalwear suppliers. You must identify local and national suppliers of formalwear and store their details in a suppliers file. The formalwear should be suitable for a prom. The records in the file will be used to create a sample list of formalwear suppliers. For each supplier you must gather this data: Name of supplier Contact details If customers can order online. Price guide (high/medium/low) If items are available for males or females or both. If items are available for hire or purchase or both. You may gather additional data. Create a suppliers file to store this data and save it in your Activity 1 folder. Gather information for 8 12 suppliers. Create a record for each supplier using suitable data types. You must create a sample list of formalwear suppliers that could be downloaded from the company website. The list must: include relevant fields from all of the records in your suppliers file be sorted and formatted appropriately include your company logo and a suitable title and column headings. Create a sample list of formalwear suppliers. In the early stages of development ask for feedback from your teacher and test buddy. Make changes if necessary. Save your sample list of formalwear suppliers in your Activity 1 folder. Answer the questions about your sample list of formalwear suppliers in your Activity 1 review. 5
Activity 1 Digital Poster When planning a prom, schools want to build anticipation and excitement among students. One of the services the company will provide is a digital poster to advertise the prom on large screens around a school. The company needs a sample digital poster to show to schools. The sample digital poster must: have at least three screens and cycle without user interaction be suitable for display on large screens be suitable for display in a school environment. It must include: your company logo placeholders that include sample data for a school name, prom date and ticket price appropriate sample images. Gather and prepare the content for the digital poster. Create the digital poster. In the early stages of development, ask for feedback from your teacher and test buddy. Make changes if necessary. Save your digital poster in your Activity 1 folder. Answer the questions about the digital poster in your Activity 1 review. 6
Activity 2 Introduction This activity consists of these tasks. Model: create a spreadsheet model for organising a prom. Demo: create a demo to explain how the model can be used to organise a prom. Tickets: create sample tickets that can be downloaded. Review: answer questions about this activity. Save the Activity 2 review in your Activity 2 folder. You should complete it as you work through Activity 2. (you can find the template on the Weebly) 7
Activity 2 Prom Model You need to create a spreadsheet model that the company can use to help organise a prom for a school. The model should accept: text such as the types of catering package currency amounts such as the income from ticket sales numeric data such as the number of people attending. The model should calculate: the overall income and expenditure a suggested ticket price needed to cover the choices that are made. The overall aim is to provide a prom that best meets the needs of students for a price they can afford. Your model must allow you to ask what-if questions such as: If the ticket price became too high, what could be left out to reduce costs? If the number of students attending increases, how will this affect staffing? Look at the Model Design sheet on the Weebly. You can use it to help you develop your own model, or you may prefer to create your own. 8
Activity 2 Developing the Model There are Model Ideas on the Weebly to enhance the model and make it more useful and realistic. These ideas would extend the 'what-if' questions you could ask. What would be the impact on the ticket price of choosing different activities/entertainment? Is it better to pay a fixed fee to the company, or one that varies depending on the number of students attending? What would be the impact of fundraising before the event? Make sure that you record your sources in your sources tables. Develop your model. It must be formatted so that it is easy to use and understand. In the early stages of development, ask for feedback from your teacher and test buddy. Make changes if necessary. Test your model thoroughly. Make sure that it provides meaningful and reliable information. Save your final model in your Activity 2 folder. Answer the questions about the spreadsheet model in your Activity 2 review. 9
Activity 2 Demo You need to demonstrate how a school might use your model. To do this you must create a demonstration of how your model could be used to cost a prom for a school at a ticket price of 50. Then show the changes to the choices of option that you would make to reduce the ticket price to 20. The demo must run without user interaction, last between two and five minutes, and include: your company logo information from your model an embedded audio commentary to support the demo an overview of the two prom options (ticket prices of 50 and 20). Prepare the demo. In the early stages of development, ask for feedback from your teacher and test buddy. Make changes if necessary. Save your final demo in your Activity 2 folder. Answer the questions about the demo in your Activity 2 review. 10
Activity 2 Tickets The company will offer schools a choice of prom ticket designs. You need to prepare two sample prom tickets. The sample prom tickets must: be attractive and linked to two different prom themes have placeholders that include sample data for the school name, ticket number and prom date use text and graphics/images include the company logo. Gather and prepare the content for two different tickets. Create the tickets using sample information. In the early stages of development, ask for feedback from your teacher and test buddy. Make changes if necessary. Save your sample tickets in your Activity 2 folder. Answer the questions about your sample tickets in your Activity 2 review. 11
Activity 3 Introduction This activity consists of these tasks. Multimedia promo: a promo to advertise a discount for schools. Interactive webpage: an advertising tool for the company to be viewed by schools: o Overview: check requirements and gather information o Design: produce a set of storyboards o Build: gather content and build the web page. Review: answer questions about this activity. Save the Activity 3 review in your Activity 3 folder. You should complete it as you work through Activity 3. 12
Activity 3 Multimedia Promo The company will offer a 10% discount when schools quote the code Prom10 when making an enquiry. You must create a multimedia promo for inclusion on the webpage that promotes this discount code. The promo must: be no more than 200 pixels wide, and at least 200 pixels high include details of the discount code include at least one of audio, video or animation run continuously. Prepare a timeline storyboard for your multimedia promo. Use the Promo Template from the Weebly to help you. Save your timeline storyboard in your Activity 3 folder. Gather and prepare the content for your promo. Create the promo. In the early stages of development ask for feedback from your teacher and test buddy. Make changes if necessary. Save your final promo in your Activity 3 folder. Answer the questions about your promo in your Activity 3 review. 13
Activity 3 Webpage - Overview The company needs a webpage to advertise its services to schools. You must design and build this webpage. The webpage must be viewable in a browser and allow the user to control how they move around the product. The webpage should include images or other assets that will attract attention and encourage schools to use the company s services. The webpage must: include: o o o the company name the company logo the services provided by the company. include or have links to: o o o o o the multimedia promo the sample tickets the sample digital poster the demo the list of formalwear suppliers. 14
Activity 3 Webpage - Design You must develop a set of storyboards (see Weebly for template) for the interactive webpage. This should include an overview storyboard and separate storyboards for each section. The overview storyboard should show the structure of the webpage including: 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: the background and layout font colours, styles and sizes a description of content and assets needed such as text and images any links. Develop your storyboards. Annotate your storyboards to help others understand your design decisions. In the early stages of development, ask for feedback from your teacher and test buddy. Make changes if necessary. Save your final designs in your Activity 3 folder. Answer the questions about your designs in your Activity 3 review. 15
Activity 3 Webpage Build Gather and prepare the content for your interactive webpage. Make sure that all of the assets for your webpage are saved in your Activity 3 folder. Build the webpage using your designs to help you. In the early stages of development, ask for feedback from your teacher and test buddy. Make changes if necessary. Test your webpage to make sure that it works properly. Save your completed webpage in your Activity 3 folder. Answer the questions about the webpage in your Activity 3 review. 16
Activity 4 Evaluation You must complete an evaluation of all the products that you have created. You will also need to evaluate your own performance and any feedback given or received. Complete the Activity 4 Evaluation sheet from the Weebly about your finished products and your own performance. Save your evaluation in your Activity 4 folder. 17
Final Stages Preparing the evidence After your work is handed in a moderator may look at it. A moderator looks at your work in the same way as a teacher would. Moderators can only read file types that are listed here Title Word processing PDF documents Presentations Spreadsheets Database Web pages doc,.docx,.rtf.pdf.ppt,.pptx,.ppsx.xls,.xlsx,.xlsm.mdb,.accdb.htm,.html File formats Multimedia/Audiovisual.avi,.mp3,.mp4,.mpeg,.mpg,.midi, H.264,.wav,.wmv,.wma,.ogg,.ogm,.wav,.flv,.md8,.md9,.swf,.flv (please note.md8,.md9 files will only be acceptable until 2015) Image Image.bmp.gif.jpg.tiff.png.sb,.sb2,.playmission,.exe,.jar It is your responsibility to ensure that your evidence only includes files that can be read using the list above Make sure that all of your evidence can be viewed using the list above. Make sure you have all the evidence you need in your Prom folder. Use the final checklist on the last page to help you. Making the evidence accessible Make sure that each file represents the final version of each product, and that the products are saved in the correct activity folder. Do not include any additional files. 18
Tracking and Final Checklist Prom Activity 1 Logo List of formalwear suppliers Digital poster Activity 1 review Activity 2 Prom model Demo Sample tickets Activity 2 review Activity 3 Multimedia promo Timeline Multimedia promo Completed promo Interactive webpage Storyboards Interactive webpage Completed webpage Activity 3 review Activity 4 Category A evaluation Category B evaluation Own performance and feedback evaluation Sources Sources tables Tracking check Final check 19