Development of Tools for the Assessment and Reporting of Year 10 ICT Competencies in the ACT

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1 Development of Tools for the Assessment and Reporting of Year 10 ICT Competencies in the ACT Bob Edwards Executive Officer, ACT Board of Senior Secondary Studies 1. Use of the ICTComp program to enter ICT Competencies for Students 2. The Interactive Assessment Tool

2 Using ICT Comp Information and Communication Technology Competencies 2001 This presentation shows how to use the ICTComp program to enter ICT Competencies for students. To move though the presentation: - click on arrows on screen - use the arrows on the keyboard - press N(ext) or P(revious) - press Space bar to go forward

3 To Start the Program Double click on the shortcut icon for ICTComp on your desktop; OR start Access and load the program ICTComp from its directory, S:\ICT OR find the program ICTComp.mde in S:\ICT and double click on its icon; OR ask for help.

4 When successful, this screen appears.

5 To enter competencies, click on this button.

6 This screen appears; click here to show teacher list.

7 Click on your name. Drag the slide bar to show more names.

8 Similarly, click and select the KLA.

9 Now click on the Continue (or Main Menu) button.

10 This screen appears (with your school data).

11 Competencies already entered for your KLA will appear.

12 Select a student by clicking on the name; drag the slide bar to show more names.

13 Selecting a Student Is the student s name visible? Yes: Click on the name. No: Drag the slide bar until the name is visible, then click on it. (To drag the bar, click on the bar, hold the left mouse button down, then move the mouse up or down.) You can also move through the list as follows: 1. Use the Up and Down arrow keys to move by one name 2. Use Page Up or Page Down to move by one screenful of names 3. Press the first letter of the student s code (eg S for SMITHR) The first name in the list starting with S is selected. If S is pressed again, the next student whose code starts with S is selected. There is no effect if no student s code starts with S. When a student is selected, any previous results for that student are automatically displayed.

14 Click on a circle to enter a competency.

15 Competency entered.

16 Important The competencies entered are automatically saved when: * you select another student or * you return to the Main Menu or * you return to the Teacher & KLA Edit screen Do Not Save By Clicking The Disk Icon On The Toolbar Or By Clicking File / Save

17 If you can t remember what the rest of an element says, then click on it.

18 Then click on OK to continue.

19 Correcting Entries Click on Level 0 for an element to remove a Level 1. You will get a message: Correcting an error should be the only time you reduce a student s assessment. You should not alter an assessment made by another teacher.

20 To Preview (on screen) or print a report, click this button.

21 The Print Menu screen appears. Click on the appropriate button for a report.

22 Notes on Printing Reports Reports appear initially on screen to allow you to determine that it does give the information required, and then to select a limited number of pages to print or to print the whole report. Sample reports are given on the next few screens.

23 Report 1 - Alphabetical List of Students Report 2 is the same, with students sorted by group.

24 Report 3 - Alphabetical List of Students with No Elements Report 4 is the same, with students sorted by group.

25 Report 5 - Alphabetical List of Students with Details Report 6 is the same, with students sorted by group. Report 7 is the same, except an individual can be selected.

26 Report 8 - Alphabetical List of Students; Summary Report 9 is the same, with students sorted by group.

27 Report 10 - Student Summary; Sorted by Total Report 11 is the same, with students sorted by group.

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29 The Interactive Assessment Tool ACT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES Assessment and Reporting Section AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY GOVERNMENT

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43 Example Task 1 Competency 3 - Organisational Processes and Tools Element 4 - Use the basic features of a network file management facility.

44 The Task: You need to set up a folder structure to help you organise all information about your holiday.

45 Instructions : Establish a folder called my holiday on the C drive. Within this folder create 2 sub folders called Itinerary and Budget. Place the Europe.doc file in the Itinerary folder. Move the Insurance.xls to the Itinerary folder. Print the Costing.xls to the network printer. Europe.doc,Insurance.xls and Costing.xls files are provided

46 Skills/Tasks to be assessed: Open a shared drive/directory. Create a folder. Create subfolders. Save a word document to a specific folder. Move a file to a different location. Print a specific file to a network printer.

47 Outcomes Expected: Directory called My holidays with sub folders of Itinerary and Budget. File called Europe.doc in Itinerary folder. File called Insurance.xls in the Itinerary folder. File called Costing.xls to the network printer.

48 Example Task 2 Competency 2 - Communication and Collaboration Element 1 - Use electronic mail (compose, send, receive, read and store).

49 The Task: You are to organise a joint research project with three other students, communication is to be by . Address book including required names, mail folder Personal.pst, Reference.doc are provided.

50 Instructions : Send an to your teacher Jane Brown (jbrown@xcellhs.com.au) with the subject Contribution of Mathematics in our society. Send the to three classmates: Tom White, Bill Arnold and Mary Richards. Also save a text copy of this in a folder name Mathematics. In your attach a list containing three references, which you used in your research. Bill has replied to your on the 6 th of February 2001, find and save this message in a mail folder name Personal

51 Skills/Tasks to be assessed: Select an application e.g. Outlook. Compose and send an message. Send copy to more than one person. Attach files to the message. Receive, read and reply to message. Store and /or save to an folder.

52 Outcomes Expected: 1 to (jbrown@xcellhs.com.au) CC address:" tom.white@...","...","... subject line: Contribution of Mathematics in our society Folder in my documents: " maths Mail folder: " personal.pst Attachment: "References.doc"

53 Example Task 3 Competency 3 - Organisational Processes and Tools Element 1 - Use a word processing application to create a printed document.

54 The Task: You are writing a letter requesting an interview for a job, which was advertised in the Canberra Times recently. Job 423.doc, Resume 2000.doc and a graphic are provided.

55 Instructions : Find the letter called Job 423.doc in My Documents. Format the letter ensuring that: The subject of the letter is centered. The font is changed to Arial and 14 pts. The address is double line spaced. The first line is indented to 1cm. Check the spelling. Move the address paragraph to the top of the letter. Save the letter as Job 423-final copy in My Documents.

56 Instructions (Continued): As part of this letter you need to include a copy of your resume. Start a new page and make it landscape. Find the document Resume 2000 in My Documents. Copy and paste this into the new page of your letter. Below the resume, create a table of two columns and three rows listing names and contact details of your previous employers. Create a Footer with your address. Add a suitable graphic at the bottom and centre it. Save the document.

57 Skills/Tasks to be assessed: Open an existing document. Center align, font change, line spacing, indentation, adding footer, copy and paste graphic. Use Save as to name the file and place it in the correct folder. Use spell check. Use orientation. Creating table.

58 Outcomes Expected: Create a new spreadsheet. Enter data from an existing word document, Format all data. Work out the total sales figures by using the correct formula. Work out the commission earned weekly by using the correct formula. Obtained $ as total commission earned. A graph showing the commission earned against the given week. Graph inserted in Sales.doc

59 Example Task 4 Competency 3 - Organisational Processes and Tools Element 2 - Use a spreadsheet application for simple calculations and to print graphs

60 The Task: You have been employed as a sales assistant in a popular sports shop during the months of January and February. You received 10% of the weekly sales as a commission for your effort. You want to create an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of your sales and commission. My Sales.doc is provided.

61 Instructions Open a new spreadsheet. : Insert the heading My sales commission in Row 2 Column A Format the spreadsheet to be Arial Narrow, 12 pt and all cells that have a $value formatted appropriately Open My sales.doc Copy the information onto your spreadsheet. Center all data. Work out the total sales in cell E4 by using the correct formula. Fill down to cell E11. Calculate the commission earned in cell F4. Fill down to cell F11. Find the total commission earned. Save this excel file as Sales Commission. Produce a graph showing the commission earned weekly. Paste and save this graph in the word document My sales.doc

62 Skills/Tasks to be assessed: Start and exit from a spreadsheet application. Utilise icons from the standard toolbar. Create a new spreadsheet with rows, columns and headings. Enter data into this spreadsheet from an existing word document. Format data. Create and apply simple calculation formulas. Produce and label a simple graph. Insert the graph into a word document.

63 Outcomes Expected: Create a new spreadsheet. Enter data from an existing word document, Format all data. Work out the total sales figures by using the correct formula. Work out the commission earned weekly by using the correct formula. Obtained $ as total commission earned. A graph showing the commission earned against the given week. Graph inserted in My Sales.doc

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