displayed good information on each part of the business studies syllabus, and what was required in coursework, and the units of assessment.
I checked through each source of information to check whether it was copyrighted. This is important as you could be breaking in laws by publishing other people’s work without permission. I made sure I asked each source by talking to them, or e-mailing them, checking if it was okay to use their information.
Everything from learn.co.uk was copied and pasted in the website, and the images used were taken using a digital camera, and saved as a jpeg file on the computer. The Woodbridge School shield gif was taken from the school website which is at .
I have used a page theme with the background colour: purple, text: yellow, hyperlink: blue, and the font: SimSun.
There are many advantages of using I.T. for this task, they are:
- The ability of turning all information into a web page, which would be able to view world wide, and select the information you want with a click of a button.
- Easy editing of all information which is up (you can just delete things, and if it were written by hand, you would have to cross it out, which would make it appear messy)
- Computers have the ability of spelling and grammar checking.
- You can use a set design so you don’t need to changed colours, fonts etc every time you create a new page.
However, disadvantages include:
- If the website servers go down, the web page will not be accessible.
- If you do not have the Internet, or a computer, you will not be able to access the information.
- If you were to continue to make this website from a different computer, without the ability of the software and hardware that you used before, you would not be able to create the same effect.
Another disadvantage to using a computer is the health and safety matters, this can include repetitive strain injury, eyestrain, back problems, ozone irritation, radiation, epilepsy and stress. Although, many of these problems can be solved. Making sure you adjust your VDU in a comfortable place (where you don’t strain your eyes, neck etc) can be very helpful. Purchasing an office chair, and adjusting it to the right height and position may cure a lot of these problems too. Also, making sure your familiar with what you’re using or doing on the computer will reduce a lot of stress. Having suitable lighting in the room can reduce the risk of eyestrain. Also, taking breaks from using the computer, and not using it for long periods of time.
Our school system is automatically virus protected, so there are no problems with viruses on the computer system. However, if there were to be a virus, this could prove very dangerous, and could completely ruin a computer system. Lots of work has been lost due to computer systems not using virus protection software.
I saved my work in a folder called “ICT GCSE Coursework”. In this folder there is a separate folder called “Project 1”. Inside this folder is all the web pages, write-ups, sources and images used for this project. Each file is saved with an appropriate name, (e.g. My write up is saved as writeup.doc)
I used web-editing software to create the website. This task would have been impossible without a computer, as the website can only be viewed using a computer with a web browser. Alternative ways to produce information about my topic would have been writing booklets or producing posters. I think creating a website is more effective, as you can view the site world wide using a computer which is connected to the Internet.
There are many do’s and don’ts regarding computer and work safety. Some of them are: