Other effects may be used such as flashing text to make things stand out. It will also have to process hyperlinks to places in the document or to similar web pages.
Software Carl Howard 3
Written input
Word- Advantages- simple to use, all the needed applications, user friendly
Disadvantages- can be a very temperamental system to use.
I am going to use Microsoft Word, as I feel confident when using this application and find it easier to use.
It has all the needed aspects to complete the task.
These are the alternative applications I could use:
Publisher- Advantages- extremely easy to use, very good for beginners
Disadvantages- there are limitations on what input can be inserted
Word pad- Very complicated, only for experts
Visual input
Paint- Advantages- good for pictures, drawings etc…
Disadvantages- not very good for inserting text and moving it around
Clipart- Advantages- a lot of effective and appropriate images
Disadvantages- doesn’t always have the image that you want.
Hardware Carl Howard 4
MONITOR
TFT- Advantages- clear, crisp, portable, light weight
Disadvantages- Very expensive
Standard (different sizes)- Advantages- cheap, efficient
Disadvantages- ugly, takes up a lot of space
PRINTERS
Epson- Laser- Advantages- High quality, one off
Disadvantages- Expensive
Ink Jet- Advantages- Cost effective, easy to replace
Disadvantages- doesn’t last very long.
Dot matrix- Advantages- Very cheap
Disadvantages- Not very clear, low quality
Lexmark- Laser- Advantages- High quality, one off
Disadvantages- Expensive
Ink Jet- Advantages- Cost effective, easy to replace
Disadvantages- doesn’t last very long.
Dot matrix- Advantages- Very cheap
Disadvantages- Not very clear, low quality
SCANNERS
Used to edit pages or to use already existing information such as paper records to be transferred to computer records.
Carl Howard 5 MOUSE
Cordless- compact, ideal for travelling, can use on any surface. Quite expensive.
Cord attached mouse- Comes with most computers, reliable although they are easily damaged.
KEYBOARD
QWERTY- Advantages- easy to use, easy to speed type with, simple to use
Disadvantages- none
Hybrid- Advantages- modern, stylish
Disadvantages- hard to adapt to, unconventional design
Specialist- not suitable for this project as they are used in industry and have no use.
HARD DRIVE
Pentium- Advantages- popular, easily upgradeable
Disadvantages- slow, an upgrade every 2 years so its out of date the
Moment that you by it
AMD- Advantages- very fast, efficient
Disadvantages- not many people now about it due to lack of advertisement
Design Carl Howard 6
For the written input I am going to use Microsoft Word. The font I am going to use is Papyrus. I am going to have an orange back ground with blue writing, this may have to change if it does not print properly.
For the visual input I will be using clip art and images form the Internet.
My logo will be an image from Clipart as shown below
For the website, there will be a number of pages that will be accessed either manually scrolling down or by using titled shortcuts to where the user wishes to look.
For example there will be a couple of pages on reviews, these can be accessed by clicking on the hyperlink titled reviews at the top of the page.
The text will be in text boxes, which makes it easier to rearrange or to change data.
The reviews, news and advertisement of films should be updated fortnightly, which enables them to concentrate on newer films in the future.
Implementation Carl Howard 7
This is only a rough guide to how long each aspect of the project took.
In my initial thoughts I was going to use the font Stop but my teacher pointed out to me that some letters looked similar so I changed it to papyrus.
Testing
2 of my classmates have tested the database fully by trying out all the links systematically to make sure that they didn’t miss any. One thing that they did comment on that I haven’t been able to rectify yet is the fact that there are no links back to the top page apart from the one at the bottom of the pages.
They also looked whether the text was readable and easy to understand by reading though the pages page by page.
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Evaluation
Big M cinemas asked me to produce a working website to advertise the cinema on the Internet because at the moment, they advertise in newspapers, magazines, leaflets and billboards. This is very expensive and so is not very cost effective. I have produced a working web page that they can advertise on. This web page can also store information on prices, full reviews and news on the latest releases. It can be updated easily and only costs them the price of renting domain space that for a large company like them isn’t much.
None of the other mediums that they currently advertise on cannot match any of these out puts so surely this is more cost effective and easier to manage.
The system will not necessarily change the employees` jobs apart from the person in charge of maintaining and updating the system.
If I were to be given more time I would have liked to produce a current/ total hit counter and a guest book so that the company could get feedback from the users on which to improve the website further.
My system matches all of the requirements set in the analysis.
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ICT in the wider World
If Big M cinemas existed, it would have gone to an ICT consultant company who they would have told their situation. The consultant’s next job would then have been to find a company that could accommodate their problem, if the first company could not. The process would have taken longer but it would have been more thorough. The finished product would have looked a lot more professional.
If Big M were to use a system like mine, they would have to employ as many people as usual but would need to train or employ someone to maintain and update the site. That employee’s hours would be short because the system would only need updating fortnightly and they would need to come in every week to make sure that the website was working correctly.
The employees would need to be trained to use this system. The training would not take long as the system is very easy to use.
If any of the employees are epileptic or mentally challenged then they may not be able to use this system. The employee’s will have to have breaks every couple of hours to prevent repetitive stress syndrome in their hands.
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People’s lives have drastically changed since ICT was brought into the work place.
Some companies have become very rich because computers can process and produce products letters and complicated number problems quickly and more efficiently than workers efficiently. This means that the company can produce more products quickly and so get more revenue, as they do not have to employ as many people.
But at the other end of this situation, people are losing their jobs because computers can do their jobs in less time and more efficiently.
The Internet has also affected millions of people as it enables anyone to access information 24 hours a day, it enables people to communicate with people who live thousands of miles away.
Computers can be used for such trivial things as stock control or a child’s homework yet at the same time they are used to produce a 50 ft dinosaur for a Hollywood film or to launch space shuttles to Mars.
Computers have done everything but take over the world, yet with A.I. development this will soon be a possibility.
It is very hard to imagine a world without ICT, yet only 50 years ago the thought of computers in peoples houses was laughable.
