This report investigates an application and network at Yeo Moor primary school from a social, moral, ethical and legal perspective.

ICT A Level Coursework Task 3

ICT Coursework – Task 3

By Mark Paull

An Introduction

This report investigates an application and network at Yeo Moor primary school from a social, moral, ethical and legal perspective. The organisation that is a primary school is segregated into infant and junior buildings. I am conducting my investigation into the junior LAN.

A Social, Moral, Ethical, Legal Introduction

I will be looking at the SMEL side of the institution and breaking issues down to Social, Moral, Ethical and Legal problems

Social – looking at the affect on increased pressure on the staff their working hours due the ICT suit being installed, and the working environment and how it will change the attitudes of workers

Moral- whether it is right to punish pupils for misuse and how to tackle misuse within staff and the difference in publicity and punishment

Ethical – whether pupils have been told their rights and the rules of the work place

Legal – licenses for applications and any involvement with the police over serious misuse.

The Institution

Yeo Moor Junior school is run by the North Somerset Council, and is based in Clevedon and is fairly central within the town. The school is quite small and employs a traditional hierarchical for its management organisation; this is shown below.

Board of Governors

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Head Teacher

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Deputy Head

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General Staff

The ICT department is small and has only one person on-site to deal with any problems. The ICT Co-ordinator, also a teacher is the only person with sufficient knowledge to operate the system within Yeo Moors walls. If a problem occurs the ICT Coordinator cannot handle, an ICT technician can be called out from the secondary school nearby. The technician also visits Yeo Moor every Friday afternoon to perform routine maintenance. Upgrades are conducted put of school hours if they require a large amount of attention to detail, but menial jobs are carried out during the working day. The ICT structure is as follows:

ICT Technician

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ICT Coordinator

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General Staff

The Application

Microsoft Outlook version 2002 (included in Office XP)

Product Guide

Introduction

This Outlook Product Guide is designed to assist in evaluating Microsoft Outlook version 2002, included in the Office XP suite. It contains information on the new and improved capabilities of the application, examples of how you can access them, and, in some instances, screenshots of those new or improved capabilities.

In today’s fast-paced world, accessing and communicating with others more effectively is critical. This is especially true with the popularity of the Internet and e-mail. As the Internet and e-mail have become the medium for interacting with others, the barriers to communicating with anyone, anywhere in a matter of seconds no longer exist. While this helps computer users greatly by enabling them to receive the information they need in a timely manner, it also creates an overload of information in the form of e-mails, appointments, contacts, tasks, and documents. Outlook version 2002 can help users manage their time and information more effectively, while making it easier to share and create information with others.

Below is an overview of the key design goals for Outlook version 2002 and the new and improved functionality associated with those design goals.

Key Design Goals and Overview of New Features

Productivity and Efficiency

With the amount of time users spend working with e-mail, contacts, tasks, and appointments, accomplishing even a few tasks more efficiently can make users more productive. Research has shown that users teach themselves how to use applications by doing the tasks that they need to accomplish and at the time they need to do them. To accomplish these tasks, users must know that the tools are available within the product, that the learning curve for using those tools are minimal, and that the tools offer a clear advantage over the way they are currently doing things. As a result, a key design goal for the newest version of Outlook was to make working with e-mail, tasks, contacts, and appointments more intuitive without requiring users to learn new ways of accomplishing their tasks or spend time searching for these tools. The goal was also to eliminate the users’ worry about whether they can access their information.

Working with E-mail

Personal Calendar and Group Scheduling

Contacts and Address Book

Integration with Microsoft Exchange

Reliability, Data Recovery, and Security

Another key goal for Outlook version 2002 was to enable users to spend time working rather than worrying about their software. With the reliability features in the newest version of Outlook, users can continue to work even in the unlikely event of an error. Furthermore, a variety of security enhancements have been included in Outlook version 2002 to help users feel more secure when working with e-mail. Note: See ...