Designing an IT system for an A level Student.
A01 Task 1 I am an ICT specialist. I have worked for Dixons, Curry's, Comet and PC World. I have worked for many years and I am still working as an ICT specialist. I am a friend of John's dad, and he has asked me to get a computer to assist him in his A-Levels. He is currently decided to do ICT, Art/Design, and German for his A-levels. For ICT, a computer is a necessity for doing his work. For Art/Design, a graphic tablet and art programs are needed. For his German pronunciation of words and phrases, Rosetta Stone(r) is required; A German translator is also required. As John likes playing online games like Runescape, A fast and simple Internet connection is needed, so that John's games can easily and smoothly run. As he likes emailing, Microsoft Outlook and Windows Live Messenger are needed. Microsoft Publisher is needed to make the flyers that he makes to hand out to people that he makes and a printer to print them out. He needs a Music Generator, like FL Studio, to produce his original music. He also likes to listen to Girls Aloud, Windows Media Player 11 would be sufficient to play all his music. He likes photography, a digital camera and Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended will assist him in editing his photos. ULead Video Studio 11 Plus is needed so that he can create home movies, upload the videos, then edit the videos he has made with transitions and effects and
The Social, Moral and Cultural Effect of Introducing ICT to a system
The Social, Moral and Cultural effect of introducing ICT to a system Information Technology has brought a variety of jobs, benefiting most people. However, some people have lost their jobs due to their lack of IT skills. There are three categories that affect the introduction o ICT to a system: Social, Moral and Cultural. Social The social effect of introducing ICT to a system is that it has created more, new jobs and has also lost jobs. Taking the leisure center into consideration, information regarding customers could be stored onto computers, therefore making it confidential and also saving time, because you can word-process it in, rather than writing it on paper. This would make jobs much easier, as the staff wouldn't have to sort information out manually, but they could easily type all the data on the computer, therefore all information would be stored there and more office space would be created. Some of the jobs produced are: > Data Processing Staff > Web Designers > Technicians > System Managers > Network Managers The center will need people that match the specifications given. The disadvantage is that it will cost money to install and hire all these people. The advantage is, is that the tasks will be made much easier and more office space will be created. However, many jobs have gone and people have been put out of work. Most people would have
Illuminate Skateboard Company - Word Processing Project
ILLUMINATE SKATEBOARD COMPANY WORD PROCESSING PROJECT MONTHLY NEWSLETTER GCSE IT DECEMBER 2000 TABLE OF CONTENTS A) IDENTIFICATION 2 A.1 PROBLEM DESCRIPTION 2 A.2 SOFTWARE/HARDWARE 3 A.3 TOOLS 3 A.5 OTHER TOOLS 3 B) ANALYSIS 3 B.1 GENERAL APPROACH 3 B.2 INFORMATION AND DATA SOURCES 3 B.3 STRUCTURE 4 B.4 TYPE OF DATA 4 B.5 SUMMARY DATA FLOW 5 B.6 PROBLEM SOLUTION 5 C) DESIGN 6 C.1 USER NEEDS 6 C.2 SYSTEM DESIGN 7 C.3 MODULE DESIGN 8 C.4 NOTES 9 C.5 SYSTEM TESTING 0 D) USE/IMPLEMENTATION 0 D.1 PROJECT DIARY 0 D.2 TEST LOG 0 D.3 USER/OTHER COMMENTS 0 E) EVALUATION 1 E.1 COMMENTS 1 Appendix 1 - Template i Appendix 2 - Mail Merge test results ii Appendix 3 - Macro Set up iii Appendix 4 - Test result - Newsletter iv A) INDENTIFICATON . The Problem The Manager of Illuminate Skateboard Company in Milton Keynes came to me and said: "Our Company newsletters are rubbish. They are typed on an old typewriter, look unprofessional and give the company a bad name. What's more they make me look bad. I've decided you're the best man for the job. I need a professional newsletter with company logos, pictures and clear format. Please help!" To solve the problem I will use Microsoft Word to produce the newsletters and make them look professional and neat through the use of templates to standardise format and presentation. 2.
Computing Project – Designing a Ticketing System for a Cinema.
Computing Project - Designing a Ticketing System for a Cinema. Introduction .1 Background; I have chosen to undertake a project where I redesign the ticket system within a cinema. I have been to many cinemas around the Croydon area, some of the more larger cinemas; for example the Warner village cinema in Valley Park Leisure Complex 21, Hesterman Way, Croydon, Surrey, -have a computer system that is quite advanced compared to those of smaller cinemas. An example of a smaller cinema is West Croydons Safari cinema London Road Croydon Surrey. This cinema has been around for years without much of an improvement in the computer system used; their system is not as advanced as the Warner Village cinema. An example difference in the systems is that the safari cinemas uses an older interface, the dos interface. Warner Village however uses a win32 environment interface. The safari cinema has been around for years without much of an improvement in the computer system. This type of old system as in the safari cinema would work more efficiently and prove more productive if it were redesigned. Other concepts within a cinemas workings could be incorporated within the cinema ticket system. The setting of the problem is based upon the ticket system, which can be greatly improved on in many areas. The staff on the ticket sales desks would be more motivated with a more improved computer
evaluation of a manual library system
EVALUATION OF EXISTING SYSTEM There are advantages as well as disadvantages in managing the data manually. ADVANTAGES: > As the work load is heavy more staffs are appointed; less unemployment > The materials required are very inexpensive so this will save lot of money which is used up in buying expensive materials. > The chance of miss using the data is less as the records are kept in a filing cabinet and the key is with the librarians and the session supervisors. DISADVANTAGES: > Requires more staff, so more salary has to be given. > Filing cabinets are needed to store the records so the space in the library will be less. > It is time consuming when searching the library card as they are not ordered in a regular manner. > Errors are made while calculating the fine; no separate column for fine calculation and the book returned after the due date. > The librarian faces difficulties in searching the books which are not returned as she has to go through the records of each and every student. > Mistakes might be done while swapping the library card. > If the records are over written the records might be dirty and difficult to understand. SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS > Re-organize the files in the filing cabinet. > Retraining the staff. > Increase the space provided to store records. OBJECTIVES There are several objectives that I want to achieve by computerizing the
Produce a net cash flow for an Italian restaurant called The Pizza Palace.
Little Ilford School GCSE ICT Coursework Spreadsheets Shehryar Raja 11.4 Problem Identification: My task for this coursework is to produce a net cash flow for an Italian restaurant called The Pizza Palace. The restaurant is suffering many financial problems and needs a cash flow forecast to for the next six months. I will have to create that cash flow and will have to suggest ideas which could be used to get the business flowing flawlessly. Task 1: Question 1a and 1b: The system will be used by the management team. The manager of Pizza Palace will have to tell us what should be included in the net cash flow to make it easier and proficient for his likings. He will have to create a list of all the requirements that he needs. Most of these requirements will include: * A simple way to update the net cash flow. * Automatically make changes when the cash flow is updated. The old system is a manual system of 'pen and paper' and therefore, it is not too helpful for him because: * It is not efficient * It has no backup copies * It takes time to produce. * It has no automatic functions. * If you make a mistake, you must cross it out. For the above mentioned reasons, he needs a completely new system to take care of his financial details. The new will be: * Very efficient * Automatic * Easily updateable * Have security to secure the files * Less chance of human
DVD/Video game rental shop
Analysis The database that I'm going to create is for a small DVD/Video game rental shop. The shop is very small and all their records were created by hand on paper. 'DVDVG' (name of shop) has expanded and now has several branches. Their old method of storing records has become very impractical. Introduction DVDVG have been selling and renting DVD's and Video Game's for almost 2 years now. Their new system will have to include: > Data on products they currently own, such when was it last rented, how many times it has been rented, certificate, number of players, running time and other information that is related to the product > They will need to store data on all their customers so that they know what special offers they should give them. If they have rented a video game a certain number of times in a period of time they should give them offers through the post > They will also need to keep track of their products, which customers have rented or bought which products, so that they can invoice them. The database shall allow them to: > Produce emails/reports or ordinary mail for customers > Track payment statuses and histories for customers > Record details of each customer > To produce reports of when customers have overdue products. DVD's The information that needs to be stored on the DVD's is: > DVD Name > Certificate > Genre > DVD ID > DVD Publisher > How
The aim of this project is to design a new system for anyone to use to model the cost of a trip. I have decided to manage a spreadsheet for the Head of History, who is organizing a Trip for Year 10 to The History Museum.
Introduction The aim of this project is to design a new system for anyone to use to model the cost of a trip. I have decided to manage a spreadsheet for the Head of History, who is organizing a Trip for Year 10 to The History Museum. This trip is important for the students because I feel that it will help them with their GCSE coursework. It will also give them an opportunity to research the part of history they are learning about and to find out about things they will be doing later. Other people that could use my spreadsheet are different schools and families. The new system I will design will be user friendly so that the user can be efficient. My new system will show all the information needed to work whether the trip is: * Making a profit or a loss. I will carry out other calculations to find the following: * Number Of Staff * Total number of People * Number Of Coaches * Cost of Coaches * Cost of Admission * Total Cost The system will include cell-referenced formulas so that if there are any changes the appropriate data will automatically change. Using the new system we will be able to make conditions to find out what amount we need to: * Break-even or make a profit. We will also be able to find out what effect a price fall will have on the profit. The current system is unable to do this because it will take a lot of time just to find out the results for
ICT Coursework (MarcoS)
I.C.T. Project Identify Project idea 4: Keeping Accounts Middle East Construction Company (MECC) MECC is an U.S.A. company that sells properties, it was introduced in 1984, and it became one of the most important in the U.S.A., and in Europe, and now they are working also in the Middle East. The owner is Mr. Jackson. The company makes villas and small buildings. They also produce desalination implants, which are very useful, especially in Dubai, where now the company has a lot of work. The company also sells properties in Dubai. Many engineers, architects and laborers works for makes buildings, but in the company there are also people that have to takes the accounts and register the property selling. There are 20 people that do this, they have to follow all the money transfers. For example when they have to buy the materials such as concrete, bricks and steel, invoices are sent to the company that produces these materials, and then when MECC purchase the materials, all the money spent are recorded. For the properties, they have to contact the customers interested on buy one and make an invoice and at same time keep There are 2 people that follow the transaction for each material, 8 people that follow the management of the salary, and 5 people that record the entry of money. The payment for a project is recovered into two parts: firstly, before starting building,
Design a database to be used by a second hand car dealer to keep electronic records of the cars he has in stock.
Task: Design a database to be used by a second hand car dealer to keep electronic records of the cars he has in stock. Analysis The Analysis Section is worth 9 marks. It is broken down into three sections, with each section worth 3 marks. Identify a Problem What is meant by a problem? It is very important that you understand what is meant by a problem - the project hinges on a good understanding of the problem and the solution. There are 3 marks for this part. A problem is a task that cannot currently be done, or a task that takes a long time and is difficult to do. For example, searching for cars that fit a certain requirement, such any car costing less than £3000 or all cars with electronic windows and central locking, can be done using paper-based card index files. However, it is awkward and very time consuming (particularly if you have hundreds of cars) so it is a problem and can be solved using a computer (in this instance by having a database of cars). The problem does not have to be complex - it can be very simple. The identification of the problem has four parts * Problem: * Why is it a problem: * Solution: * Software used: Problem: This is a simple statement of the problem. A simple sentence stating what the problem is. For example: The problem is that it is not easy to search for cars using a manual card based system Why is it a problem: This
