Improving Productivity Using IT In this unit you need to be able to use the skills from your other units. You also have to answer questions about how IT can make companies more productive.
Choosing correct software To the right is part of a practice test. What software would you choose to complete this task? Answer here What made you choose that software? Answer here
Choosing correct software Drag the tick to your answer
Choosing correct software Drag the tick to your answer
Legal Constraints Companies have to protect people’s data? What do we mean by this? Your answer here Companies often have to pay licenses to use software. What do you think happens if they don’t? Companies have to respect copyright What is copyright? Why is it important?
Legal Constraints Drag the tick to your answer
Understanding how software works Drag the tick to your answer
Strengths and weaknesses When you carry out work you have to be able to say what strengths and weaknesses are. Think about: Format – did you use good formatting e.g. bold, underline, colour? Layout – did you put things in appropriate places? Accuracy – did you spell check your work? Structure – did your work make sense and have clear titles etc? Quality – did you make sure your work was high quality? Who the audience is – does your work match the audience it is meant for?
Strengths and weaknesses in your work Drag the tick to your answer
Strengths and weaknesses in your work Drag the tick to your answer
Improvements When you carry out IT work you also need to think about how you might be able to improve work. Think about: Correcting mistakes using things like spelling and grammar checkers Finding quicker ways of doing things so you can be more efficient Having effective filing systems – saving things with good file names in sensible folders Learning new skills or techniques to make your work better Improving formatting techniques and using them appropriately (bold, colours, etc.)
Improvements Drag the tick to your answer
Why Use IT Why might you choose IT systems over pen and paper? Can save time Can be easier Can be cheaper Quality might be higher Might be more accurate (spell checks etc.)
Why use IT? Drag the tick to your answer
Downsides of IT? Drag the tick to your answer
Benefits of using IT There are many benefits of using IT: Can make things efficient What does efficient mean? Answer here Can make things more profitable What does profitable mean? Can make things more accurate? Why is this?
Benefits of using IT? Drag the tick to your answer
Choosing correct software To the right is part of a practice test. What software would you choose to complete this task? Answer here What made you choose that software? Answer here
Choice of software Think about the last question. Drag the tick to your answer
Choice of software Think about the last question. Drag the tick to your answer
Legal Constraints (Look back at slide 5 if you need to) Drag the tick to your answer
Legal Constraints (Look back at slide 5 if you need to) Drag the tick to your answer
Well done! You are now ready to have a go at the 3 practice tests for this section. You will need to use skills from the other units. You will also answer questions like the ones in this presentation.