1. 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.

2. Choosing correct software
To the right is part of a practice test.
What software would you choose to complete this task?
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What made you choose that software?
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3. Choosing correct software
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4. Choosing correct software
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5. Legal Constraints Companies have to protect people’s data?
What do we mean by this?
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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?

6. Legal Constraints
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7. Understanding how software works
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8. 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?

9. Strengths and weaknesses in your work
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10. Strengths and weaknesses in your work
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11. 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.)

12. Improvements
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13. 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.)

14. Why use IT?
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15. Downsides of IT?
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16. Benefits of using IT There are many benefits of using IT:
Can make things efficient
What does efficient mean?
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Can make things more profitable
What does profitable mean?
Can make things more accurate?
Why is this?

17. Benefits of using IT?
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18. 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

19. Choice of software Think about the last question.
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20. Choice of software Think about the last question.
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21. Legal Constraints (Look back at slide 5 if you need to)
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22. Legal Constraints (Look back at slide 5 if you need to)
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23. 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.