Genre: Instruction

This page contains links to various MS Word documents which should help you with the writing up of your 1b coursework . Once you open a document , save it straight away in your user area . Then close the document and re-open it in MS Word . Ticksheet . doc - This document is a tick sheet that you can use to check your progress . Each tick should be dated and signed by your teacher to show it has been completed correctly . Marks index - This document will be used at the end of your coursework when you have numbered every page . It will form an index to where all the evidence can be found . You could also use it a quick tick list as you work through your coursework . WS1 - Outline . doc - This document will help you outline the task , the type of sources you will use , the outputs you want and the form of the outputs . WS2 - Sources . doc - This document will help you describe your data sources in detail and describe how you captured the data for entry into your database . WS3 - Capture . doc - This document will help you describe how you captured the data for entry into your database . WS4 - Designing . doc - This document will help you describe the design choices you made for your database . WS5 - Creating . doc - This document will help you describe how you actually created your database and explain the choices you made in its design . WS6a - Checks . doc - This document will help you describe the visual checks you made of your database . WS6b - Validation . doc - This document will help you explain the importance of validation checks and describe the ones you built into the design of your database . WS7a - Searches_simple . doc - This document will help you explain the various simple queries that you will create . WS7b - Searches_complex . doc - This document will help you explain the various complex queries that you will create . WS7c - Searches_multiple . doc - This document will help you explain the various complex queries you will create using multiple criteria . WS7d - Searches_graph . doc - This document will help you explain a query that you will use to create a graphical output . WS8 - Evaluation . doc - This document will help you carry out an evaluation of the task , particularly , how easy you found it to produce the different forms of your outputs . WS9 - Software . doc - This document helps you compare your choice of software with another data-handling program . Most of these documents have coloured guidance text that should be removed and replaced with your own text . When completed , they should all be printed out and handed in along with : A printout of all the data in your database , suitably sorted Your completed data capture sheets , complete with record numbers Evidence of your ICT and non-ICT data sources , complete with record numbers Evidence of your query designs and query printouts , labelled with the question they answer .