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Preliminary Software Design and Development
Preliminary Assessment Task 3
Topic:
Building Software Solutions
Task Name:
Identity Kit Program
Weighting:
20%
Date Received:
2
nd
June 2009
Date Due:
29
th
June 2009
Submission Instructions:
1.Students are required to hand their assignments to their teacher during class time on thespecified day.2.Students are required to submit their marking criteria and sign the confirmation below.3.All work submitted should be of a high nature.
Student Confirmation:I, ___________________________, have completed this task without plagiarising the work of others. It is all my own work. I am also aware that a non-submission on or before the due datewill incur a penalty of 100% of total marks allocated.Signature:____________________ Outcomes Being Assessed:
This assessment will establish whether the student understands the following outcomes:
P5.2 -
Uses and develops documentation to communicate software solutions to others.
P6.3
-
Designs and constructs software solutions with appropriate interfaces.
TASK DETAILSCross Curriculum Links
KC1
Research skills,
KC2
Presenting ideas in a topology,
KC3
Organising thenetwork layout
KC4
Working in teams and
KC7
Using technology.
Literacy
– Report and folio writing.
ICT
– Word-processing.
Context for the Task
Students are required to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the creation of effective graphical user interfaces. They should also demonstrate competency in thefollowing areas:
Use of different screen elements
Construction of internal and external documentation
Basic Visual Basic.NET programming skills
Task Description
You have been employed by the NSW police department to create a new identity kit program. Users will be able to interview witnesses and generate the facial identityof suspects based on selections.
Task Rubric
PART 1 – GUI Development
You are required to use Visual Basic.NET to create an
Identity Kit Program
for the NSW police department.
System Objectives
1.Create multiple screens for the graphical user interface with the first being asplash screen that gives appropriate feedback to the user concerning programloading.
5 marks
2.The second screen will be the menu screen which will give the user THREE
alternatives – Design, Search (Stub
11
) and Exit.
5 Marks
3.The design screen should incorporate a range of different screen elements andshould allow the user to input the following:
Hair colour (List or Combo)
Eye colour (List or Combo)
Nationality (Radio Buttons)
Extra accessories such glasses or moustache (Check Boxes)(Photoshop should be used to create all images used in the program.)
20 Marks
4.Allow the user to print out their picture only when nationality, hair and eye colour and been selected.
10 Marks
5.Programmers are expected to follow effective GUI design guidelines for thecreation of the interface. They include:
Use of white space
Effective prompts
Unambiguous and non threatening error messages.
Legibility of text size, font, justification and style.
Consistency.
5 Marks
6.Implementation of appropriate documentation including:
i) Internal Documentation
1
A stub is a module that is not developed yet but allows the programmer to test the program.
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