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Year 9 ICT!
 Lesson objectives
• Class rules and routines

• Tidying areas

• File extensions

• Saving work (Backup) and searching for lost files.

• Fronter

• AQA Functional skills outline

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EXPECTATIONS

School
 ICT Classroom Rules
• To line up quietly outside until instructed to enter.

• To not tamper with the hardware!

(Result in instant orange slip & detention)

• To remain in your allocated seat

• No eating or drinking in the classroom

• No running or shouting across the classroom

• All bags to be placed in bag hold near the door.

• Any misbehaviour in lesson – more then 2 formal warnings will result

in name on the board & detention / orange slip
 Which looks most like your
bedroom?

How easy is it for you to find things in your room?

How easy is it for other people to find things in your room?
TASK 1 – Tidy your areas!
Go through your areas (My documents) and do the following:

• Delete any old work to free up some space

• Ensure you have created folders for each of your subjects

• Remember to name your folders and files clearly!

• Check how much space you have in your areas: to do this

click on SETUP (at the bottom right hand of your screen
when you log in) – This will show you hw much space you
have left and also your printer credits.
Fronter & Email?
 Searching for lost files folders
If you need to find a file and know the name
of it you can use the search tool!!

Practicing using the search to to find a

file saved in your area – click on
START then SEARCH..

This is why you should always name

your files and folders correctly so
you can find them!!!!
 Saving work / Back ups
You must always save your work as you go
along – don’t leave it to the end!!!

1. You must save a copy of your work in your school area!

(this gets backed up each day)

2. Don’t rely on your Memory stick! These break easily

The excuse of losing any work on your USB Memory stick

is unacceptable and you will be have to redo the work!
Its your responsibility to back up your work!
AQA Functional Skills
 AQA Functional Skills
In year 9 you will be working towards a
Functional Skills qualification!

A Functional Skills qualification in ICT will prove a

student can:

• use ICT systems

• find and select information effectively
• develop, present and communicate information.
AQA Functional Skills

How will I be assessed?

• Through a series of end of unit tests

• Final Practical exam Easter 2011

AQA Functional Skills - Topics covered

You will be learning and developing your skills on the

following:

• Hardware
• Software
• ICT Systems software & Trouble shooting
• Health & Safety and the Law
• Web & Email
• Word-processing skills
• Desk Top Publishing skills
• Database skills
• Presentation skills
• ICT & Society
Functional skills folder

1. Place your name clearly at the front of your

folder

2. It is your responsibility to place any homework

and class notes into your folder.

You will be using this as revision guides when

preparing for test and exam – so the more
notes you have the better for you!
 Common File Types
A file is a collection of related computer data.

How can we tell what type of files these are?

Need to understand what the file extension is?

 File extensions
Different applications store and recognise different files in
different formats known as a file type e.g.

– Word use the extension .doc to indicate the file is a

text document
– Excel uses the extension .xls to indicate the file is a
spreadsheet
– PowerPoint uses the extension .ppt to indicate the file
is a presentation
File extensions are three letter codes after the full stop
in a file name that identifies the
document to its parent application
 How do you see the
file extension?
• Open My Computer
• Tools menu select Folder Options
• No tick for the option
Hide extensions for
known file types
Which program type will open files
with the following file extensions

.DOC Usually word/text document (eg MS Word).

.XLS A spreadsheet document (MS Excel).

.PPT A Powerpoint document (MS Powerpoint).

.MDB A Database document (MS Access).

.TXT A raw text document.

 File Extension Task

Compete the Task1 worksheet from the CRL

CRL\Information Technology\KS 3 ICT\Year

9\FUnctional SKills\Use ICT Effectively

Print and place

in your folders
when you have
finished.