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Mapa Mental por Katie Difford, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Chapter 3
- Characteristics of Applications
- School Administration Systems
- Assist in the running of day-to-day activities
- Hold records, monitor attendance, record marks
- Assist in the running of day-to-day activities
- Online Banking
- Access their bank account and carry out transactions
- Transfer money, complete transactions, track payments
- Access their bank account and carry out transactions
- Stock Control
- Know how much of an item, when orders are due, how
much is required. Can order stock, Just-In-Time ordering
- List items and suppliers, components for
the item, minimum and maximum levels,
how much to order, delivery times etc
- Know how much of an item, when orders are due, how
much is required. Can order stock, Just-In-Time ordering
- Booking Systems
- Telephone, internet, person.
An event, person and date/time
- Select and check availability, specify
number of people, check price, pay
- Telephone, internet, person.
An event, person and date/time
- Route Finders
- Enter start and destination and a route plotted using GPS
- Specify starting and end points, mode of
travel, places to pass through, type of journey
- Enter start and destination and a route plotted using GPS
- Customer Records/Accounts
- Essential to running a business. Comply with the DPA
- Contact details, customer ID, order numbers,
orders against customers, invoices, payments,
statements, products, discounts and returns
- Essential to running a business. Comply with the DPA
- Online Training Systems
- Study without a teacher, internet/CD-Rom
- Follow path of learning, learn at
own pace, return to topics, obtain
feedback, multimedia, convenient
- Study without a teacher, internet/CD-Rom
- School Administration Systems
- Wizards, Styles/Templates, Macros
- Styles/Templates
- Preset layouts and formats
- House style, different
people work on it
- Need to develop style
- Preset layouts and formats
- Wizards
- Present options to the user
- Save time, nothing forgotten, standard formats, user friendliness
- No individuality, may not fulfill needs, tailor documents
- Present options to the user
- Macros
- Automate regular tasks, activated by a button, will not run independently
- Repetitive task can be completed, inexperienced users, reduce errors
- Error messages, technical
knowledge, may not do
what user wants
- Automate regular tasks, activated by a button, will not run independently
- Styles/Templates
- Examples of Application Software
- Word Processing
- Entry, editing and formatting of text. Entered
through keyboard. Can be formatted. WYSIWYG
- Entry, editing and formatting of text. Entered
through keyboard. Can be formatted. WYSIWYG
- DTP
- Combine images and text to create publications.
Manipulation and accurate positioning of objects
- Combine images and text to create publications.
Manipulation and accurate positioning of objects
- Database
- Handle data, tables, relationships
between tables, joins data together
- Handle data, tables, relationships
between tables, joins data together
- Spreadsheet
- Display and process data, range
of calculations, handle text
- Display and process data, range
of calculations, handle text
- Presentation
- With/without user intervention.
Printed acetate and OHP. Computer
- With/without user intervention.
Printed acetate and OHP. Computer
- Web Authoring
- Making web pages,
built in functions
- Making web pages,
built in functions
- Word Processing
- Tailored Data-Entry Screens
- Forms
- Helps the user to complete required tasks, within the
application, using web-based, third-party programs
- Design Considerations
- Supportiveness
- Consistency
- Relevance
- Visual and
audible cues
- Supportiveness
- Helps the user to complete required tasks, within the
application, using web-based, third-party programs
- Generic Design Considerations
- House style
- Colours do not clash
- Clear and
easy to read
- Useful messages
- Logical order
- Clearly marked exits
- House style
- Forms
- Importing/Exporting Files
- File types allocated to programs, file extension can help
search for files, data needs to be converted from one
application to be used in another
- Option 1
- Open file in package A > Save As/Export to
package B format > Open in B and save
- Open file in package A > Save As/Export to
package B format > Open in B and save
- Option 2
- Open in A > Save As/Export to common
file format > Open in B > Convert to
format required by C > Save in new format
- Open in A > Save As/Export to common
file format > Open in B > Convert to
format required by C > Save in new format
- File types allocated to programs, file extension can help
search for files, data needs to be converted from one
application to be used in another
- House Style
- House Style 1
- Makes company easily recognisable, includes logos,
defines fonts, paragraph styles, graphics, layout, less
likely important information will be missed
- Created by design team, enables different
people to work on the same document
- Makes company easily recognisable, includes logos,
defines fonts, paragraph styles, graphics, layout, less
likely important information will be missed
- House Style 1
- Tailoring Standard/Generic
Applications Software
- Form Controls
- Improve usability, combo, check,
option, increase interactivity
- Improve usability, combo, check,
option, increase interactivity
- Buttons
- Pushed to start an event,
link to a macro, run an action
or command
- Pushed to start an event,
link to a macro, run an action
or command
- Forms
- Assists the entry of data, give help and
guidance, instructions/validation/error
messages, drop-down/option/fill-in
- Assists the entry of data, give help and
guidance, instructions/validation/error
messages, drop-down/option/fill-in
- Menus
- Enable user to select
actions, availability,
full-screen/pop-up/drop-down
- Enable user to select
actions, availability,
full-screen/pop-up/drop-down
- Advantages/
Disadvantages
- Simplification of user data entry, fewer mistakes, data
validated on entry, forms/buttons/menus/macros help
to reduce time, simplified interface
- If a problem occurs, then tasks may not be
completed, high level of technical knowledge to create
and test interface, can take time to make changes
- Simplification of user data entry, fewer mistakes, data
validated on entry, forms/buttons/menus/macros help
to reduce time, simplified interface
- Form Controls
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