Project

=** Project - HL and SL **=

This component is internally assessed by the teacher and externally moderated by the IB at the end of the course.

Project (30 teaching hours): SL (30%) HL (20%)
The development of an original IT product for a specified client. Students must produce: (30 marks)
 * a cover page using prescribed format
 * an original IT product
 * documentation linked to the cover page supporting the product (word limit 2,000 words)

2. Students must have access to:
====3. Give the students the templates at the beginning of the project and make certain that all the pages and product are linked to the title page.==== ====4. Link the initial interview and the questionnaire to the index page.==== ====5. Client should be either someone in the school or familiar to the student (i.e. family, family friend)====
 * ====the Project description and assessment criteria in the ITGS Guide====
 * ====Appropriate and Complexity of the Product doc (OCC)====
 * ====Six examplary examples (March 2010)====

6. OCC Discussion Forum for the discussion regarding project
====7. WARNING: projects that use pre-designed templates, are school websites managed by Content Management Systems, or are simplistic projects (i.e. spreadsheet) are not ITGS projects==== ====8. At times complexity is acheived from the nature of the content information and not from the actual the container.==== ====9. Draw important resources and advice from Special section on the OCC for ITGS projects.==== ====10. No student has all of the necessary skils when they begin the Project. Skills can be learned through tutorials such as Atomic Learning: [|http://www.atomiclearning.com]==== ====11: Investigate and research: good design, guidelines for creating product, look up tutorials, examples from professionals, gather ORIGINAL content.==== ====12. Students must appropriately cite all sources of information in the product.====



 * //Take part in the "87 Projects for Carol " challenge! ////Carol Mathis, an ITGS teacher from Florida, recently contacted us to advise that she will have 87 ITGS students needing projects next year. This might well be a subject record. Consequently she needs to help her students find 87 different project ideas...//


 * ~  ||~ Project ideas categorised as: Client | Need | Product | Main Application(s) ||~   ||~   ||
 * ==**Client**== || ==Need== || ==Product== || ==Main Application(s)== ||
 * Keith Findlater (photographer, York UK) || Marketing Keith's photography business || Web site || Dreamweaver & Photoshop ||


These are the latest version as of 30/06/2010 || || Also available in OCC ITGS Homepage - Internal assessment || Also available in OCC Workshop Leaders Resources. //Note, some filters may not accept this database so the folder will be empty// || Also available in OCC ITGS Homepage - Internal assessment ||
 * **Exemplar work** || **Zip file** ||  ||
 * Cover page zip files
 * Website || [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/x-zip-compressed.png width="32" height="32" link="http://itgs-workshopleaders.wikispaces.com/file/view/Website+examplar.zip"]] [|Website examplar.zip] || Also available in OCC ITGS Homepage - Internal assessment ||
 * Florence History Booklet || [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://itgs-workshopleaders.wikispaces.com/file/view/Florence.pdf"]] [|Florence.pdf] || Also available in OCC ITGS Homepage - Internal assessment ||
 * Florence History Documentation || [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/x-zip.png width="32" height="32" link="http://itgs-workshopleaders.wikispaces.com/file/view/Florence+documentation.zip"]] [|Florence documentation.zip] || Also available in OCC ITGS Homepage - Internal assessment ||
 * Digiteen Compass || [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/x-zip-compressed.png width="32" height="32" link="http://itgs-workshopleaders.wikispaces.com/file/view/Digiteen+%282%29.zip"]] [|Digiteen (2).zip] || Also available in OCC ITGS Homepage - Internal assessment ||
 * Access Database || [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/x-zip.png width="32" height="32" link="http://itgs-workshopleaders.wikispaces.com/file/view/Access+Dbase.zip"]] [|Access Dbase.zip]
 * Open Office database || [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/x-zip-compressed.png width="32" height="32" link="http://itgs-workshopleaders.wikispaces.com/file/view/OpenOffice+Dbase+%284%29.zip"]] [|OpenOffice Dbase (4).zip] || Also available in OCC ITGS Homepage - Internal assessment ||
 * [|Spanish in Vienna (movie)] || The original has excellent quality, but the version here is only medium quality and should not be shown full screen. Please go to || The version on the OCC is of much lower quality and does not show the true quality of the student's work. ||
 * Biology website || Not yet complete ||  ||