Specification Content - ICT2
11.6 Dissemination/Distribution

Dissemination/Distribution is a bit of an odd topic in that nobody seems to know *exactly* what its about!!! As a best guess (read the disclaimer!) it should probably include stuff like what makes a good presentation and explanations of report generators (although these are probably covered perfectly adequately elsewhere in the specification).
 

• Describe the need for suitable output formats and orderings to communicate the results of data interrogation and undertake report generation

 

11.6 Book references

See the books page for more details about the titles listed below

McWeeney

Mott & Leeming

Doyle - page 117

Heathcote

AQA past papers
Past papers. Not as useful as the Psionica database AQA shamefully closed but...

Practice questions
A couple of past paper practice questions for 11.6 (.rtf file - opens in Word/Writer).

Past paper answers
Answers to the questions above. Password protected .doc file. Sorry but the password is only available to teachers.

Older Exam Papers
Past papers (pre 2000) not included on the official AQA site from Colchester VI Form College. These still contain some relevant questions for this topic. Look for IT02/ICT2 papers.

FatMax note to passing AQA persons: I hate this topic!!!

Links to general online resources for 11.6. I'd recommend right clicking links/icons and "Save Target As..." for anything other than web pages (see key below)

	Flash Notes
Steve Longley's excellent online flash notes for 11.6 -Dissemination/Distribution
	Flash Notes
Offline version of the above.  Right click the link (or icon) and Save Target As...
	Applying Tufte to Web Design
Older viewers probably remember Tufty helping them cross the road! Apparently he did some stuff on graphs as well.
	Manipulation and Processing
Excellent PowerPoint from www.ict-teacher.com. Dissemination stuff is near the end. Also covers 11.5 Processing and/or Manipulation.
	Text vs. Graphics
University of Aberdeen discussion paper covers Text vs. Graphics for disseminating information.
	Report Writers/Generators
Short definition of report writers from webopedia
	Report and Application Generators
Short revision fact sheet from www.ict-teacher.com.
	11.6 Dissemination/Distribution
Summary notes and questions from North Chadderton High School.
	Access Reports
Access reports tutorial from The KJS. Shows how reports can display output data in different ways.
	Dissemination/Distribution
Brief notes on dissemination/distribution from Colchester VI Form. Contains the immortal line - "Text Information can be presented as text!!!"
	Presentation & Communication of Data
Online PowerPoint presentation from the multi-talented and very nice Glen Milberry at OCRICT
	Presentation & Communication of Data
The above presentation from OCRICT aavilable as a self-extracting zip file.

Key to resources:

PowerPoint presentation Word file Web page Macromedia Flash

Word, PowerPoint and Excel resources will also open in OOo Writer, Calc and Impress - check the downloads page.