Welcome to OCR Nationals

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Whether you are about to begin the course, a new Unit or are in the middle of a Task, this site hopefully brings together all of the tasks, support materials and resources you need to do your very best in this course!

When you have chosen the Unit you want to work on, you will see the web page is split into 3 sections:

  1. The top section contains links which take you to resources helpful to in giving an overview of the Unit or the qualification you are undertaking
  2. The middle section gives you all the resources and help you need for the Task you have chosen
  3. The bottom section lets you move from Task to Task.

Clear?! You will get used to it after a few weeks!

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Intro to OCR Nationals

This explains who your client or employer is, and what they want from you! Important Information About Health and Safety Task   This is one of the most valuable resources you have. Use them often for ideas on how to evidence your work and to see what the Examiners thought about the quality of the work. Test Your Understanding
         
This explains in detail all of the learning outcomes you will experience in this Unit – the knowledge, understanding and skills you will develop Sub Tasks   Every thing you need to know about this qualification… and more! Help

Before you start the OCR Nationals course properly, you need to revisit important safety issues regarding the use of computers wherever you are - at school, home and at work.

Your Heath and Safety task has been designed to be similar to the tasks you will undertake in this course, in a format that is very close to the support you will be able to access for all of the tasks in the Units you cover. So not only will you develop your understanding of health and safety issues in ICT, you will also start to become familiar with the ways in which you will be working in the next two years!

Start by going to Important Information about the Health and Safety task. This will give you an overview of what you need to complete in the next two lessons.

Then, move to Sub Tasks. Here you will see how the task has been broken down into more manageable activities!

Use Help if you need support in using MS PowerPoint (this is the application you will be using for the Health and Safety task).

Test your understanding if you would like to test yourself before you begin the work!

When you look at other tasks in this Unit, you will see that there are also;

  • Assessment Objectives
  • Examples of Students work & Examiners Commentary
  • Real World Examples
  • Checklist for Task

Your teacher will explain how you will use these resources as you begin the tasks for OCR Nationals.

What are you waiting for?!!!!! Get on!

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Unit 1 Resources

This explains who your client or employer is, and what they want from you! Unit Overview   Print it off and use it to ensure you have all of the necessary evidence for this Unit – but also use the information in Assessment Objectives to ensure you have the sufficient quality of work Candidate Checklist
         
This explains in detail all of the learning outcomes you will experience in this Unit – the knowledge, understanding and skills you will develop Unit Specification   Every thing you need to know about this qualification… and more! Centre Handbook
         
This is from the Exam Board and tells you what you can and cannot do – you MUST read this! Candidate Information   For more information about this course and qualification OCR Nationals Website

Tasks

Pick a task from the list below to view more resources.

Introduction to File Management
Downloading Information
Emails
Business Spreadsheets
Using a Business Database
Creating a Variety of Business Documents
Creating a Newsletter
Creating a Presentation

Task 4 Resources

You will find important data and advice here which will help you to complete the task Important Information about Task 4   Read this often! These give descriptions of the quality of work required to achieve a Pass, Merit or Distinction – your teacher will use these descriptions to assess your work – so know what they are looking for, and make sure you have it! Assessment Objectives
         
Each Task has been split up into more “bite-size” pieces to help you Sub Tasks   This is part of the Candidate Checklist which related to this task only. Print it off and use it to ensure you have all of the necessary evidence for this task – but also use the information in Assessment Objectives to ensure you have the sufficient quality of work Checklist for Task 4
         
         
         
         
         
         

Task 2 Resources

You will find important data and advice here which will help you to complete the task Important Information about Task 2   This is one of the most valuable resources you have. Use them often for ideas on how to evidence your work and to see what the Examiners thought about the quality of the work. Examples of Student Work
         
Each Task has been split up into more “bite-size” pieces to help you Sub Tasks   A few quizzes to help you test your knowledge before you begin a task or sub-task. If you do well, you’re ready to get on! If you don’t so well, seek support and advice from your teacher before you carry on Test Your Understanding
         
Read this often! These give descriptions of the quality of work required to achieve a Pass, Merit or Distinction – your teacher will use these descriptions to assess your work – so know what they are looking for, and make sure you have it! Assessment Objectives   This is part of the Candidate Checklist which related to this task only. Print it off and use it to ensure you have all of the necessary evidence for this task – but also use the information in Assessment Objectives to ensure you have the sufficient quality of work Checklist for Task 2
         
  You can access online video tutorials which show you basic features of the application you are using Help
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Use the internet to research terms you are unfamiliar with. The iCT dictionary at www.teach-ict.com is particularly useful.

Task 3 Resources

You will find important data and advice here which will help you to complete the task Important Information about Task 3   This is one of the most valuable resources you have. Use them often for ideas on how to evidence your work and to see what the Examiners thought about the quality of the work. Examples of Student Work
         
Each Task has been split up into more “bite-size” pieces to help you Sub Tasks A-G   See some examples from the business world. These examples are created by professionals – see what you can learn from them! Real World Examples
         
Each Task has been split up into more “bite-size” pieces to help you Sub Tasks H-N   A few quizzes to help you test your knowledge before you begin a task or sub-task. If you do well, you’re ready to get on! If you don’t so well, seek support and advice from your teacher before you carry on Test Your Understanding
         
Read this often! These give descriptions of the quality of work required to achieve a Pass, Merit or Distinction – your teacher will use these descriptions to assess your work – so know what they are looking for, and make sure you have it! Assessment Objectives   This is part of the Candidate Checklist which related to this task only. Print it off and use it to ensure you have all of the necessary evidence for this task – but also use the information in Assessment Objectives to ensure you have the sufficient quality of work Checklist for Task 3
         
      You can access online video tutorials which show you basic features of the application you are using Help
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When you have carefully completed and checked the sub-tasks of Task 3, you will need to provide evidence for assessment. Look at the examples of students work in this site, to see some useful ways of setting out your work. The kind of evidence which could be submitted for Task 3 includes: Annotated (notes and explanation) screenshots, printouts of spreadsheets and spreadsheets showing formula It is less likely that you will use the following as evidence for this task: Witness Statement from your Teacher, Podcast/video

Unit 21 Resources

This explains who your client or employer is, and what they want from you! Unit Overview   Print it off and use it to ensure you have all of the necessary evidence for this Unit – but also use the information in Assessment Objectives to ensure you have the sufficient quality of work Candidate Checklist
         
This explains in detail all of the learning outcomes you will experience in this Unit – the knowledge, understanding and skills you will develop Unit Specification   Every thing you need to know about this qualification… and more! Centre Handbook
         
This is from the Exam Board and tells you what you can and cannot do – you MUST read this! Candidate Information   For more information about this course and qualification OCR Nationals Website

Tasks

Pick a task from the list below to view more resources.

Research Existing Graphics
Plan Graphics
Create a navigation bar
Create navigation buttons
Create an advertising banner
Present work to client
    
 

Unit 20 Resources

This explains who your client or employer is, and what they want from you! Unit Overview   For more information about this course and qualification OCR Nationals Website
         
This explains in detail all of the learning outcomes you will experience in this Unit – the knowledge, understanding and skills you will develop Unit Specification   Every thing you need to know about this qualification… and more! Centre Handbook
         
This is from the Exam Board and tells you what you can and cannot do – you MUST read this! Candidate Information      

Tasks

Pick a task from the list below to view more resources.

Introduction to File Management
Downloading Information
Emails
Business Spreadsheets
  

Task 1 Resources

You will find important data and advice here which will help you to complete the task Important Information about Task 1   This is part of the Candidate Checklist which related to this task only. Print it off and use it to ensure you have all of the necessary evidence for this task – but also use the information in Assessment Objectives to ensure you have the sufficient quality of work Checklist for Task 1
         
Each Task has been split up into more “bite-size” pieces to help you Sub Tasks   Read this often! These give descriptions of the quality of work required to achieve a Pass, Merit or Distinction – your teacher will use these descriptions to assess your work – so know what they are looking for, and make sure you have it! Assessment Objectives
         
         
         
         
         
         

Task 2 Resources

You will find important data and advice here which will help you to complete the task Important Information about Task 2   This is part of the Candidate Checklist which related to this task only. Print it off and use it to ensure you have all of the necessary evidence for this task – but also use the information in Assessment Objectives to ensure you have the sufficient quality of work Checklist for Task 2
         
Each Task has been split up into more “bite-size” pieces to help you Sub Tasks   Read this often! These give descriptions of the quality of work required to achieve a Pass, Merit or Distinction – your teacher will use these descriptions to assess your work – so know what they are looking for, and make sure you have it! Assessment Objectives
         
         
         
         
         
         

Task 3 Resources

You will find important data and advice here which will help you to complete the task Important Information about Task 3   This is part of the Candidate Checklist which related to this task only. Print it off and use it to ensure you have all of the necessary evidence for this task – but also use the information in Assessment Objectives to ensure you have the sufficient quality of work Checklist for Task 3
         
Each Task has been split up into more “bite-size” pieces to help you Sub Tasks   Read this often! These give descriptions of the quality of work required to achieve a Pass, Merit or Distinction – your teacher will use these descriptions to assess your work – so know what they are looking for, and make sure you have it! Assessment Objectives
         
         
         
         
         
         

Task 4 Resources

You will find important data and advice here which will help you to complete the task Important Information about Task 4   This is part of the Candidate Checklist which related to this task only. Print it off and use it to ensure you have all of the necessary evidence for this task – but also use the information in Assessment Objectives to ensure you have the sufficient quality of work Checklist for Task 4
         
Each Task has been split up into more “bite-size” pieces to help you Sub Tasks   Read this often! These give descriptions of the quality of work required to achieve a Pass, Merit or Distinction – your teacher will use these descriptions to assess your work – so know what they are looking for, and make sure you have it! Assessment Objectives