OCR Nationals in ICT
Unit 8: Technological innovation and e-commerce
Task 4 (AO4): Investigate one e-commerce website
Assessment Objective 4
As part of the special pullout section, you have been asked to investigate one e-commerce website. The purpose of doing this is to show people unfamiliar with using e-commerce what it is all about and how it works.
To achieve Pass and Merit level you need only complete parts A and C.
Part A Identify the e-commerce website (eg. booking system, auction site, commercial website selling products/services, digital download site) you are going to investigate. Identify the purpose and audience of the website.
To achieve Pass level you must identify the website and its purpose and audience.
To achieve higher levels you should also use the correct terminology.
(This could be evidenced by creating a word-processed document, a DTP document or a slide presentation, possibly containing screenshots.)
Part B Describe the extent to which the site you are investigating meets its aim. Give examples to illustrate this. (Distinction only)
(This could be evidenced by creating a word-processed document, a DTP document or a slide presentation, possibly containing screenshots.)
Part C Use annotated screenshots to describe the e-commerce features of the website you are investigating.
To achieve Pass level you need to describe some of the e-commerce features.
To achieve Merit level you must give an accurate description of a range of e-commerce features, using the correct terminology most of the time.
To achieve Distinction level you must give detailed descriptions of a range of e-commerce features, using the correct terminology throughout.
(This could be evidenced by creating a word-processed document, a DTP document or a slide presentation, containing annotated screenshots.)