GNVQ ICT - Intermediate

Unit 10 - Networks and Communications

Review work

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Reviewing (evaluating) your work

Are you always sure that what you have done meets all the requirements for the task?  Of course not!  It is always necessary to check that you have done what you set out to do - and that it meets the requirements of the task.  Take this little example below where a user has set about installing a game on their home computer.  It is important that it will work correctly later in the day when a friend comes round to play the game:

  1. Buy the game CD from a computer game shop

  2. Switch on the computer

  3. Logon to the computer

  4. Insert the CD in the CD drive of the computer

  5. Wait for the auto install routine to start (if it doesn't start then find te "setup.exe" program and start it myself

  6. Wait for the setup program to finish

  7. Check that a new icon for the game has been added to the Windows desktop

  8. Logoff the computer and shut down.

The above list looks perfect - except one vital step has been missed.  How does the user know that the game will work properly when the computer is switched back on.  So step 9 should have been: "Start the game to check it works properly."

When you review (evaluate) your work - always include the following in your notes:

What went well and what went badly?
What new skills did you have to develop to do the task/work?
What existing skills did you find useful?
What software and hardware did you use?
Why did you choose to use one program instead of others?
What alternative ways could you have used when doing the task?
If you did the task again in what ways would you do things the same - and what would be different?
What have you done to improve your work as you have been working through the task?
 

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