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Lesson Sustainability and Environment Protection
Sustainbility refers to the ability to use the resources for a long period of time (if not forever), i.e. resources such as raw materials for making computers and printers, and even printing paper. Green ICT is the goal for everyone, for the sake of everyone on this planet.
- Aim - Discover the link between cmoupter maintenance and the earth's sustainability. Discuss the links and importance of environment protection.
- Research what affect the usage of raw materials, thee cunsumption of electricity, the impact of disposal of used equipment.
- Design a policy and relevant procedures to improve GREEN ICT.
- Think about the equipment and consumables related to ICT. Computers/laptops/tablets/netbooks; printers/scanners/mice/keyboards;
- Consumables: tonner, tonercatridge, ink, ink catridge, paper, CD, DVD;
- Consider toxical elements involved
Lesson Policy and Procedure
- AIM_ Design a set of procedures for the ICT department and describe their importance
- Choose one from below, research and draft it
- User authentication policy and procedure
- Password policy and procedure
- Virus prevention, detection and repair policy and procedure
- Backup and recovery policy and procedure
- General usage of ICT rooms, equipment and the Internet
- Copyright compliance policy and procedures
Lesson 3
- AIM _ a guidebook for troubleshooting and repair - compiled by the class
- Each to research on one problem from below (if less significant the problem is, do two)
- Describe the symptoms and how to resolve it,
- Make it easy to use for less experienced users
- Discuss the pros and cons of the method and identify one alternative
- One editor to compile from all students' work to produce te booklet
- This can provide evidence for D1
- List of problems: Computer will not turn on; Computer power on button is on and there is nothing on the screen; Blue screen of death; Printer will not print; Too slow when switching on, switching between programs and intermittently freezes up;
Lesson 2
- Guidebook for upgrading
- Each choose one item of hardware to upgrade - describe possible standard (item) to use, the effects of upgrading (negative and positive)
- Each choose one item of software to upgrade - describe the target product to use, the effects after the upgrading (negative and positive)
- Compile into a guidebook to share amongst all
- List to hardware devices to upgrade: CPU and RAM; Graphics card; Printer and Scanner; Monitor; Motherboard; Hard disk; Keyboard and Mouse; CD/DVD drive;
- OS; Bitmap based image processing package; Vector graphics based image processing package; Photograph editting.
- The editor of the book - volunteer - one per class
- Your evidence for M2, and basis for D2
P5, P6 Practical Work, P7 to follow the safety rules
- Hnad in ASAP for corrections.
- P5: the guidebook showing how to scheduling, defragmentation, disk cleanup, and others you have identified.
- P6 - from P4 you should hav etwo tasks to do - upgrade to imporve the performance. Take photographs or screenshots and annotate them as evidence of carrying out the tasks.
Halfterm
Complete all and hand in p1-p4
Individual work, feedback and help
Tools for troubleshooting P4
- Question Basketball : Recap of the unit main objectives -
- Introduce the marking criteria P4 (review P1-3)
- Introduce Task Manager and Event Viewer (separate screenshots)
- Practicals in the workshop - 2 at a time
- Question time:
Present P3 to the class
Question basketball - on any part of the unit,
What is P3's purpose?
Present your findings
Homework - practise using Windows Task Manager & Event Viewer
Question: When the computer is running, how do you identify potential problems or potential upgrading opportunities.
Lesson 4 Complete P1, P2, P3 and Submit
- Quesiton basketball:
- Introducing Engrade.com for marking results
- Complete and submit
- Try to submit work via Engrade.com and compare with email - feedback to teacher
- Next lesson - P4 - using tools to troubleshoot and upgrade
Lesson 3 Learn the Maintenance Skills
LOs - Disk defragmentation, backup, scheduling, checking cables, clear temporary files, update antivirus definition database, view event logs (P3 Identifying housekeeping procedures)
- The above maintenance tasks will be discussed, -> role, and how to do, best way to do it.
- Design a checklist for 5 maintenance tasks for real use. It should include the name of the task, how often (or when) it is to be carried out, who is responsible, and tick if done. You should provide a separate information on how to do these tasks. Must include one task that is not in the above list.
- Evidence for P3- the checklist and the "how to" information sheet
- Keywords and explanation
- Checklist sample (task title, when and how often to do it, who does it, tick box)
- Booklet sample (task name, how to do it, with clear illustration)
Lesson 2 Health And Safety Issues
LOs: health and safety risks and prevention as a user; as a practitioner.
Health and Safety Issues as a User
Describe the problems, symptoms and prevention methods, for example, Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI), the pain and ache at the joints such as wrists, swelling, loss of control. It can be prevented by taking regular breaks, using wrist support, using ergonomically designed keyboard.
Health and Safety Issues as a Practitioner
- There are extra risks concerning the practitioners, such as electricution, static electricity shock and damage to components.
- Research on the benefits and problems resulted from static electricity. Describe the risks and prevention methods.
Legal and Executive Guidelines (e.g. HSE)
Researh and summarise two pieces of legislations and guidelines related to health and safety. (handling electricity, display equipment, ...)
What is HSE? Guess from this news item last week: "A North Yorkshire coal mine has suffered a roof collaps yesterday and one miner was killed on spot. Police and HSE have started the investigation."
Lesson 1A Case Study - A Broken Laptop
Lesson 1 Why Maintenance and Why Scheduling
Starter: describe a problem you have had when using computers. (individual, group, then class)
The basic concepts
Maintenance:
- To ensure the system run smoothly, the upkeep of the system
- To troubleshoot and repair any problems with the system
- To upgrade to enhance the performance of the system
Why is it important to maintain computer systems?
The importance of maintenance is shown when the system breaks down.
Routine maintenance tasks - regular maintenance tasks
Non-rountine tasks - tasks that are carried out ad-hoc, on demand.
Scheduling/plannig
Plan the tasks by setting the time, nature of the task and who is to do it.
Scheduling tasks for computer to do it automatically has many benefits.
Activity: in groups describe the problems, possible solutions and determine if it could be a routine or non-rountine task if it could be scheduled for computer to do it automatically.
Problem Solution Routine Scheduled Who Read P1 in the Assignment Brief and Complete it before 29th September.