PS12 (PART 1)

IT’S EXCURSION TIME!Secondary 4 Computer Applications

GRADUATION YEAR 2014

Dear Sec 4s,

You are approaching the end of your secondary school journey.

It is time to capture even more good memories in West Spring.

Growing up in this digital age, your means of communication with each other after your graduation will mostly be over the Internet. Many years back, our older generations did not have social media like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram like the way you communicate now.

GRADUATION YEAR 2014

Continue…

Do you know that the information on the social media is stored online?

You use the information/data directly or for further analysis or updating.

Sometimes, we make new posts just to share resources so that another friend can use that resource.

1 MINUTE ACTIVITY

Think about what you and your friends may share with each other over the Internet…

TODAY WE WOULD LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT FORMS

Sharing opinionsUsing forms

SHARING OPINIONS ON THE INTERNET

We know there are other ways of sharing your opinions on the Internet.

1) Creating your own blog

2) Writing an email

3) Posting your comments (youtube, facebook, blogs, forums)

However, we are focusing on sharing opinions, preferences and factual data through filling forms.

FORMS

1) Offline form: Hardcopy, MS Excel

2) Online form: Using websites that offer form-making

PAGE 172: A GOOD FORM

1. A good form includes components such as labels, data fields, instructions, messages and validation.

2. A label that includes details such as name, age and gender informs what the corresponding data field means, while data field refers to the part for user to enter the data.

3. Sometimes, it is also necessary to provide instructions so that users know what and how to complete the form.

4. Messages include system error message and/or user-defined error message as defined in Problem Set 10. The messages tell us whether the data input is valid. This brings us to a process called ‘data validation’.

A GOOD FORM

DATA CAN BE CAPTURED IN THE FOLLOWING 4 WAYS:

(1) Text field - for data to be typed

(2) List – select data from a list of choices

(3) Check box – select one or more choices

(4) Radio button – select one choice from all the choices

PAGE 173: ONLINE FORM

1. An online form is useful as it can be created quickly and can be shared online with anyone with internet access.

2. Usually, such online platform allows the creation of forms and it comes with templates that people can use.

3. Alternatively, you can also customise and create your own form.

4. Once the form is created, you can share with its intended audience and tabulate the data by downloading their responses.

5. All of these are done online, without the need to install any programs into your computer.

ONLINE FORM

RECAP THE WORDS THAT YOU HAVE JUST LEARNT

1) Text fields (enter alphabets/numbers/characters)

2) List (choose one from a drop-down list)

3) Check boxes (Allows you to choose more than one)

4) Radio Buttons (choose only one)

LET’S GO TO THIS WEBSITE

1) Google Survey Monkey

2) www.surveymonkey.com

3) Sign up free using facebook or google gmailaccount.

IMAGINE YOU ARE ORGANISING AN EXCURSION WITH YOUR CLASSMATES

Check out

Survey Monkey and

create a similar

form!

15 MINUTESLog in free to Survey Monkey using FB and create the form on

Page 179 of your Textbook.