INTERNAL ASSESSMENT PROJECT

The ITGS internal assessment practical project applies to both Higher Level and Standard Level students. Students must analyse a situation involving a real client and design and implement a solution using information technology. Below are some resources to help students complete this project.

Exemplar ITGS Project 1 - REDHOR Magazine (Desktop

Publishing)

By Michelle Wieser. This project is an example of a very high quality desktop publishing (DTP) production for REDHOR, a small watch-making cooperative. The student has made excellent use of advanced skills including the creation of vector graphics and their conversion to bitmaps, integrating them with the DTP software, the manipulation of bitmap images, the creation of a DTP template, and excellent layout. Criteria E in this project is particularly good and shows the level of effort the student put into the project.

This project scored 28 / 30 in May 2012 - an IB grade 7.

• Download REDHOR magazine project (Product, criteria A-F, and marking sheet).

(Note: For privacy and bandwidth reasons the video interviews the student performed with her client for Criteria A and Criteria F have been removed)

This project is Copyright © 2011-2012 Michelle Wieser. It is available here for download under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This means you can download and view it for free, but you may not use it for commercial purposes, you may not make alterations to the project, and the creator´s name must remain on the files.

Exemplar ITGS Project 2 - El Salvador Cricket (Website development)

By Jayger McGough Tomasino. This project is an example of a very high quality website development project. The student has made excellent use of advanced skills including editing HTML and CSS, manipulating graphics, and editing video and sound. This is a good example of a student working on a project in which he has a great deal of personal interest - with excellent results.

This project scored 29 / 30 in May 2012 - an IB grade 7.

• Download El Salvador Cricket ITGS Project (Criteria A-F, and marking sheet).

• View El Salvador Cricket website online

(Note: For privacy and bandwidth reasons the video interviews the student performed with his client for Criteria A and Criteria F have been removed)

This project is Copyright © 2011-2012 Jayger McGough Tomasino. It is available here for download under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This means you can download and view it for free, but you may not use it for commercial purposes, you may not make alterations to the project, and the creator´s name must remain on the files.

Exemplar ITGS Project 3 - Iglesia Luz y Verdad (Database)

By Hector Manuel Melara. This project is a very high quality database for a local church. Complex skills include multiple related tables, graphics fields, and excellent use of forms. Criteria E in this project are particularly thorough and well documented.

This project scored 29 / 30 in May 2012 - an IB grade 7.

• Download Iglesia Luz y Verdad ITGS Project (Product, criteria A-F, and marking sheet).

(Note: For privacy and bandwidth reasons the video interviews the student performed with his client for Criteria A and Criteria F have been removed)

This project is Copyright © 2011-2012 Hector Manuel Melara. It is available here for download under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This means you can download and view it for free, but you may not use it for commercial purposes, you may not make alterations to the project, and the creator´s name must remain on the files.

Exemplar ITGS Project 4 - Luis Peralta Photography (Website development)

Resources for Web design projects

Web Design software

• Dreamweaver is considered the industry standard web design tool. Unfortunately even the Student and Teacher edition is very expensive. It is also for Windows and Macs.
• Visual Web Developer Express 2012 is a free tool from Microsoft with many powerful features, and is a good alternative for Windows machines.
• Mozilla Thimble is a unique tool that let's you create and edit HTML and CSS live in the browser, with instant previews. It can also host the pages for you, or you can copy and paste the content into a text editor and upload to your own web hosting service. No account or sign-in is required.
• CrunchZilla hosts Code Maven and Code Monster - two similar projects that let you program Javascript live in a web browser.

Web hosting and domain names

• NameCheap offer hosting and domain name registration. Their prices start at $3.94 / month for their basic 1 year contract, which is easily sufficient for ITGS students. I use NameCheap for www.itgstextbook.com.
• HostGator has similar prices ($3.95 / month) if you buy a 2 year plan. They offer web hosting and domain names and all plans have unlimited bandwidth. Plus, you can get a $9.94 discount if you use the code ITGSTEXTBOOK during signup. Do HostGator pay me a small commission for recommending them? They sure do. Would I still recommend them if they didn't? I sure would.

Resources for Database projects

Books

• Access 2010 The Missing Manual helps students with all aspects of database creation. Read more on the wider reading page.

Online resources

• Microsoft's Database Design Basics covers the design process and common mistakes
• Exploring Database Design Tips
• Motion Training's video tutorials for Microsoft Access
• Firchild's YouTube channel contains video tutorials for Microsoft Access and SQL Server.
• GCFLearnFree and its YouTube channel have lessons for Microsoft Access.

References: http://www.itgstextbook.com/internal-assessment-project.html