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CriterionE:Productdevelopment

Complextechniquesused:

1. Technique:Managingthesiteandtemplatesforwikipages
2. Technique:UsingWikitexttocustomizepagesandimprovefunctionality
3. Technique:OrganizingteamsusingExcel
4. Technique:Creatingthepodcastandlinkingittothewebsite

Othertechniquesused:

5. Technique:Manipulatinggraphics
6. Technique:UsingYouTubewidgets

At least three complex techniques are used in the wiki. Other techniques that are important for the product are
also identified. This page provides a structured approach to the justification that follows.

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Organisationofthewebsite(Documentobjectmodel)
ThemainpageoftheDigiteenCompassWebsitedemonstratesthemainnavigationused.
1:indicatesthemanagementframeandthenavigationframe:

Teams

Timeline

Rubrics

AboutDigiteenCompass

Logo

Help

2:IntroductoryandInformationPagesfortheDigiteenCompassproject
3:Phase1:the9areasforinvestigationandresearchbytheGrade8Students
4:Phase2:the4areasforschoolactionbytheGrade8students

Thisindicateshowthehomepageofthewebsitehttp://digiteencompass.wikipspaces.com
Isstructured:

Introduction(2)

Home

InformationPages(2)

Phase1InvestigationandResearchand
theninetopics(3)
Phase2:SchoolActions(4)

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Thecontenthasbeenorganizedinfourmaingroups:
1.IntroductionsectiontotheDigiteenCompassProject,
2.Informationpages:DigitalCitizenshipandDigiteenCompass,Studentsinthe21stCentury,Teams,
WikisandNingforCollaboration.

3.Phase1InvestigationandResearchandthenine
topics:
DigitalAccess
DigitalCommunication
DigitalLiteracy
DigitalSecurityandSafety
DigitalEitiquette
DigitalRightsandResponsibilities
DigitalLaw
DigitalHealthandWellness
DigitalCommerce.
4.Phase2Schoolactions:

StudentAgreementforDigitalCitizenshipandDayofAction

ActionsinthePrimarySchool

ActionsintheMiddleSchoolUpperSchool

ActionsforTeachers,ParentsandAdministrators

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1.Technique:Managingthesiteandtemplatesforwiki
TheDigiteenCompasswikiismanagedusingtheManagewikimenu.ThetemplateAction_wikiand
MainTopicwereusedtocreatethewebsite.

TheMainTopictemplatewasusedtocreatethetemplatesforPhase1InvestigationandResearch
andtheninetopics:

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TheAction_wikitemplatebelowwasusedtocreatethetemplatesforPhase2Schoolactionsandis
usedtocreatethefourcollaborationpagestobeusedbytheteams.

Arrows, circles and other indicators are used to show specific areas of the screenshots. Each screenshot is
referred to from the text.

2.Technique:UsingWikitexttocustomizepagesandimprovefunctionality(pageX)
Itispossibletoeditpagesusingthevisualeditorand/orthetexteditor.Attimesitisnecessaryto
usetheWikitextcodeinordertoeditpagesandaddfunctionalitytopages.Forsomereason,the
visualeditordoesnotalwaysallowanecessaryeditanditisonlypossibletocompletetheedit
througheditingtheactualWikitext.AcompleteWikitextguideisavailablethroughtheHelpmenu.
AnexampleofawebpageandtheunderlyingWikitextisbelow.
ScreenshotUsingtheVisualEditor:

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ThelineunderWhatdoesDigitalCitizenshipmean?Wasnoteditableinthevisualeditor,butby
understandingandeditingtheWikitext,itcouldeasilybedeletedusingthetexteditor.

ScreenshotUsingtheWikitexteditor:

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Removinginthetexteditorremovedtheline.
Alsothesizeoftheimagedigitalcompasslogo.jpgandthealignmentiscontrolledbyadjustingthe
Wikitextforwidth=321height=316align=left.
ThefollowingshowstheWikitextcommandsforaddingandeditingimages.

3.Technique:OrganizingteamsusingExcel
Inordertocreatethenamesfromtheschooldatabase,theadministratorexportedthefirstandlast
namesofallgrade8studentsbyhomeroomintoaspreadsheet.Theconcatenateandrightfunctions
inExcelwhereusedtocreatetheanonymizedNamesforthewiki.
=CONCATENATE(A1,RIGHT(B1,1))
NamesontheDigiteencompasswikiarepublicallyviewableandthisformulaanonymizesthe
identityofthestudents.

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TheBandCcolumnsofthespreadsheetwereusedtocreatethe9teamsandtotakeoneperson
fromeachteamandcreatethe4Actionteams.ColumnBwasnumberedfrom1through9andthen
sortedbyalphabeticallybycolumnA.Similarly,columnCwaslabeledAthroughDandagainsorted.
Theresultwasthatthiscleverlyallowedonememberfromeachofthenineteamstobeoneachof
thefourActionteamssothatalloftheinformationfromthewikiwouldberepresentedinanAction.

Thefollowingshowstheteamsandalsoshowseachstudentwhichteamstheyareon.

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4.Technique:Linkingpodcasttothewebsite
TwopodcastsareincludedontheDigiteenCompasswiki.OnegreetingfromMs.Akmedtojoin
theprojectandanotherpodcastfromanexpertondigitalcitizenship,Dr.MikeRibble,whosework
formedthebasisforthewiki.

GaragebandwasusedtoincludemusicloopsandrecordMs.Akmedsvoice.Therewerepausesand
breaksintherecordingthatwereeditedoutofthesoundtrackbyhighlightingthesoundandcutting
thepartsofthesoundtrackthatwasnotwanted.Thesoundtrackrunssmoothlynow.

Theabovescreenshotshowsthesoundtrackinpurpleandthesamesoundtrackinblue(redarrow).
Inordertomakethepodcastexciting,modernnewsbreakingmusicloopswereaddedatthe
beginningandend.Itwasphasedinandoutandoverlappedwiththevoicetrack.

ThesoundwasthenexportedusingthesharemenuandselectingMP3encoderandhighquality.
Sincethepodcastisnotverylong,highqualityonlycreates1.1MBfile.

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Thepodcastthenisimportedonthepagebyusingtheedittoolsinthevisualeditor.Firstthe
BrowsefeaturewasusedfollowedbyUpload.Thefilewasplacedwithinthetextwhentheicon
underInsertaFilewasclicked.

ThisshowstheresultingpodcasttotherightofthetitlePersonalMessage:DigiteenCompass
Project.

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SecondPodcast
AnotherpodcastfromtheinterviewwithDr.MikeRibblebyWesleyFryerwasdownloadedfromthe
Internetandthenlinkedusingtheicononthevisualeditortothewebpage.Dr.MikeRibbleisthe
expertwhofirstusedtheterminologyDigitalCitizenship.

http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/03/17/podcast41digitalcitizenship/

Thepodcastlinkisshownbelow:

Sources are cited appropriately on the web page.

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5.Technique:Manipulatinggraphics
ThedigiteendigitalcitizenshiplogowasdownloadedfromtheInternetandalogofordigiteenwas
createdbyagrade8studentusingAdobePhotoshop.Thetwowerecombinedwithtexttocreate
thedigiteencompasslogo.ThelettersNESWwerereplacedbydigitalcitizenshipconcepts.

http://www.molsci.csiro.au/library/gifs/compass.gif

Sources are cited appropriately.

ImagecreatedbyaGrade8studentforadigiteenprojectusingAdobeIllustrator.Copyrightfree.

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Theimageisparticularlyeffectivebecauseitappearstobeaneyesomewhatshowingthatwe
shouldkeepaneyeonourdigitalactivitiesandalsoonothers.

Thesizeofthelogowaschangedsothatitcouldbeusedinthetopleftcornerofthewebsiteaswell
asusedasalogoonthewebsite.Thishelpedtounifythethemeofdigiteencompassthroughout
thewebsite.

Thelogowasuploadedtothewebsiteusingtheuploadimagesandfilesicon.Firstyouhavetouse
thebrowseanduploadbuttonsintherightwindow.ThenclickontheiconunderInsertaFileto
placeitonthewikipage.

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6.Technique:UsingYouTubewidgets

ThewidgetfortheYouTubevideowasincludedbyusingthevisualeditorand
clickingonthe

iconandchoosevideofromtheleftframe.

SelectYouTubeandcopytheembeddedcodefromthedesiredYouTubepage.

Whenthewikipageissaved.Thevideowillbedisplayedonthepage.Thisvideocouldhavebeenre
created,butitwouldnothavebeenaseffective.Thisvideohasalreadybeenrecognizedforits
qualityandhaswonaprizefromEdutopia.

Wordcount=925

8 marks
The structure of the complex product and the choice of techniques used to develop the product have been fully
justified. The level of complexity has been correctly identified and sufficient screenshots have been used.
Sources are cited appropriately.

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