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Achievement Criteria:
Achievement Achievement with Merit Achievement with
Implement complex procedures Skilfully implement complex Excellence
to develop a relational procedures to develop a Efficiently implement complex
database embedded in a relational database embedded procedures to develop a relational
specified digital outcome in a specified digital outcome. database embedded in a specified
digital outcome.
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GRADE AWARDED
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Conditions
This is an individual assessment activity.
You will have four weeks of in-class time and out-of-class time to complete this assessment.
The database must also demonstrate data integrity principles and be fully tested prior to release to ensure
the outcome meets the specifications.
Queries:
A range of queries are required which retrieve and modify data. The client has suggested the following:
Sales by Customer (the number of books and value)
Sales by Author (the number of books and value)
Unfilled Orders
When each order has been filled (the order filled value on the orders form is changed to Yes) two
events must occur. These can be manually triggered from a form button or automated:
o The number in stock of each of the shipped books (in the Books table) must be reduced by
one. This is necessary to keep the inventory levels accurate
o A record is to be added to a Sales History table. This table will record the sale date,
customer, order number and order value
Forms:
Data entry forms are to be provided that enable details of orders to be recorded and maintain the customer
list. Design elements and formatting techniques must be used to customise data input and display. Data
entry forms must be intuitive and easy to use.
Newsletter:
A monthly newsletter is to be sent to customers that have opted in. The newsletter can be produced as a
Word document generated using mail merge and the customer name and address fields to be populated
from an Access query.
Reports:
A professional packing slip is to be generated for each order. This will contain details of the customer
and order and will be attached to the package when it is shipped
Reports that are generated by the three queries listed above:
1. Sales by Customer (the number of books and value)
2. Sales by Author (the number of books and value)
3. Unfilled Orders
Test Data
You should determine the fields for the relational database tables and test them sufficiently with data entry
and the production of outcomes including reports to ensure that it operates as planned.
Creating data and content is not part of this assessment activity. You are free to download suitable content
from the Internet as long as privacy and copyright issues are addressed. Alternatively, your teacher has
provided data and other content for you to use.
Part A: Planning
You will need to independently develop a plan to create the database with a workable table structure. The
relational database design includes the table structure, interface design, and a plan for linking data between
applications.
Decide on the order in which you will do the various steps. You may find preparing a flow chart (sketch) of
your database, (including what information you will use in the database tables, and what queries, forms, and
reports you will need), useful to show the links between the various software applications and the procedures
you will use to integrate the data and other aspects (graphics such as photographs, logos, banners) into the
newsletter.
Note: You may refer to existing templates for information and ideas, but you may not simply download a
template and change its appearance to do this would not fulfil the requirements of the task.
Before you begin review the specifications. Check that your plan covers all the requirements and describes
how and when you will test your developing outcome. For example, this might mean planning for:
How you will collect, input data into the database, and store it
How you will set up the database tables, queries, forms, and reports
Effective formatting, layout, and design of the newsletter. Plan layout, imagery, colour, text, styles
(applying design elements of contrast, alignment, proximity, repetition, and so on)
Efficiency when you plan your tasks for example, creating a packing slip and newsletter so they
are easily produced, or setting up data types in the database and checking data input accurately so
that you only need to do it once
Mock-ups of your concepts for the database, data entry forms, packing slip and newsletter
How you will address the legal and ethical issues related to your media outcome.
Prepare a detailed list of testing procedures. Testing may cover the following areas
Table design and structure including fields
Referential integrity
Data validation and input masks applied to table design for example, to prevent numeric data being
entered into a text field
Pretesting by populating a test database (for instance, validating the query outcomes are correct
before using information to link with other documents such as the packing slip and sales reports
Data accuracy
Functional testing
Design elements formatting, data entry fields, command buttons
Forms - ease of use
Compliance with accepted legal, and ethical codes
Checking for the relevance, accuracy, and reliability of the information (eg formulae auditing, proof
reading, spell checking)
Authenticity
The material submitted for assessment, including all photographs, diagrams and illustrations must not
breach copyright or privacy issues. Evidence submitted for assessment should be such that the assessors
can be confident that they are making a judgement about an individual candidates understandings.
All information from sources other than the candidates own work must be acknowledged and contain the
following:
An example of an acknowledgement:
Website - www.howstuffworks
Author Tom Harris
Date Accessed 20/7/2011
URL - http://www.howstuffworks.com/file-compression.htm
Authenticity Form
Schools are required to verify that the material presented for internal assessment is each candidates own.
Make sure you have completed the authentication statement of the front page of this assessment before
handing in your work.