– “An Information Brochure.”

Your task is to design and produce an information brochure that explains, in

simple terms, to someone who has never used a computer how one works.

The brochure should explain what happens to data when someone sits

down to the computer to type a letter, save it and print it off at a later

date.

The brochure can be strictly factual or may be presented as an amusing

story (remember that all information should be correct).

WE will do this in three parts: Planning, Production and Evaluation.

PART ONE – PLANNING.

Use the Internet to research the following questions to assist you in gathering

necessary information.

You may copy and paste appropriate information into Word to use as

reference material BUT the resulting brochure MUST be in your own

words.

No Wikipedia!

You need to record the URL of each site that you use to gather

information.

o How does a hard drive work?

o What is a CPU & what does it do?

o What is the Motherboard & what

does it do?

o What is input?

o What is output?

o What is Hardware?

o What is software?

o What is ROM?

o What is RAM?

o What is USB?

o When you save a document where

does it go?

o Decide on a style you wish to use to explain how a computer works.

o Develop three criteria that you will use to determine if your brochure

meets the needs of your chosen client. (Class activity.)

o Organise your information and, on paper, write a script.

o Take another piece of plain paper and fold it to form an interesting

brochure. (Be creative, keeping in mind it must fold up successfully.)

o Show how you will lay out the information on the brochure; include

headings and pictures that might be necessary.

o Check the rubric to ensure you have completed everything to a high

standard. Submit both for assessment.

Brochure Planning Rubric

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Three clearly appropriate evaluation criteria selected and presented.

Three appropriate evaluation criteria selected and presented.

Three evaluation criteria selected and presented.

Three evaluation criteria selected.

All sites used correctly referenced.

Most sites used correctly referenced.

Some sites used correctly referenced.

Few sites used correctly referenced.

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Appropriate sites used to collect all information.

Appropriate sites used to collect most information.

Appropriate sites used to collect some information.

Appropriate sites used to collect little information.

Information presented is appropriate and accurate.

Most information presented is accurate.

Some information presented is accurate.

Little information presented is accurate.

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Rough is almost complete & presented neatly.

Rough is almost complete.

Rough is incomplete.

Plan clearly shows each element to be included.

Plan shows most elements to be included.

Plan shows some elements to be included.

Plan shows few elements to be included.

PART TWO - PRODUCTION

o Create your brochure using Publisher.

o Print a draft and discuss it with your teacher.

o Make any necessary changes.

o Print final copy.

o Complete the rubric.

Your brochure should be:

Factual, yet in simple language.

Contain no grammatical or spelling errors.

Attractive and clearly laid out.

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All language in completed brochure meets the needs of selected client.

Most language in completed brochure meets the needs of selected client.

Some language in completed brochure meets the needs of selected client.

Little language in completed brochure meets the needs of selected client.

Sufficient highly relevant and accurate information included.

Sufficient relevant and accurate information included.

Sufficient relevant information included.

Insufficient information included.

Brochure contains no errors.

Brochure contains very few errors.

Brochure contains some errors.

Brochure contains a large number of errors.

Brochure highly original and eye-catching.

Brochure original and eye-catching.

Brochure attractive. Brochure presented.

Brochure is formatted accurately and well laid out.

Brochure has few formatting and layout errors.

Brochure has some formatting and layout errors.

Brochure has a number of formatting and layout errors.

Pictures are of good quality and text easily read.

Pictures of fair quality and text easily read.

Pictures of poor quality, text able to be read.

Pictures of very poor quality, text difficult to read.

PART THREE – EVALUATION.

o List the evaluation criteria that you indicated in Part One.

o Open Word.

o Present each of these as an evaluation continuum.

o Rank you completed brochure against the criteria.

o Review the two rubrics.

o Write a paragraph explaining the ranking of your completed brochure.

o Write another paragraph explaining how you would improve these

rankings and marks if you were to complete a similar project.

o Print off your evaluation and present it with your final brochure.