Tuesday - Assignment three finished

We started off the day looking at an exam paper about computer components, the stored program concept and the Internet. The paper looked quite confusing however I did understand some of the questions and I could answer them. This was quite interesting seeing an exam paper as it shows the sort of questions that you get at A level.

After that I started to work on assignment three task three. My aim for today was to finish this completely and submit it. I managed to get it done just after lunch however I have not submitted it yet as I want to check if it is all right before sending it.

Finally as I finished all of my work for assignment three, I worked on my re submission of assignment one. I wanted to try and finish off the re submission however I have only completed one task so far. Tomorrow I will try to finish off assignment one and assignment two and finish off assignment three on the Thursday.

Monday - Assignment three task one + two done

We started off today with a video about a new piece of technology called the GloveOne. This is a glove that allows you to touch objects that are not there such as a guitar. This was quite an interesting video as I have never seen this technology before and I think it has a lot of potential.

After that I worked on assignment three task one as I had nearly finished it. All I had to do as add in a table of the before and after and explain about Windows Update. This did not take too long and I managed to submit the task just before break.

For the rest of the day I worked on assignment three task two as I wanted to try and submit that today. This task was a lot shorter than task one so it did not take as long. In the end I managed to finish and I just need to submit it so I can work on task three tomorrow. Task three also does not seem too hard so I will be aiming to submit it by tomorrow so I can work on re submissions.

Friday - Many quizzes

We started off the day with some quizzes on a website called Kahoot. It is a quiz website where you can use your phone to answer the questions. The first quiz was about computer hardware and I managed to come first by 100 points. I got 29 right and 4 wrong in that quiz. The second quiz was about logos however it was mainly American based so I did not do too well on it.

After that I worked on assignment four for the website unit as the re submission was in for today. I had to add my CV to my website and make the changes the document that did not take too long to do. Now I only have re submissions for this unit that I will work on after I finish assignment three.

For the rest of the day I continued on assignment three task one as I was trying to finish most of it today. I am up to restoring the files so I will either finish it today or over the weekend as I want to work on task two and three on the Monday and Tuesday.

Thursday - Working on assignment three

We started off today with the quiz that was a TED talk about encrypting emails to be more secure when sending them. The talker was also saying about how data is not secure anymore and about how encryption keys are stored on the server with the data. In the end I managed to get 10/14 that I was pleased with.

After that I worked on a bit of my assignment four re-submission as that is due in for tomorrow. I wanted to finish the website changes as I had a few to do such as fix some links. In the end I managed to do most of the changes however I do need to upload my CV. I will finish this off on Friday morning and work on assignment three.

For the rest of the day I have been working on assignment three task one. This takes quite a bit of time as I have to move all of the images and crop them then comment on them. I have got a large portion of it done today however I still have quite a bit left to do. I will aim to finish most of task one tomorrow so I can work on task two on the Monday.

Tuesday - Assignment three started

We cracked straight into work today as we did not have a starter. As I finished assignment two yesterday, I could work on assignment three straight away. I did have some small changes to do on the website unit for assignment two so I decided to finish them first.

After I finished those changes, I started to organize my images for assignment three as I had not sorted any of them out. I also got my list for the tasks that allowed me to tick off each task as I wrote them in the document. This was quite useful as when I come back to working on it I can check the checklist.

In the end I managed to get down to where I was explaining about installing the RAM and how much RAM I was going to install. I will be aiming to finish task one by Thursday however there is a lot to do so I am not sure if I can finish it by then.

Monday - Assignment two finished

We started off today with watching some videos about robots and about how they can move objects from a shelf. This was quite interesting as robots are advancing a lot now. Another news article John showed us was about how Wi-Fi signals can charge devices such as a camera.

After that we moved onto working on our work. I was aiming to finish assignment two today so I have the rest of the time to work on assignment three and hopefully get that submitted soon. I firstly moved over the images from my phone for assignment three so tomorrow I can get on and work on assignment three.

Finally I managed to get assignment two done. This was not too hard however it did take some time to find all of the main components and decide which ones I wanted. This did take most of the day as I was helping Adam with trying to get his network adapter working however it was not fixed.

Friday - Practical

The starter today was three quizzes about computer systems, functions of OS and CPU. I found this quite interesting as there was a little game between each question. In the end I managed to get 25/30 in the three quizzes and I was proud with it.

After that I started the practical for assignment three. I had a windows XP machine with 2GB RAM and a 3GHz processor. This was quite good however I decided that it needed a dedicated graphics card and more RAM so I installed that.

The installation was not too hard and I found it quite enjoyable to do. I had to install the drivers that was not too hard and I think that the computer runs a lot more smoother now. I just have to add in the files to the user accounts and wait for the disk defragger to finish.

Thursday

Today's starter was a quiz about how well can you hear audio quality. There were six questions in total and they all had three different audio quality that were 128knps, 320 kbps and a wav file. The wav file is the highest quality however I only selected that one twice out of the six times. 

After that we had a recap on assignment three and had a sheet going around about assignment one/two. I found the recap quite helpful as sometimes I do forget parts and it helps to hear different ways to do it. 

For the rest of the day I was working on some re submissions and my checklist for assignment three. I had nearly finished it so this did not take too long to do but I did get a little bit confused however I managed to work it out in the end. I only have one re submission left now however I will do that over the weekend. 

Tuesday - Assignment two and three

We started off today with another quiz. This quiz was about 3D printing and the future of it. It was quite an interesting quiz and in the end I managed to get 8 1/2 that was not too bad. The main aim of today was to learn about a bit of assignment two and assignment three.

After the quiz we worked on our assignment work. I still have task three of assignment one to do and now I have nearly finished it. I have started D1 of it and I will be finishing it off later tonight or tomorrow as it is due for them. It should not take too much time to do so I will be finishing off tonight.

Finally we learnt about assignment three. This is the practical part and we have to upgrade a part of a computer. There are three tasks for this and we need to get the evidence for it all. We all created task lists for task one and had a look at each others. I will find having a task list useful because then I cannot miss a part out and I know I have met all of the criteria.

Monday - Back from half term

Today has mainly been learning about assignment two. There is one task in this assignment and it does not seem to hard to do. It is up to a merit criteria so I do not have to go into loads of detail however I do need a decent amount.

The first activity was a quiz about this unit so far. It was a quiz with 28 questions worth 50 marks. This was to refresh our minds about the unit and see how much we have remembered. In the end I managed to get 32/50 that I was quite proud with.

Finally after we had learnt about assignment two, we moved onto working onto work. I have been working on assignment one task three as this is all I have left to do and it is in for Wednesday. It should not take too long to finish as I have done quite a bit of it.

Friday - Assignment one started

We started off today with the quiz. This quiz was about hardware and the basics of a computer. It was quite an interesting quiz and the prizes were quite amazing. First place was some vietnamese swirls, second prize was a sticky note. In the end Euan won the swirls and Billy won the sticky note saying good job.

After that we moved onto learning about OS (Operating System) for task two. This was quite interesting as I never knew that there was so much behind the OS and how it loads via the BIOS (Basic Input Output System). I also did not know that the BIOS did a check at the start if all of the components were there.

Finally I worked on assignment one task one. This is not complicated as it is writing about computer hardware. In the end I managed to finish 5 of the parts and I have started the 6th. I will be finishing this off in the half term and I will also aim to finish task two.

Thursday - New Unit!

We started off the final unit of the course and the unit is computer systems. This is the unit I have been looking forward to this unit as I am very interested in computer hardware and I think that this is going to be a good unit. I have done some upgrades to my computer such  as the PSU and the graphics card so it would be nice to learn more.

One of the activities was about labeling different parts of a computer. I found this activity quite interesting as I knew some of them however it was nice to learn all of the different parts such as the network card.

The final activity we did was to look at the different operating systems. Our table were the first to go over there and look at the different operating systems. There were Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 10 and Linux. I looked at Windows XP and Windows Vista and you could see a change between them. We had a check list to fill out and tick off which ones we could do.

Overall this day has been very enjoyable and I have learnt quite a lot from today. So far this unit has been interesting and I cannot wait to learn more.

Tuesday - Assignment four

My main aim for today was to finish off most of assignment four. I did want to finish off however in the end I did not managed to get all of it done. I only have two more questions to write about as I am only aiming for a merit in this unit.

Firstly I worked on assignment four task one. I did not have too much to do on it however it did take a little bit of time as had to comment on my code and then take screenshots and write about them. This took a bit of time however in the end I managed to finish it off.

Finally I worked on assignment four task two. This was to write about my survey and make changes to what was suggested. I had already made some of the changes and got screenshots of them however I have not written about them. In the end I wrote about 3 questions so I have 2 left to go. I will finish this off on either Wednesday or on Thursday.

Monday - Website finished

My aim for today was to finish off my website and upload it to the server so I can work on the written work that is in for Friday. I hopefully will be able to finish off assignment four tomorrow so I do not have to worry about finishing it off. I did not have too much to do on my website so it did not take too much time to finish off.

I was having an issue connecting to the server so I had to get that fixed. In the end I did not have an account on the FTP server so that was the reason why I could not connect to the FTP server. After that I managed to connect and upload my website but then I encountered another issue. This issue was that none of the images were showing up so I had to fix that. I quickly found out the reason why so I could change it however it took quite a bit of time. The problem was that the file extension was wrong.

Finally after fixing the problem with the images not loading, I worked on assignment four task one. I did not have too long to work on it however I have nearly finished it. All I have to write about is my code and a little bit on the web browsers.

Friday - Website nearly finished

We started off today with the quiz by Gabe. This quiz was about our next unit that is computer hardware. There was a video to watch and it was out of 16 marks. In the end I managed to get 11/16 that was not too bad.

After that I worked on adding more content to my website. I was aiming to get close to finishing today so I could work on the written work for Monday and Tuesday as we move onto the new unit on Thursday.

Finally I worked on adding in some images. I wanted to add in some social media buttons and a picture of me on the about me page. I have yet to add in the picture of me however I did design all of social media media sites but I do need to add them into my website. They are not linked at the moment so I will do that on Monday.

Thursday - Collecting feedback

We did not start off today with the quiz because Gabe had not created it. This meant that we carried on working on our website. My aim for today was to collect some responses on my website on what can be improved and to add in more content to my website as there is not a lot on there.

I firstly worked on adding some information for the website. I  also tried to get the website working on Internet Explorer however I was having issues with that so I will keep on trying to fix it when I find a way. I decided to add in some contact details and finish off adding in my grades. In the end, I learnt that Internet Explorer does not support a lot of plugins and files, so it is natural to have a broken website when I run it on Internet Explorer.

Finally I was collecting some responses for my website using SurveyMonkey. I was still having issues with the FTP server on FileZilla so I just asked people to come to my monitor. I added on a couple more questions and then I sent it out so I have evidence. I have found out that I should fix the buttons on my navigation bar and I need to change my border colour on my grades table.

Tuesday - Adding more content

Once again we started off today just carrying on designing our websites. I was aiming to add in some content today and to tidy up my code and add in a couple more features. I wanted to have some content in the website before I upload it and send it off for people to review.

I firstly started off changing my 3D text as I missed an apostrophe in it. This did not take too long to do. It does look better now so I am pleased with it. I also had a problem with my footer later in the day so I had to fix that. It was not at the bottom of the page when you added more text so I had to change some of the CSS to make it work.

Finally I worked on adding different pieces of content such as my grades and a small introduction to my website. I did get a little confused when creating the table as I got confused on the tags however I managed to work them out quite quickly.

Monday - Website design

Today was another day of working on our websites. I was not sure what I wanted to do today so I just planned out as I went along. One thing I needed to do was to create a survey to get feedback about my website so far so I did need to do this today. I have not sent out the survey yet as I was having an issue connecting to the server.

Firstly I found an error with my footer not being at the bottom of the page. This took quite a bit of time to work out how to fix it. In the end I had to set it up in the CSS file and add in a div tag. This managed to fix it and it is on the bottom of all of the pages.

Finally I created my survey and worked on some other features of my website such as fixing a border issue on the logo. This did not take too much time to fix and it looks a lot better now. I have also nearly finished my survey so that should not take too long to do.

Thursday - Website started!

We started off today with the quiz made by Ashley. This was another general knowledge quiz and this time it was about HTML. I have not done a lot of HTML so I was not sure on most of the questions. In the end I managed to get 4 1/2 but Gabe got 2 so he is doing it next week. Hardly any people got a high score so 4 1/2 was quite good.

After that I started to work on assignment three task two. I only had a little bit left to do so I was aiming to finish it just before lunch. In the end I managed to finish it before lunch so I could start to work on my website. I was aiming to plan out the website today and understand HTML more.

Finally I worked on my website. I decided to design my background first as I wanted to see how the text looked with the background. I selected a blue background with a gradient and I think it looks pretty good. It works well with the orange text I selected as well. I also created some 3D text for the header I am pleased with that.

Tuesday - Assignment three

Today's main aim was to work on assignment three task two. I managed to get most of it done however I still have a bit left to do. Task two has different terms we have to explain about. I decided to try and get most of it done for today.

We were also learning about the distinction task today. This has more explanations however I am not aiming to go for the distinction for this unit. I am aiming for merit on the last two units for  MM over all. I will be aiming to finish assignment three either tomorrow or at the start of Thursday.

For the end of the day I did submissions for the units. I have submitted the games unit and I only have the 2D animation left to submit. As I got the email back today I will work on submitting it on Thursday.