Students Learn About
- Collecting – the
process by which data is entered into or
captured by a computer system, including:
- – deciding what
data is required
- – how it is sourced
- – how it is encoded
for entry into the system
- Organising – the
process by which data is structured into
a form appropriate for the use of other
information processes such as the format
in which data will be represented
- Analysing – the
process by which data is interpreted,
transforming it into information
- Storing and
retrieving – the process by which data and
information is saved and accessed later
- Processing – a
procedure that manipulates data and information
- Transmitting and
Receiving – the process that sends and receives data and information within and
beyond information systems
- Displaying – the process that controls the
format of information presented to the participant or user
| Students Learn To: - distinguish between, and categorise, the activities within an information system in terms of the seven information processes
- use an existing information system to meet a simple need
- manually step through a given information system identifying the information process
- for a given information system, describe how the following relate to the information processes:
- participants
- data/information
- information technology
- schematically represent the flow of data and information through a given information system, identifying the information processes
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