Cambridge IGCSE ™: Information and Communication Technology
Cambridge IGCSE ™: Information and Communication Technology
Cambridge IGCSE ™: Information and Communication Technology
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3 Screenshot evidence to show that the ST-subhead style has been defined 3 EV
Style name correct based on normal 1 mark
sans-serif 14 centre 1 mark
all capitals, bold single 0 9 1 mark
10 Page layout changed so that the subheading Why is a STEM approach to learning important? 2 Doc
and all following text is displayed in two equally spaced columns 1 mark
with 1 centimetre spacing between the columns. 1 mark
12 First row cells merged and the text centre aligned 1 Doc
TOTAL 24
TOTAL 30
27 Slide 1 Layout title and subtitle in centre and middle with no bullet 1
28 Change layout of slide Our top performing students to a title and two place holders 1
30 Chart placed on right and data from file as a table on left 1 mark 5
Format table with all gridlines visible 1 mark
Text in top row of the table formatted centre aligned 1 mark
Larger font 1 mark
Text in all rows vertically aligned 1 mark
TOTAL 16
Overall 70
total
Step 1 Evidence 1
File stemnews saved in format of software 1 mark
Step 3 Evidence 2
ST-subhead style
Style name correct based on normal 1 mark
sans-serif, 14pt centre 1 mark
all capitals, bold, single Ls, 0 before, 9 after 1 mark
Step 4 Evidence 3
Display styles:
styles in manager
ST-table and ST-bullet
ST-table and ST-bullet as
asgiven
given 1 mark
1 mark
Step 5 Evidence 4
Step 18 Evidence 5
Step 19 Evidence 6
Staff table - all field names as given, correct data types 1 mark
Staff table - Class_Code set as primary key 1 mark
Houses table - all field names as given, correct data types and
correct primary key set 1 mark
Step 21 Evidence 7
Create one-to-many relationships between the three tables 1 mark
Step 22 Evidence 8
ST-title style applied to title text 1 mark ST-subtitle text entered 100% accurate 1 mark
Sans-serif, 36pt, centred, bold, underlined, single, Supplied style ST-subtitle applied 1 mark
0pt before/after
Footer page number left aligned, candidate details right aligned 1 mark
Slide layout title and 2 placeholders - chart on right and table on left 1 mark
Table – text as given, all gridlines visible, no shading 1 mark
Top row centre aligned horizontally 1 mark
Top row larger font 1 mark Single slide printed 1 mark
All rows centre aligned vertically 1 mark
Rows 2-5 left aligned consistently 1 mark