Year 3 - Computing
Editing and improving a document
Desktop publishing
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils will explore how text and images can be used to communicate messages. They will use desktop publishing software to make careful choices of font size, colour, and style to improve documents. They explore a range of page layouts using templates and placeholders as design tools.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to edit and improve a document based on feedback you receive.
Key Notes
- Getting feedback from other people can help improve a creation.
- You can edit images and text to improve the appearance of creations.
Vocabulary To Learn
- reflecting: thinking about something you have done to understand what went well and what could be better
- feedback: when someone tells you what they like about your work and how they think you can make it better
- edit: changing or improving your work
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Getting feedback on what you create from other people means that they don't like what you have done.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Describe the system or process from this lesson in clear steps.
Getting feedback from other people can help improve a creation. You can edit images and text to improve the appearance of creations.
2. Define this computing term and give one practical example. 'reflecting'
thinking about something you have done to understand what went well and what could be better. Add one real device or system example to prove understanding.
3. Correct this common computing misconception.
Mistake: Getting feedback on what you create from other people means that they don't like what you have done. Correction: Feedback is always useful to make what you create even better. Even the best publications can do things in a better way.
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