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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>A software module is just a small part of
the overall solution, for example, one button that does something.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>andrew wenn<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, 5 May 2008 3:42 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> sofdev@edulists.com.au<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Year 12 SofDev] What is
considered to be a module?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>This is my first time ever teaching VCE
Software Development.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The IT study design asks that the
software development 3 students develop a software module as part of Outcome 2
but is strangely silent on what a module is.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The text Dawson and Janson is not helpful
here either.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>If I use the example assessment task from
the study design that involves the quotes for painting. Then from my point of
view I see this as being broken into an number of modules, two of which may be
a module to gather customer details and another to do the actual costing. But
as a programming task these seem to be rather small. Am I on the wrong track
here?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Any clarification/suggestions gratefully
received.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Head of IT<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Gippsland Grammar<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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 w:st="on">Victoria</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font size=2
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