Welcome to the autumn 2012 newsletter
This newsletter contains details of changes that have been made to the icthomework site over the past term.
New exercises
We have added a new exercise section to the site entitled, Computer Networks. This section contains three new exercises. These are listed below:
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Network Basics |
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Peer-to-Peer Networks |
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Client-Server Networks |
Network Basics introduces the idea of networks in a very general way and is suitable for all students across KS3. The exercises on Peer-to-Peer Networks and Client-Server Networks build on Network Basics. These are suitable for Yr8/Yr9 students.
New administrative functionality for teachers
We have added new administrative functionality to support teachers. This is exposed though a new accordion interface. Three new functions have been added.
Teachers can now add marks manually when students are not able to submit an exercise for automatic marking. Teachers can also reset a student's third attempt at an exercise. This functionality is exposed through a new menu option entitled Managing Exceptions. See fig 1:
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Additional support for school Database Administrators
It is now possible for school DBAs to upload school data via the icthomework site. This functionality is exposed through a new menu option entitled File Transfer. See fig 2:
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New Developments
We are developing an additional set of exercises to support programming using Python. We hope to release these in the summer of 2013.
We would welcome your suggestions on further developments. To do this, you can either use the suggestions page on the site or you can email directly to:
