tables
forms
queries
report
Saturday 20 August 2011
week 7 b- database
this is the last assignment for this subject. so, we are asked to create a simple database for student management information using in openoffice base. first, to create the database, we have to plan what to fill in the tables. there are four different tables that we have to create, which are student table, parent table, curriculum table and cocurriculam table. for all those table, student is used as primary key. after creating all the table, go to tools and click relationships. create relationships between the tables by linking the students id. after that, use wizard to create form. there must be four forms altogether. (students, parent, curriculum, cocurriculum). next, I manage to create queries and the report of the database.
as a conclusion, doing the database gives me the advantages. I'm pretty sure that I will have to create the database for my students in the future. if before, I don't even know that we can create the database using openoffice base. even worse, this is the first time in my life using this openoffice base and never heard about it before. To be frank, I've learnt a lot of things through out this short semester by doing the assignments for this subjects. even some of them are really confusing, however all the problems can be solved. thanks a lot to the course coordinator, Dr. Siti Fatimah and YM Tengku Norazlan, my lecturer who help us a lot in encouraging and supporting us in learning this subject. I guess thats all for this semester. have a nice day!!
Wednesday 17 August 2011
week 7 (learning about spreadsheet)
7a-open office Calc
this week assignments require us to plan, create and edit a simple one year financial management in spreadsheet using openoffice calc. As I remember, what we need to do is: we have to name every sheets according to the month. we have to create a formula to calculate the balance for each months and link the formula between the sheets. It is not easy to do in the first place. but, with the help of guidance form Fadhli Aminuddin, my classmate, I finally manage to come out with my own financial management. the print screen below shows the overview of the spreadsheet of my financial management.
what I get from this spreadsheet lesson is that thing is not difficult in the world as long as we know how to deal with it. as in my situation, I really don't know how to do this task even after reading the question for a few times. then, I put some effort to ask my friend who able to do this task well. luckily, he is very generous, most of my classmates asked him for the way to solve the question. after trying fill in the salary, and expenditure, and how to get the balance from the previous months and the total balance, I finally know how to use this spreadsheet. Next time, if I want to manage my annual financial, I can just do it the same way as I'd done. it's easy :)
7b- excel
for excel, we need to create a spreadsheet of the student score and grade analysis. this time, we are introduced by the foreign terms such as VLOOKUP, STDEV, AVERAGE and COUNTIF.
with the guidance from Sir Tengku Norazlan, I manage to complete the score and grade analysis including the graph.
Doing all this thing give me lots of benefits. it is worth learning this assignment as I know one day in the future I might have to use all this stuff in school. well,teachers-to-be have to be familiar with key in students score and analysis grade so that it will be no problem in doing this thing later on. Actually, it quite confusing to find all those VLOOKUP, STDEV things, but I ask my course mate how to do all those things until I manage to complete it. we help each other to produce a better product :)
this week assignments require us to plan, create and edit a simple one year financial management in spreadsheet using openoffice calc. As I remember, what we need to do is: we have to name every sheets according to the month. we have to create a formula to calculate the balance for each months and link the formula between the sheets. It is not easy to do in the first place. but, with the help of guidance form Fadhli Aminuddin, my classmate, I finally manage to come out with my own financial management. the print screen below shows the overview of the spreadsheet of my financial management.
what I get from this spreadsheet lesson is that thing is not difficult in the world as long as we know how to deal with it. as in my situation, I really don't know how to do this task even after reading the question for a few times. then, I put some effort to ask my friend who able to do this task well. luckily, he is very generous, most of my classmates asked him for the way to solve the question. after trying fill in the salary, and expenditure, and how to get the balance from the previous months and the total balance, I finally know how to use this spreadsheet. Next time, if I want to manage my annual financial, I can just do it the same way as I'd done. it's easy :)
7b- excel
for excel, we need to create a spreadsheet of the student score and grade analysis. this time, we are introduced by the foreign terms such as VLOOKUP, STDEV, AVERAGE and COUNTIF.
with the guidance from Sir Tengku Norazlan, I manage to complete the score and grade analysis including the graph.
Friday 12 August 2011
WEEK 6 (creative effective multimedia production)
meet again! teheeeee~
for this lesson, we still revolve around the use of multimedia. this time, we are learning about creative effective multimedia production which required us to use presentation skills. the link for us to find the information on how to create a creative, comprehensive, and smart presentation is given. we have to follow visual design guideline for CRAP and CASPER. besides, we are also have come across the open office impress and Microsoft office power point for the lesson this time. the links for us to do the online learning are well provided. things we required to learn is about the slide master, impress tutorial and power point tutorial. what is slide master? according to the information on provided link, slide master is the top slide in a hierarchy of slides that stores information about the theme and slide layouts of a presentation, including the background, color, fonts, effects, placeholder sizes, and positioning.
Every presentation contains at least one slide master. The key benefit to modifying and using slide masters is that you can make universal style changes to every slide in your presentation, including ones added later to the presentation. When you use a slide master, you save time because you don't have to type the same information on more than one slide. The slide master especially comes in handy when you have extremely long presentations with lots of slides.
as to apply the knowledge, we are assigned to do two parts of assignment.
assignment 7 (a)
based on the mini research and the journal that have been produced in the previous assignments, we have to create a presentation kit using impress. we have done it by following the guideline for good presentation skills-CASPER. after that, we upload the presentation using google docs with my course mate.
assignment 7 (b)
for assignment b, we have to develop multimedia courseware by using power point. the courseware should include all multimedia elements such as video( have to edit in movie maker), a layered graphic/image (edit in GIMP), custom animation (edit in GIMP), and audio (record and edit using Audacity).
as for the reflection, I enjoy doing this assignment although it needs a lot of patient and hard-working. the are software that I don't even heard before. by learning this assignment, I finally come to use the unfamiliar software like Microsoft sound recorder that need to be downloaded and installed. we have done several digital assignment in other course before, but as I don't really know how to use the technological equipments , I'm just able to use Windows movie maker as it quite familiar for me. I've been using it for quite lot of time to edit the video and make a movie presentation. therefore, by learning this assignment, the practice of using this applications of creative and innovative multimedia will make a product effective. that's all for now. till then, bye~
for this lesson, we still revolve around the use of multimedia. this time, we are learning about creative effective multimedia production which required us to use presentation skills. the link for us to find the information on how to create a creative, comprehensive, and smart presentation is given. we have to follow visual design guideline for CRAP and CASPER. besides, we are also have come across the open office impress and Microsoft office power point for the lesson this time. the links for us to do the online learning are well provided. things we required to learn is about the slide master, impress tutorial and power point tutorial. what is slide master? according to the information on provided link, slide master is the top slide in a hierarchy of slides that stores information about the theme and slide layouts of a presentation, including the background, color, fonts, effects, placeholder sizes, and positioning.
Every presentation contains at least one slide master. The key benefit to modifying and using slide masters is that you can make universal style changes to every slide in your presentation, including ones added later to the presentation. When you use a slide master, you save time because you don't have to type the same information on more than one slide. The slide master especially comes in handy when you have extremely long presentations with lots of slides.
as to apply the knowledge, we are assigned to do two parts of assignment.
assignment 7 (a)
based on the mini research and the journal that have been produced in the previous assignments, we have to create a presentation kit using impress. we have done it by following the guideline for good presentation skills-CASPER. after that, we upload the presentation using google docs with my course mate.
assignment 7 (b)
for assignment b, we have to develop multimedia courseware by using power point. the courseware should include all multimedia elements such as video( have to edit in movie maker), a layered graphic/image (edit in GIMP), custom animation (edit in GIMP), and audio (record and edit using Audacity).
as for the reflection, I enjoy doing this assignment although it needs a lot of patient and hard-working. the are software that I don't even heard before. by learning this assignment, I finally come to use the unfamiliar software like Microsoft sound recorder that need to be downloaded and installed. we have done several digital assignment in other course before, but as I don't really know how to use the technological equipments , I'm just able to use Windows movie maker as it quite familiar for me. I've been using it for quite lot of time to edit the video and make a movie presentation. therefore, by learning this assignment, the practice of using this applications of creative and innovative multimedia will make a product effective. that's all for now. till then, bye~
Saturday 6 August 2011
week 5-Multimedia in Education
this time we are learning about how to create creative and innovative product by using many kind of creative software and tools. for desktop publishing microsoft, we have to come out with a brochure/leaflet that must be designed using microsoft publisher. besides, we also required to use one of word processor software either microsoft word, openoffice writer, and online word processor-google doc.
assignment 6 (a)
my partner and I already plan, design and create a creative, innovative and ethical brochure by using microsoft office publisher for this task. the content of this brochure is related to our topic "original and licensing software". below are the lists of the graphics editors that can be used in creating the brochure.
assignment 6 (a)
my partner and I already plan, design and create a creative, innovative and ethical brochure by using microsoft office publisher for this task. the content of this brochure is related to our topic "original and licensing software". below are the lists of the graphics editors that can be used in creating the brochure.
- open office draw(OSS)
- online google draw (collaborative drawing)
- 2D graphic editting software- bitmap and vector images
- microsoft paint
- use drawing facilities in microsoft power point (can save as bitmap graphic- jpg,bmp)
- GIMP(OSS)
Therefore, for creating our own brochure, we made use of miccrosoft paint and other drawing tools to edit and make it beautiful and creative. normally, the images are saved with various format such as GPEG, GIFF, TIFF, BMP, PNG, nad WMF. This is how our brochure looks like! have a look!
done with brochure thing. next, we move to next task.
assignment 6 (b)
for this assignment, we have to plan, design and create a booklet using bookfold function in word. we decide to do this assignment in Microsoft office Word as we familiar with it. the related graphic in journal article can be inserted in this booklet and we did insert certain important extract in the booklet! besides, we also insert the images by using correct format. click here to view our booklet.
for me, it is easier to use Microsoft paint, power point and google doc to create an image rather than others. however, I reviewed that all of the tools and software have the value and each have something unique to offer.
using all these kind of multimedia, I would say that it needs your creative thinking in order to fully understand how to apply the application. with the help of the provided links by Dr. Siti Fatimah, We are able to digging up some knowledge from the software. I believe I can apply this multimedia approach in teaching and learning later. the using of multimedia in education is very important so as to vary the style of teaching and learning. I guess, that's all for now! bye! :-)
Friday 5 August 2011
WEEK 4 (REFLECTION)
In the last lesson, we have done with simple survey which required us to use survey monkey for pilot test and Google Doc(spreadsheet and form) for the real survey.
As a result, me and my partner managed to collect 21 people who answer the survey. so, the next step need us to analyse the data by using SPSS.
Before that, we are suggested to study about DIKW which represents Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom. these four hierarchy of Russell L. Ackoff' model are about the content of the human mind, how human brain receives the input and works.
So as in relation with our survey, we use these steps in making the final report.
Firstly, we collect the data. By having the data, we have the information and by analysing the data we get the knowledge. then, in the future we can make a wise conclusion based on our understanding on the matter. wisdom is normally more systematic.
Okeyh, back to SPSS. this is the view of how SPSS looks like.
Once we click on SPSS, we will be directed to this page where we need to fill in the data. we can start naming the variable view. after finish installing the data, we can run the analysis.
click on the 'descriptove data: frequencies'. in a few minutes, output will be displayed in SPSS viewer. The table from SPSS viewer can be copied and pasted to OpenOffice writer for reporting.
from the result of the survey, we are required to key in all the variables in the variable view accordingly. then, right after finish filling the variables part, we can start filling the survey result in 'data view'. it is located at the bottom of the SPSS. In the data view, we have to import all the data from the online questionnaire spreadsheet. after finish, we can straight away run the analysis. go to 'descriptive data' and find for 'frequencies' and wait for the analysis to complete. finally, the output is viewed in SPSS viewer. next, we have to copy all the table and the graph and paste it into open office writer/ microsoft word.
what we are going to do with this table of frequencies and all that?
for your information, we have create a report of this research in journal article format complete with reference. the report must consists of:
As a result, me and my partner managed to collect 21 people who answer the survey. so, the next step need us to analyse the data by using SPSS.
Before that, we are suggested to study about DIKW which represents Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom. these four hierarchy of Russell L. Ackoff' model are about the content of the human mind, how human brain receives the input and works.
So as in relation with our survey, we use these steps in making the final report.
Firstly, we collect the data. By having the data, we have the information and by analysing the data we get the knowledge. then, in the future we can make a wise conclusion based on our understanding on the matter. wisdom is normally more systematic.
Okeyh, back to SPSS. this is the view of how SPSS looks like.
Once we click on SPSS, we will be directed to this page where we need to fill in the data. we can start naming the variable view. after finish installing the data, we can run the analysis.
click on the 'descriptove data: frequencies'. in a few minutes, output will be displayed in SPSS viewer. The table from SPSS viewer can be copied and pasted to OpenOffice writer for reporting.
from the result of the survey, we are required to key in all the variables in the variable view accordingly. then, right after finish filling the variables part, we can start filling the survey result in 'data view'. it is located at the bottom of the SPSS. In the data view, we have to import all the data from the online questionnaire spreadsheet. after finish, we can straight away run the analysis. go to 'descriptive data' and find for 'frequencies' and wait for the analysis to complete. finally, the output is viewed in SPSS viewer. next, we have to copy all the table and the graph and paste it into open office writer/ microsoft word.
what we are going to do with this table of frequencies and all that?
for your information, we have create a report of this research in journal article format complete with reference. the report must consists of:
- title
- abstract
- introduction
- literature review
- research approach
- finding
- discussion
- conclusion and recommendation
check out my yahoo group for the report!
as a conclusion for this week, I get new knowledge from the activities done through out this week regarding the use of SPSS statistic software. as to mention, I've never come across this software before through out years of living. with the guidance from Sir Tengku Norazalan and my friends, doing the task is not as hard as the first my impression ever think of it. besides, I learn that it is not that difficult to to do the survey and produce the result once you know the steps and what should you do. with the collaboration with my partner, this task is managed to be completed in time. therefore, with the introduction of SPSS software to me, I might need to us this software later in the future. and if it is so, I'm sure I'll have no excuse to say that I don not know about it at all. so, it is a great opportunity to have in learning something new and useful. I guess that's all for this week.have a good day~
Thursday 28 July 2011
week 3(b) reflection- questionnaire
hello.... Another assignment is on-going! so, today we are required to come out with a questionnaire regarding the previous assignments which are assignment 1 and assignment 4. To go on with the task, we have to create 10 simple questions for a survey research related to Original and Licensing Software. first, we have to register by sign up at www.sureveymonkey.com in order to create our own questionnaire.Once we are done with the question, we have to spread the links to our classmates so that they can answer our questions and give feedback. after getting feedback, we are required to create demography and questions in variety format such as multiple choice questions, checkboxes, and scale. This is important as we will be using this for coding purpose in using SPSS for next lesson. Next, we have to create the real questionnaire in google document and send the form to the coursemates. later, we will study the spreadsheet for this online questionnaire.
As to complete this task, it is not as easy as ABC. however, we finally manage to create the questions after propose the questions to our lecturer for several times. At first, our question is not appropriate and seem to lose the focus. Then we improvise our question again. unfotunately, it seems to be rejected again. we almost loose our patient aond give up in doing this task. But, we suddenly come out with positive thinking saying that others can do, why we can't? therefore, we take the opportunity to seat together and discuss on the matter. using the brain to generate an excellent idea to form a new question is very tiring and make us exhausted. we follow the instruction from the course proforma closely so that we won't miss the important points that we should do. This survey has been doing on the students from IPGKDRI and IPGKS. we also receive the survey from all of them. only now, we are still waiting for the result of the survey. thanks guys for answering our survey. your commitment to spare some times with the survey is kindly appreciated! :-) have a nice day!!!
As to complete this task, it is not as easy as ABC. however, we finally manage to create the questions after propose the questions to our lecturer for several times. At first, our question is not appropriate and seem to lose the focus. Then we improvise our question again. unfotunately, it seems to be rejected again. we almost loose our patient aond give up in doing this task. But, we suddenly come out with positive thinking saying that others can do, why we can't? therefore, we take the opportunity to seat together and discuss on the matter. using the brain to generate an excellent idea to form a new question is very tiring and make us exhausted. we follow the instruction from the course proforma closely so that we won't miss the important points that we should do. This survey has been doing on the students from IPGKDRI and IPGKS. we also receive the survey from all of them. only now, we are still waiting for the result of the survey. thanks guys for answering our survey. your commitment to spare some times with the survey is kindly appreciated! :-) have a nice day!!!
Assignment 4 (reflection)
Again, this is pair work. so, as usual me and my partner cooperated together to do our work. For this time, we were assigned to do report and literature review on the problems faced by original and licensing software in Malaysia. we did some research on this topic.
We took the articles from two UKM database, 1 books.goolge.com and 1 google scholar as mentioned in course proforma.
UKM database
we need to search two journal articles from UKM online library . It contains a lot of useful articles for the students as to be used as references. Not all people can log in into this library as the user need to enter the username and the password first. so, we log in into http://www.ukm.my/library/ with username and password given by Dr. Siti Fatimah, our course coordinator.
google scholar
easy as abc, we just search for the items needed and start reading and processing the information from the articles. we just type the URL for google scholar which is http://scholar.google.com.my/ to get started.
books.google.com
there are a lot of books in here. we find some very useful for our research. there are a lot of other fields of books that one can use as source of references. we can get free full preview books without any charge added. to preview and save the books, we have to sign in with our google account first.
Then, after doing the research by digging up some articles and books, we have to end up our research by writing a report in Open Office Writer software.
Open office software is just like microsoft office but comes with more features in it. As we have a little knowledge on technology especially in relation with software,
we did ask our coursemates on certain things that couldn't fix well our knowledge and thinking. Burning the midnight oil with my other friends in order to finish this assignment was mesmerizing, yet stressing. however, we manage to do and upload the file in yahoo group by early in the morning. ^^
before, when i do my assignments, I never look up the articles our journal article or books from the google scholar and books.google. In fact, I never know about the presence of this google scholar and books before. poor me ~ but now, I can make use of both this website as my reference for my study later.
To wrap up, this task is not an easy task at all as it needs us to put more effort and hard working instead of team spirit. However, it brings us a lot information and knowledge . tq~
We took the articles from two UKM database, 1 books.goolge.com and 1 google scholar as mentioned in course proforma.
UKM database
we need to search two journal articles from UKM online library . It contains a lot of useful articles for the students as to be used as references. Not all people can log in into this library as the user need to enter the username and the password first. so, we log in into http://www.ukm.my/library/ with username and password given by Dr. Siti Fatimah, our course coordinator.
google scholar
easy as abc, we just search for the items needed and start reading and processing the information from the articles. we just type the URL for google scholar which is http://scholar.google.com.my/ to get started.
books.google.com
there are a lot of books in here. we find some very useful for our research. there are a lot of other fields of books that one can use as source of references. we can get free full preview books without any charge added. to preview and save the books, we have to sign in with our google account first.
Then, after doing the research by digging up some articles and books, we have to end up our research by writing a report in Open Office Writer software.
Open office software is just like microsoft office but comes with more features in it. As we have a little knowledge on technology especially in relation with software,
we did ask our coursemates on certain things that couldn't fix well our knowledge and thinking. Burning the midnight oil with my other friends in order to finish this assignment was mesmerizing, yet stressing. however, we manage to do and upload the file in yahoo group by early in the morning. ^^
before, when i do my assignments, I never look up the articles our journal article or books from the google scholar and books.google. In fact, I never know about the presence of this google scholar and books before. poor me ~ but now, I can make use of both this website as my reference for my study later.
To wrap up, this task is not an easy task at all as it needs us to put more effort and hard working instead of team spirit. However, it brings us a lot information and knowledge . tq~
THE PROBLEMS FACED IN USING ORIGINAL AND LICENSING SOFTWARE
Software can be divided into three major types, which consists of original licensed software, open source software and pirated software.
Original software is organized information in the form of operating systems, utilities, programs, and applications that enable computers to work. Without it, your computer will not perform any function. However, a lot of users prefer to use the piracy software since it is a lot cheaper and easier to install. In Malaysia only, the statistics of crime of software piracy rate was 59 per cent from 107 countries. (SOURCE: Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study).
License software is a legal device governing the usage or redistribution of software. Software licensing has been abide by a trust in which the user is assume to be honest and stay on by the agreement and terms applied. This license software always come together with the software product in order to explain the term of use to the end-users. The program codes might be to install and maybe use as a back up copy on the computer.
The problem faced in licensing software is that the unscrupulous users will take advantages to make many copies of the software codes and install it into another computers. From here, we can see that the code of the license can just simply copied by the users. This is because there is the thought among the citizens that, it is fine to distribute the copies of the software . Besides, they don't even seem to realize that piracy is the worse thing to do in our country. The piracy here means, the participation in the unauthorized use or distribution in which you lend, give, copy or sell the software to anyone without owner's permission.
In the other hand, the problem also occurs in original software when the pirated software can be only downloaded online for free. We might begin by examining the principle of fairness and justice. Is using software illegally something we would regard as fair if the roles were reversed and we were the company selling the software? Indirectly, it gives a headache and causing the hair on the software inventors turns to grey just because of the users, who abuse and make illegal copies of their work. Because of this issues, they also loss a billion US dollar. Such companies devote a large portion of their earnings to the creation of new software products.
There are solutions for every problem. If we cannot defeat it, we still can protect it. That is what was suggested by experts to overcome this issue. To protect the original software from pirate software, there are three different levels of category. Firstly, the protection against a user, who duplicating a program for the use of a friend. To cope with it, the anti-piracy should increase the cost of copying equal with the cost of purchasing the program on the reliable market. Secondly, is the protection against copying for resale. In order to preclude it, the software ought to be cheaper. Then, the pirate one need to modify the program wholly than copying from the original one and if there is a risk for criminal records, still the cost is the same like the rewrite cost. Last but not least, the third one is about the protection of an algorithm that must be kept secret. It might be because of the program that use for the defence system of a nation.
Another solutions that should be taken to reduce this problem from happen is that the awareness among the Malaysians should be enhanced as to make them realize the disadvantages of using pirate software in their life. We always listen to the campaign of against piracy in entertainment production, but how about piracy in software systems as we are revolved around the use of technology in this computer era? So this awareness must to be instilled in ourselves first.
Here are the steps that should be taken in order to avoid illegal copying software among others:
First, get rid of any illegal software you might have inadvertently received. In this way you won't be viewed as a role model who says it is OK to use pirated software.
Find the resources to purchase those software packages you really need for work and for your personal use. With legal copies of software, you will get user support. Thus, it will help you to avoid potentially severe legal penalties; and, most of all, you will be acting ethically.
Next, when friends or colleagues ask for a copy of your software, invite them to sit at your computer and try yours.
offer to help them acquire a legal copy.
In a nutshell, it is not wrong to purchase an original licensed software since it will peace your mind from any doubt about quality and concern about legal issues for the company, free from virus, free from faults like malware, spy ware and etc. You also can stay up-to-date to the software. However, the choice is yours.
References
Korzeniowski, P. (1993). Software Lisencing. InfoWorld.
Misra, P. K. (1998). Patent No. 6189146. United States.
Sathish Candra, Francesco Regazzoni, Marcello Dajolo. (2006). Hardware/software partitioning of operating systems: a behavioral synthesis approach. GLSVLSI '06 Proceedings of the 16th ACM Great Lakes symposium on VLSI, 324.
Tim Maude,Derwent Maude . (Sept. 1984). Hardware protection against software piracy. Communications of the ACM Volume 27 Issue 9, 950.
Original software is organized information in the form of operating systems, utilities, programs, and applications that enable computers to work. Without it, your computer will not perform any function. However, a lot of users prefer to use the piracy software since it is a lot cheaper and easier to install. In Malaysia only, the statistics of crime of software piracy rate was 59 per cent from 107 countries. (SOURCE: Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study).
License software is a legal device governing the usage or redistribution of software. Software licensing has been abide by a trust in which the user is assume to be honest and stay on by the agreement and terms applied. This license software always come together with the software product in order to explain the term of use to the end-users. The program codes might be to install and maybe use as a back up copy on the computer.
The problem faced in licensing software is that the unscrupulous users will take advantages to make many copies of the software codes and install it into another computers. From here, we can see that the code of the license can just simply copied by the users. This is because there is the thought among the citizens that, it is fine to distribute the copies of the software . Besides, they don't even seem to realize that piracy is the worse thing to do in our country. The piracy here means, the participation in the unauthorized use or distribution in which you lend, give, copy or sell the software to anyone without owner's permission.
In the other hand, the problem also occurs in original software when the pirated software can be only downloaded online for free. We might begin by examining the principle of fairness and justice. Is using software illegally something we would regard as fair if the roles were reversed and we were the company selling the software? Indirectly, it gives a headache and causing the hair on the software inventors turns to grey just because of the users, who abuse and make illegal copies of their work. Because of this issues, they also loss a billion US dollar. Such companies devote a large portion of their earnings to the creation of new software products.
There are solutions for every problem. If we cannot defeat it, we still can protect it. That is what was suggested by experts to overcome this issue. To protect the original software from pirate software, there are three different levels of category. Firstly, the protection against a user, who duplicating a program for the use of a friend. To cope with it, the anti-piracy should increase the cost of copying equal with the cost of purchasing the program on the reliable market. Secondly, is the protection against copying for resale. In order to preclude it, the software ought to be cheaper. Then, the pirate one need to modify the program wholly than copying from the original one and if there is a risk for criminal records, still the cost is the same like the rewrite cost. Last but not least, the third one is about the protection of an algorithm that must be kept secret. It might be because of the program that use for the defence system of a nation.
Another solutions that should be taken to reduce this problem from happen is that the awareness among the Malaysians should be enhanced as to make them realize the disadvantages of using pirate software in their life. We always listen to the campaign of against piracy in entertainment production, but how about piracy in software systems as we are revolved around the use of technology in this computer era? So this awareness must to be instilled in ourselves first.
Here are the steps that should be taken in order to avoid illegal copying software among others:
First, get rid of any illegal software you might have inadvertently received. In this way you won't be viewed as a role model who says it is OK to use pirated software.
Find the resources to purchase those software packages you really need for work and for your personal use. With legal copies of software, you will get user support. Thus, it will help you to avoid potentially severe legal penalties; and, most of all, you will be acting ethically.
Next, when friends or colleagues ask for a copy of your software, invite them to sit at your computer and try yours.
offer to help them acquire a legal copy.
In a nutshell, it is not wrong to purchase an original licensed software since it will peace your mind from any doubt about quality and concern about legal issues for the company, free from virus, free from faults like malware, spy ware and etc. You also can stay up-to-date to the software. However, the choice is yours.
References
Korzeniowski, P. (1993). Software Lisencing. InfoWorld.
Misra, P. K. (1998). Patent No. 6189146. United States.
Sathish Candra, Francesco Regazzoni, Marcello Dajolo. (2006). Hardware/software partitioning of operating systems: a behavioral synthesis approach. GLSVLSI '06 Proceedings of the 16th ACM Great Lakes symposium on VLSI, 324.
Tim Maude,Derwent Maude . (Sept. 1984). Hardware protection against software piracy. Communications of the ACM Volume 27 Issue 9, 950.
Tuesday 26 July 2011
Week 3 - (C/LMS) Reflection
First of all, once I was assigned to do research on the topic Course/ Learning Management System a.k.a C/LMS, I was totally blank about it. Even, my partner Faidatul Syuhada Shamsuddin either did not know about this matter. I admit that it took us so long to do reading and start doing assignment on this topic. For the first time I did reading, I found myself fall asleep. Poor me. =.=" I'm not really interested into this thing. However, I realized that I have to do something about it. Me and my partner have sat and now I managed to have the information on this C/LMS software. As the education in the world evolves around the technology based, the use of C/LMS is much more systematic and effective in having distance learning. There are a lot of C/LMS open website in internet such as joomla.org and drupal.org. We can just sign up and view the contents easily. It is effective as the students can obtain, access and share information with other learners around the world regardless time and place. I guess that are all about the C/LMS thing, not included the problem with google.doc thing. The problem I faced with google document is my partner and I did not know how to find google document and upload the C/LMS in yahoo group in the form of pdf. Therefore, we put an effort to ask my classmates on the matter instead of trying to figure it out ourselves.
Week 3 - COURSE/ LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (C/LMS)
What is C/LMS?
C/LMS is a software where you can add, edit, manage your own online course, mostly for educational purpose. You do not need to know the HTML or other computer languages. Since it provides you with the sets of tools and models, things will be much easier for you to do the content of the online course. Besides, you also can determine who to access and on what content of the course.
where can we use C/LMS?
The education nowadays are moving forward towards the excellence and success. The students are more advance in using the technology tools and internet facilities. Hence, the C/LMS has become essential on campuses. This is because it is much easier for them to manage their education. All learners can easily access the C/LMS software as long as they have the computer and internet connection. Therefore, all people around the world can access and join C/LMS website as it is universal.
how to use C/LMS?
first, sign up for an account on the website. it will always show you the steps and follow the instructions closely. then, organize the application and create a page. after that, create your own module. in order to avoid long descriptions,you can use the abbreviations. After that, create sections and categories for easier and systematic use. then, you can just displaying your contents for information sharing.
who can use C/LMS?
Anyone who involve in educational field can use C/LMS. AsC/LMS have become the essentials on campuses and have evolved in relating multifunctional way communication tools between faculty and students, the lecturers and the students are indirectly involved in this use of C/LMS. Besides, the instructors and the teachers are able to use C/LMS.
Why use C/LMS?
As updated technology was growing like a mushroom after the rain nowadays, either do the C/LMS. They also play the same importance role for education field in learning and teaching. Since it also contain an administrative aspect that distribute directly to aspect of teaching. So,it is easier for the student to interact with the teachers directly from the online course. This software also can be followed by the student 24 hours per day.
Advantages of using C/LMS?
When using this device, you can save a lot of time on creating this course and the administrative system also automated. Students also can always survey and follow it anywhere and anytime they want. It also can keep student profile, which their can survey their student and helps them when needed. Also, only a few instructors needed to check the flow of this course, in order to make sure the student on the right track and correct them if they wrong.
List (Open source software)
1. open source CMS- www.joomla.org
2. UKM-SPIN - www.spin.ukm.my
3. Open source contents management platform- drupal.org
4. Blackboard- www.blackboard.com
References
Retrieved July 25, 2011 from http://www.a3webtech.com/index.php/how-to-use-cms.html
Retrieved July 25, 2011 from http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/DEC0302.pdf
C/LMS is a software where you can add, edit, manage your own online course, mostly for educational purpose. You do not need to know the HTML or other computer languages. Since it provides you with the sets of tools and models, things will be much easier for you to do the content of the online course. Besides, you also can determine who to access and on what content of the course.
where can we use C/LMS?
The education nowadays are moving forward towards the excellence and success. The students are more advance in using the technology tools and internet facilities. Hence, the C/LMS has become essential on campuses. This is because it is much easier for them to manage their education. All learners can easily access the C/LMS software as long as they have the computer and internet connection. Therefore, all people around the world can access and join C/LMS website as it is universal.
how to use C/LMS?
first, sign up for an account on the website. it will always show you the steps and follow the instructions closely. then, organize the application and create a page. after that, create your own module. in order to avoid long descriptions,you can use the abbreviations. After that, create sections and categories for easier and systematic use. then, you can just displaying your contents for information sharing.
who can use C/LMS?
Anyone who involve in educational field can use C/LMS. AsC/LMS have become the essentials on campuses and have evolved in relating multifunctional way communication tools between faculty and students, the lecturers and the students are indirectly involved in this use of C/LMS. Besides, the instructors and the teachers are able to use C/LMS.
Why use C/LMS?
As updated technology was growing like a mushroom after the rain nowadays, either do the C/LMS. They also play the same importance role for education field in learning and teaching. Since it also contain an administrative aspect that distribute directly to aspect of teaching. So,it is easier for the student to interact with the teachers directly from the online course. This software also can be followed by the student 24 hours per day.
Advantages of using C/LMS?
When using this device, you can save a lot of time on creating this course and the administrative system also automated. Students also can always survey and follow it anywhere and anytime they want. It also can keep student profile, which their can survey their student and helps them when needed. Also, only a few instructors needed to check the flow of this course, in order to make sure the student on the right track and correct them if they wrong.
List (Open source software)
1. open source CMS- www.joomla.org
2. UKM-SPIN - www.spin.ukm.my
3. Open source contents management platform- drupal.org
4. Blackboard- www.blackboard.com
References
Retrieved July 25, 2011 from http://www.a3webtech.com/index.php/how-to-use-cms.html
Retrieved July 25, 2011 from http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/DEC0302.pdf
Tuesday 19 July 2011
week 2 (original and licensing software)
this is pair work that needs me to work collaboratively with my partner, faidatul syuhada shamsuddin :-)
Before going further details, let define the word 'software' first. Software is a program that organized information in the form of operating systems, utilities, programs, and applications that enable computers to work.
Software can be divided into two main categories:
(1) System software
it controls the basic (and invisible to the user) functions of a computer and comes usually preinstalled with the machine.
It consists of operating systems; devise drivers, servers, windowing systems and utilities.
(2) Application software
it handles multitudes of common and specialized tasks a user wants to perform, such as accounting, communicating, data processing, word processing. Application software consists of malware, adware/spyware, and greyware.
what is original software?
first, the definition of original software is a privately held company providing automatic software testing products and services. Hence, the original software is the one created and designed by an individual or a company.They have the ownership of it as their intellectual property. Original software assures that the software is properly licensed and supported by the software company. While oppose to the matter is the pirate software which is the software that has no licensed and illegally distributed. the original software is just the same with the genuine software. if you are using the pirate software for Microsoft office as an example, the notification will always appear on your screen saying that your Microsoft is not genuine.
that is meant you are not using the original software and if you keep using the software, it will harm your computer system. There is a difference between pirated software and original software. The original software comes with guarantee that it is not infected with any viruses and it will work properly.The example of original software is:
Before going further details, let define the word 'software' first. Software is a program that organized information in the form of operating systems, utilities, programs, and applications that enable computers to work.
Software can be divided into two main categories:
(1) System software
it controls the basic (and invisible to the user) functions of a computer and comes usually preinstalled with the machine.
It consists of operating systems; devise drivers, servers, windowing systems and utilities.
(2) Application software
it handles multitudes of common and specialized tasks a user wants to perform, such as accounting, communicating, data processing, word processing. Application software consists of malware, adware/spyware, and greyware.
what is original software?
first, the definition of original software is a privately held company providing automatic software testing products and services. Hence, the original software is the one created and designed by an individual or a company.They have the ownership of it as their intellectual property. Original software assures that the software is properly licensed and supported by the software company. While oppose to the matter is the pirate software which is the software that has no licensed and illegally distributed. the original software is just the same with the genuine software. if you are using the pirate software for Microsoft office as an example, the notification will always appear on your screen saying that your Microsoft is not genuine.
that is meant you are not using the original software and if you keep using the software, it will harm your computer system. There is a difference between pirated software and original software. The original software comes with guarantee that it is not infected with any viruses and it will work properly.The example of original software is:
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| original software-windows 7 |
Many of the users use the pirate software as it is free and easy to find while the original one need money to spend on it. People always come into a problem when the matter is related to money. Although original software is a little expensive but it is more reliable then a pirated software.
What is licensing software?
When you browse through the internet on 'licensing software', it is hardly found. you will mostly found the word ' software licensing'. Actually it is just the same which bring the meaning in which a contract of agreement between the software publisher and the end user. It is sometimes called as the End User License Agreement,( EULA). This licensing software will always be found when the users want to install the software that they want to use such as the installation of the broadband, the Adobe Photoshop software, and etc. when they install these softwares, they will experience the time when they are asked either to accept the license or to disagree. if the users does not agree to the software licensing terms, they will just have to indicate so with just a click. this step will abort the installation process. however, in most cases, the users will click in agreement whether they actually read the license or not and I'm sure many of them just accept the terms without reading it. these are the examples of the licensing software that include licensing agreement:
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however, as users we have to know the roles played by the licensing software towards the software itself. therefore, the purposes of the licensing software are to protects the copyright by placing restrictions on the end user in relation to the product, to restrict reverse engineering and bypassing controls intended to cut down on pirating and as a kind of disclaimer.
references
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/software.html
http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Hardware_Software/2006/types_of_software.asp
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-software-licensing.htm
http://www.techreaders.com/2010/02/benefits-of-using-original-software/
REFLECTION
REFLECTION
For the first time in my life I have to search something related to software. Actually, I just heard the term "software" before without really knowing the exact meaning of it. Not to even mention the term of original and licensing software. However, after doing reading and research on the internet, I finally reach the information and instill the knowledge in my head. As users, we don't just having computer without knowing what is the best thing for our computer and what will harm the computer. we have to know that the pirate software is not good for the computer. However, many of us prefer to use it as it is free and easy to use compare to the original software that needs the users to buy it in order to have it in the computer. My partner and I put some effort to have the discussion on this topic and I am not about to mention again about the wireless connection as you all know it already, and yes I'm using my new broadband, just for the sake that I want to make myself easy in learning the contents of this course . Moreover, this assignments need us to take part in the discussion that provide us with various opinion and point of view from others. As a conclusion, this assignment give advantages and benefits to me. It teaches me to be a patient person in order to master the skills in learning using the internet-based tools.
Tuesday 12 July 2011
1ST WEEK CLASS
hi there.. very late of me to publish this first entry and i guess all of my classmates have done it all earlier. well, having the probs with the
poor internet connection though, things I can't help.
poor internet connection though, things I can't help.
As for now, I'm going to tell you briefly about what I have learned in GE1155 Computer in Education subject. 1st we have to :
1. register Official email by using both google account and yahoo account. Doesn't matter if we have one before, we have to create the new one officially as we will be using this account for academic purposes. :) As we finish creating the official account, we have to put signature for both accounts. so how to do it? it is simple. I just follow these steps n so should you.
for yahoo account: simply click on mail option. as you noticed the "signature" on your left pane , just click on it. edit the text as I have to put my full name, the program I'm taking- B.Ed TESL and the institution.
for gmail account: looking for setting and just click it. then, find for "signature" and edit the text.
simple right?? :D
ops! one more thing, I have to send my email to my course coordinator, Dr. Fatimah Mohd Yasin, IPG Sarawak's lecturer and my lecturer, Tg Norazlan.
2. register official facebook account.. I use my yahoo account created before to create my official fb account. the steps are just as easy as ABC. just fill up the form and sign up. then, just follow the steps one by one. and after a few minutes, I can enjoy adding my classmates, course lecture and course coordinator to be friends with them on fb. one important thing, I have to edit fb setting to put my username the same as my yahoo account.
3. create facebook group. this fb group has to be created individually and name the goup with my name and set it to close group. I have to invite my classmates, course lecture and course coordinator. just click on "create group" for the start.
4. join a yahoo groups. using my yahoo account, I am assigned to join this official yahoo groups and introduce my self. this group is for the CiE course as created by course coordinator.
5. create my own yahoo groups. name the group with my matrix number , my name and IPG. set to close group. just click on "start your group" and follow the instructions. then, send invitation to my course coordinator, course lecturer and friends.
6. blog registration. I create this blog using my google account created before. this official blog have to be created using my name. so now, in this blog I have to make a complete notes of what I have learned during the first week of class. I have to include the steps involved in creating all those emails, fb and blog things. therefore I think, i have done it all.
as for reflection, doing all this things are interesting. however, I must admit that there are certain things really confusing me, as to put the signature, to edit the username, and etc because I'm not well used to it before. so now, it kind of new knowledge for me. having the poor wireless internet connection prevent me from finishing my work earlier. :p
looking forward for a better connection ..
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