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Creating a digital guidebook

Lesson details

Learning outcome

I can collaborate with others to create a digital guidebook.

Key learning points

  1. A digital guidebook combines text, images and layout to share information clearly.
  2. Cloud-based tools allow groups to create and edit the guide together.
  3. Content should be accurate, relevant and suitable for the intended audience.
  4. Reviewing work and getting feedback helps to improve the final product.

Keywords

  • Cloud-based - an application, service or document that you access over the internet, rather than one that’s installed locally

  • Feedback - information from users of a product, to help you improve it

  • Audience - the people your project is aimed at

Common misconception

The first version of a product is the finished version.

The first version of a product is not usually the finished version; it should be reviewed for accuracy and improved using feedback from others.

Teacher tip

It would be beneficial if pupils could work together on the digital guidebook and review each other's work. However, if this is not possible, learners can reflect on their own work and make improvements.

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2026), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0
except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions
(Collection 2).

Lesson video

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Prior knowledge starter quiz

6 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following is NOT a benefit of online storage?

documents can be opened from any device
documents can be shared easily
files are backed up online
Correct answer: files can be opened by only one person at a time

Q2.
What allows you to see when a document was last updated or edited?

Correct answer: version control
real-time editing
suggesting mode
save as

Q3.
What is the main purpose of suggesting mode in a shared document?

to make the document read-only
Correct answer: to suggest changes that others can accept or reject
to stop anyone else from editing the document
to suggest changes that others must accept

Q4.
You can easily lose documents or spend a lot of time looking for documents if they are not or stored in a sensible way.

Correct Answer: named, labelled

Q5.
Which of the following file names shows good practice?

stuff
final final version
Correct answer: GuideBook_V1
untitled

Q6.
When a group of people work together on a task or project, it is called ...

Correct answer: collaboration
commenting
feedback
editing

6 Questions

Q1.
Which of these is an example of a cloud-based system that could help a group work together?

a written project notebook the team keep at school
a feedback document saved on Izzy's USB stick
Correct answer: a shared online word processor

Q2.
Put the steps of the project lifecycle into the correct order.

1 - initiation
2 - planning
3 - execution
4 - testing
5 - closure

Q3.
Constructive feedback highlights good things as well as bad to a project.

Correct Answer: improve

Q4.
Which statement best explains what “the cloud” is?

a place inside your device where files are saved
an email application
Correct answer: software and storage accessed through the internet

Q5.
Match the word to the correct meaning.

Correct Answer:audience,a group of people the work is made for

a group of people the work is made for

Correct Answer:feedback,advice given to help make something better

advice given to help make something better

Correct Answer:success criteria,list of goals or features that need to be included

list of goals or features that need to be included

Correct Answer:review,looking carefully at work to improve it

looking carefully at work to improve it

Q6.
Cloud-based tools store documents on servers and let people access them through the internet.

Correct Answer: remote

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