Pearson edexcel IGCSE ICT | Online
Communities Exam 2025 With 100%
Correct Answers
Online Communities - What are they? - correct answers ✔✔An online community is a group of people
who meet up online.
Examples:
■Social Networking,
■Online gaming,
■ Online Work Spaces,
■Virtual Learning Environments,
■User-generated content: video sharing sites, blogs, websites
■User generated content,
■Social bookmarking .
Each type of online community has: - correct answers ✔✔■ A function, which is what it does for people
who use it
■ Features, which enable (or allow it to achieve) its function.
Online Workspaces - correct answers ✔✔Online Workspaces provide a virtual space for people who
work together to meet, share files and work collaboratively online.
Examples: Adobe connect, Microsoft share Pont and Workplace by Facebook.
The features that support the function of online work spaces include; - correct answers ✔✔■Cloud
storage
■Virtual meeting space
■comments that can be left on documents for other users to see reply to
■Enabling documents to be edited at the same time by two or more members
, ■Messaging system
■Shared contact lists
■Chat rooms to allow discussion of work
Virtual Learning Environment - correct answers ✔✔(VLEs)
Functions:
- Provide information to help students learn, E.g. Homework.
- Allows teachers to work collaboratively to create high quality learning materials.
Features:
- Timetable
- Marking tools
- Emails and Chats
- Student/Teacher Progress tracker.
- A notice board for announcements about the course
- tools for submitting assignments
Online gaming - correct answers ✔✔Online gaming communities exist in order to allow members of the
community to play multiplayer games together. Examples of online gaming include PlayStation Network,
Xbox Live, Steam and Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Games (MMORPGs).
THE FEATURES OF ONLINE GAMING COMMUNITIES - correct answers ✔✔■Links to social media
■User profiles
■Information that allows users to find out how to complete games
■Experience points that can be tracked and displayed on a user's profile.
■Discussion boards and forum that allow members to discuss tactics
■Statuses that allow users to see if other members are online
■Notifications about what is happening in the game.
Communities Exam 2025 With 100%
Correct Answers
Online Communities - What are they? - correct answers ✔✔An online community is a group of people
who meet up online.
Examples:
■Social Networking,
■Online gaming,
■ Online Work Spaces,
■Virtual Learning Environments,
■User-generated content: video sharing sites, blogs, websites
■User generated content,
■Social bookmarking .
Each type of online community has: - correct answers ✔✔■ A function, which is what it does for people
who use it
■ Features, which enable (or allow it to achieve) its function.
Online Workspaces - correct answers ✔✔Online Workspaces provide a virtual space for people who
work together to meet, share files and work collaboratively online.
Examples: Adobe connect, Microsoft share Pont and Workplace by Facebook.
The features that support the function of online work spaces include; - correct answers ✔✔■Cloud
storage
■Virtual meeting space
■comments that can be left on documents for other users to see reply to
■Enabling documents to be edited at the same time by two or more members
, ■Messaging system
■Shared contact lists
■Chat rooms to allow discussion of work
Virtual Learning Environment - correct answers ✔✔(VLEs)
Functions:
- Provide information to help students learn, E.g. Homework.
- Allows teachers to work collaboratively to create high quality learning materials.
Features:
- Timetable
- Marking tools
- Emails and Chats
- Student/Teacher Progress tracker.
- A notice board for announcements about the course
- tools for submitting assignments
Online gaming - correct answers ✔✔Online gaming communities exist in order to allow members of the
community to play multiplayer games together. Examples of online gaming include PlayStation Network,
Xbox Live, Steam and Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Games (MMORPGs).
THE FEATURES OF ONLINE GAMING COMMUNITIES - correct answers ✔✔■Links to social media
■User profiles
■Information that allows users to find out how to complete games
■Experience points that can be tracked and displayed on a user's profile.
■Discussion boards and forum that allow members to discuss tactics
■Statuses that allow users to see if other members are online
■Notifications about what is happening in the game.
