Some notes to help you complete your assignment
We have produced these online assignments to help you get used to the idea of entering your answers into a computer rather than writing them on a piece of paper.
This is because the AAT have introduced Computer Based Assessment across the whole of their new 2010 AAT Qualification. There are no paper-based examinations whatsoever for the new syllabus.
We have tried to replicate the 'look' and 'feel' of the AAT examinations in our assignments in order to give you as much practice as possible in preparation for your exams.
Please take careful note of the following points:
- Please ensure you enter your email address especially carefully as we will reply directly to this with your feedback. If you type it in wrongly our feedback won't reach you!!!
- If you press the 'backspace'key when the cursor is NOT in a field this will act as a 'back' button as happens with all web sites. If you do this by mistake simply press the 'forward' button (at the top left corner of your browser) and this will take you back into the assignment and you will find that all of your answers are still present.
- IMPORTANT!Please use only a full stop '.' for a decimal separator, a slash '/' for a date separator and a comma ',' for a thousands separator.
- If an answer is zero use only '0' or leave the cell blank. Do not use '-','nil','none','...' or any other characters such as extra blank spaces.
- If you haven't got a clue how to answer a particular question ... ask your tutor for a hint! Do not put '???' or similar.
Use of any non-standard characters as described in points 3 to 5 will cause the software to fail to read your answer correctly and we'll have to ask you to submit the assignment again!
- We have a provided a 'Print' button so you can print a copy of your answers before submitting your assignment for marking. If you prefer you could also use this to print out a copy of the data before you start, which is a good idea for the bigger pieces of work as we do not have a 'Save' facility. For these you should rough out your answers in pencil and then log back into the assignment to type them in and submit them.
- When you sit your AAT examination each question is 'saved' as you answer it. There is, however, no facility to print data so we recommend that you jot down the key points with a pencil on rough paper. It's therefore a good idea to also practice this whilst doing your assignments but if you'd rather print the data you can do. Just remember that you'll be relying on your pencil 'on the day'!!!
- We have produced these and validated our code using 'Internet Explorer'. As indicated by the 'W3C' logo our code is fully checked and conforms fully to all required programming standards. We have still noticed, however, that in some browsers (notably 'Firefox') the assignments don't display properly. If you can't see a blue background try using Internet Explorer instead.
- Finally - and most importantly of all - if you have any comments you'd like to make about the way these new assignments work please let us know. At Premier Training we've spent a lot of years getting a lot of students through their exams the old-fashioned way and we've now produced these assignments to help you pass your exams the new way. If there's anything you particularly like or don't like - or any suggestions you'd like to make in respect of changes you'd like to see we'd love to hear from you. We can't promise to implement every change you may suggest as we are constrained by what can be achieved with the software we use but we can certainly try.
Please use the following form to pass on any comments you wish to make. You can tell us your name if you like or you can remain anonymous if you prefer. Please note however that we'll only be able to reply to any questions raised if you tell us who to reply to!!!
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