Digital Technology Year 11

 2010 Digital Media Course Outline

2010 Computing and Information Management Course Outline

 

Course Outline - and Assessment Information Level 1 Digi Tech

2009

 

The course aims: 

• To provide students with an opportunity to carry out technological practice in the area of Information and Communication Technology
  
• To enable students to formulate a brief to meet a selected need or opportunity
  
• To enable student to develop an outcome through technolgical practice to address a given brief
  
• To develop students ability to express their creativity when designing and making computer based outcomes to an issue
  
• To enable students to develop their ability to communicate their ideas through multimedia applications

 

This Level 1 Computer Technology (ICT) course contributes 24 credits towards the Level 1 National Certificate in Educational Achievement (NCEA).

Four (4) of these credits are from NZQA Generic Computing Unit Standards.

 

The course is divided into the following topics of work:

• The technological design process including stakeholder consultation, creating a plan of action, researching key factors, writing a brief, designing the best outcome and evaluating an outcome
  
• Multimedia elements in presentations such as animation, video and sound
  
• Web site creation using the Macromedia Web Site Design suite of software
  
• Create an interactive educational learning tool using visual basic programming and PowerPoint
  
• All work will be presented in portfolio format detailing the technological process that has been followed to create the outcome
  

 Assessments:

Unit One: Web Design

Generic Computing Unit Standards

• 2792 -   Produce computer graphics using templates. 2 credits
  
  
• 18734 - Create a web site using a template. 2 credits
  
  
  

Unit Two: Interactive Learning Tool

• 90050 -
  Present an outcome developed through technological practice that addresses the requirments of a brief.
  6 credits
  
  
• 90045 -
  Develop an outcome through technological practice to address a given brief.
  4 credits
  
  

External Element:

• 90049 -
  Demonstrate understanding  of technological knowledge.
  4 credits