Computing and Digital Technology

Head of Dept: Mrs V Campbell

Mrs C. Boyle, Mr M. Dunlop, Miss M. Murphy, Mr J. McCready (Technician)

GCSE	% of GCSE grade	How is it assessed?	Unit title
Unit 1	30%	External Examination (1 hour)	Digital Technology
Unit 2	40%	External Examination (1.5 hours)	Digital Authoring Concepts
Unit 3	30%	Controlled Assessment	Digital Authoring Practice

GCSE	% of GCSE grade	How is it assessed?	Unit title
Unit 1	30%	External Examination (1 hour)	Digital Technology
Unit 4	40%	External Examination (1.5 hour)	Digital Development Concepts
Unit 5	30%	Controlled Assessment	Digital Development Practice

Module	% of AS or A2 grade	How is it assessed?	Module Title
AS Module 1	50% of AS 20% of A-Level	External Examination (2 hours)	AS 1: Introduction on to Object Oriented Development
AS Module 2	50% of AS 20% of A-Level	Internal assessment	AS 2: Event Driven Programming
A2 Module 1	30% of A-Level	External Examination (2 hours)	A2 1: Systems Approaches and Database Concepts
A2 Module 2	30% of A-Level	Internal assessment	A2 2: Implementing Solutions

Module	% of AS or A2 grade	How is it assessed?	Module Title
AS Module 1	50% of AS 20% of A-Level	External Examination (1½ hours)	AS 1: Approaches to Systems Development
AS Module 2	50% of AS 20% of A-Level	External Examination (1½ hours)	AS 2: Fundamentals of Digital Technology
A2 Module 1	40% of A-Level	External Examination (2½ hours)	A2 1: Information Systems
A2 Module 2	20% of A-Level	Internal assessment	A2 2: Application Development (Case Study)

Year 8
Computing @ LGS, Office Skills, Computer Systems, Spreadsheets & Modelling, Decomposition & Algorithms and Scratch.

Year 9
Digital Footprints, Systems Software, Digital Image Manipulation, Binary, Game Design and Stop Motion Animation.

Year 10
Legislation, C# Programming, Careers, Computer Processing, Databases and Web Design.

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