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Introduction and Aims

In Year 13 students continue to work towards the EDEXCEL A2 in Applied ICT.  This is a fully accredited A-Level course counting towards students' UCAS points for entry into British Universities at the end of Year 13.

The Edexcel GCE in Applied ICT has been developed to provide a broad educational basis for further training, further education or for moving into appropriate employment within the ICT sector. They have been designed to be delivered in a work-related context and to allow learners to develop an understanding of the ICT sector

Students will receive 7 periods of formal teaching per week but will also need to undertake additional study and develop their e-portfolios which should count for at least a further 5-6 hours per week in school and an additional 5-6 hours a week at home.

 

Term 1

USING DATABASES

  • Database Applications
  • Functional specifications

RELATIONAL DATABASES

  • Database Development
  • Data modelling / EAR
  • Database Structures
  • Validation
  • Normalisations

DATABASE DEVELOPMENT

  • Designing user interfaces
  • Testing database systems

UNIT 7 ASSESSMENT

This unit is externally assessed through a 10 hour practical examination

Term 2

MANAGING IT PROJECTS

  • Examples of projects
  • Stakeholders

PM PRINCIPLES

  • Project proposals
  • Project scope
  • Project organisation
  • Phases of a project
  • Project planning
  • Project execution
  • Deliverables
  • Reviews
  • Project close down
  • End of project review

Term 3

MULTIMEDIA SOFTWARE

  • Applications of multimedia

DESIGNING REAL SOLUTIONS

  • Functional specifications
  • Product design
  • Navigation
  • Graphical Design
  • Interactivity Design
  • Image capture / Video / Sound
  • Animation
  • User interface
  • Testing
  • Distribution
  • Evaluation

 

Assessment Information

The AS course is externally assessed by EDEXCEL.  Students will be expected to complete projects of at least 60 hours each in Terms 1 and 2.  This coursework will be internally moderated and sent to EDEXCEL for marking.

Students must also sit a 10hr assessment for Unit 7

Other Information

Learners who would most benefit fom a GCE in Applied ICT are likely to have:

IGCSE in ICT (Grades A*-C) AND 5 IGCSEs at grade A*-C