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Information and Software Technology – Areas for Assessment

Computer software and hardware
Activities: Current and Emerging Technologies for Use in a Doctor's Surgery - Report, Designing a Database, Digital Media Project, Data Storage, Graphics Package Presentation, Multimedia Presentation
Information and software technologies and society
Activities: Current and Emerging Technologies - Presentation Report, Current and Emerging Technologies for Use in a Doctor's Surgery - Report
Designing and developing software solutions
Activities: Designing a Database, Digital Media Project, Doctor's Surgery Data Privacy Policy, Data Storage, Graphics Package Presentation, Multimedia Presentation
Communication and collaborative practices
Activities: Digital Media Project, Doctor's Surgery Data Privacy Policy, Data Storage, Graphics Package Presentation, Multimedia Presentation
Responsible and ethical practices
Activities: Current and Emerging Technologies - Presentation Report, Current and Emerging Technologies for Use in a Doctor's Surgery - Report, Doctor's Surgery Data Privacy Policy, Data Storage, Graphics Package Presentation

Areas for assessment provide a framework for structuring an assessment program, and may be used for reporting student achievement. They are derived from the course objectives, so they are linked to the course outcomes. Areas for assessment can be used as organisers for assessment of student achievement.

Good assessment practice involves designing quality assessment activities that enable students to demonstrate their achievements. Teachers can use the areas for assessment when designing an assessment activity, to ensure it is assessing performance in relation to a grouping of outcomes.

In designing the assessment schedule for a course, teachers may find it useful to map each planned assessment activity to one or more of the areas for assessment. This allows teachers to ensure that assessment in relation to outcomes can occur across the year in a manageable way.

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