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Nicholas Breakspear School offers gifted and talented students in year nine to trial the vocational award in digital applications qualification.
AiDA is a revolutionary new paperless qualification designed to equip students with relevant, practical and transferable IT skills. It is unique in its course content and exam delivery; it is designed to equip students with the skills required by the highly competitive workplace.
What will I do?
You will study one unit: Using ICT.
This will cover a range of applications including word processing and DTP, spreadsheets, presentation software, website software, artwork and imaging software.
To include:
Plan and manage a project
Gather information from a variety of sources e.g. conducting a survey
Collate and analyse data to produce information e.g. creating a database, database reports
Present and communicate information using, for example, a formal letter, leaflet, web page, report, presentation
Present evidence in an e-portfolio
Review the project
How will I be assessed?
This course has a ‘paperless’ assessment. This means that the work you produce is done on screen and linked together to form an electronic portfolio of work or e-portfolio. This is based on an assignment that is set by the exam board, which needs to be completed in a classroom environment and takes about 30 hours. This type of assessment replaces any exams.
At home?
You will need to complete some of the assignment in your own time. You can use the websites opposite for guidance on the different AIDA components
Key Dates
The Planning Task hand in date is March
The Research Task hand in date is the week of March
The Collection and Analysis of data task hand in date is the week of April
The Presentation and Communication task hand in date is the week of April
The e-portfolio task hand in date is the week of May
The project review task hand in date is the week of June
Improvements to the coursework June - September
Final assignment deadline October
It is important that these dates are adhered to as the current project brief only lasts two years. Your ICT teacher will set you specific dates as homework.
