Sample course outline Applied Information Technology – General Year 12 Unit 3 – Semester 1 – information and communications technologies Week Key teaching points Knowledge Skills 1–3 Course introduction overview of Unit 3 assessment requirements Impacts of technology referencing techniques for digital publications acknowledgement of the intellectual property (IP) owner Hardware purpose of the central processing unit (CPU) purpose of memory/storage types of memory/storage primary secondary types of peripheral devices types of computer systems desktop systems mobile devices server purpose of an operating system (OS) types of operating systems Windows Mac OS iOS Android Linux identification of software compatibility issues, including: running older software on current hardware running newer software on older hardware considerations for the purchase of hardware, including: cost specifications user needs physical maintenance strategies for use of a computer system, including: use of an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) environmental temperature control Impacts of technology apply appropriate referencing techniques for digital publications Hardware select hardware and software for a specified purpose, including the minimum hardware requirements to run software problem-solving skills for a range of simple computer problems, including: no sound frozen screen, keyboard and mouse no connection to a data projector 4 Project management project management considerations, including: scope time resources client brief Project management apply the elements of design and the principles of design relevant to a particular design brief apply a design process to create a digital product, design and/or digital solution
7 Impacts of technology purpose of the Copyright Act 1968 (Australia), including: fair dealing private use moral rights concept of digital citizenship responsible use of social networking forms of cyber bullying strategies to manage/limit cyber bullying the impact of digital technologies on work-life balance the concept of social networking the impact of social networking technologies on traditional methods of information publication and distribution, including use of mobile devices 8–15 Design concepts the elements of design line shape texture colour the principles of design balance emphasis (contrast and proportion) dominance unity (proximity and repetition) relationship between the elements of design and the principles of design typography typeface size alignment format spacing compositional rules rule of thirds grid and alignment Design concepts identify and explain the elements of design and the principles of design in an existing digital product and/or solution modify a digital product and/or digital solution(s) to meet a design need/consideration apply the elements of design and principles of design when developing a digital product and/or solution create accurate visuals/layouts apply principles of layout and composition develop and apply detailed annotations for digital designs, relevant to a particular design brief apply the elements of design and the principles of design relevant to a particular design brief Unit 4 – Semester 2 – Digital technologies in business Week Key teaching points Knowledge Skills 1 Course introduction overview of Unit 4 assessment requirements review of Unit 3 Managing data the concept of cloud computing Managing data
5–7 Networks the concept and purpose of computer networking advantages and disadvantages of computer networking types of transmission media, including: fibre wired wireless the concept of transmission rates network components for internet connection server router network interface card (NIC) switch modem network topologies for local area network (LANs) wired star wireless client server peer-to-peer Networks design a suitable LAN topology for a home network 8–10 Revision of design concepts the elements of design the principles of design relationship between the elements of design and the principles of design typography compositional Application skills features of animation software frame by frame tweens buttons simple actions stop start move object features of audio software, including: editing converting exporting Application skills use animation software edit audio files create a navigation map use web authoring software use multimedia applications to edit and create digital product and or digital solution 11–16 Application skills features of web authoring, including: hyperlinks graphics templates types of files cascading sheet (.css) hypertext markup language file (.htm/.html) types of online collaboration Application skills create a navigation map use web authoring software use multimedia applications to edit and create digital product and or digital solution Project management apply project management techniques to meet client requirements for a design brief