COMPUTING BTEC LEVEL 3 2016/17

Units YEAR 12 Unit 8 - Business Applications of Social Media (M) Unit 15 - Website Development (O) Unit 11 - Digital Graphics and Animation (O) Unit 7 - IT Systems Security and Encryption (M) Unit 1 - Principles of Computer Science (Exam) (M) Unit 2 - Fundamentals of Computer Systems (Exam) (M) YEAR 13

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma in Computing 510 GLH Equivalent in size to 1.5 A Levels. 6 units of which 4 are mandatory and 2 are optional. Mandatory content (76%). External assessment (41%).

Exams

Unit 8 - Business Applications of Social Media 90 GLH Unit 8 - Business Applications of Social Media You will explore how organisations use social media to promote their products and/or services, and implement social media activities for an organisation to meet its business requirements. In this unit you will: A Explore the impact of social media on the ways in which organisations promote their products and services B Develop a plan to use social media in an organisation to meet its business requirements C Implement the use of social media in an organisation

Unit 15 - Website Development 60 GLH Unit 15 - Website Development Learners investigate website development principles. They will design and develop a website using scripting languages. In this unit you will: A Understand the principles of website development B Design a website to meet client requirements C Develop a website to meet client requirements.

Unit 11 - Digital Graphics and Animation 60 GLH Unit 11 - Digital Graphics and Animation You will study the principles, processes and implications of using digital formats to produce and process graphics and animation to meet identified requirements. In this unit you will: A Investigate the purpose and principles of digital graphics and animation B Design digital graphics and animation products to meet client requirements C Develop digital graphics and animation products to meet client requirements.

Unit 7 - IT Systems Security and Encryption 90 GLH Unit 7 - IT Systems Security and Encryption You will study IT system security threats and the methods used to protect against them. You will then undertake activities to protect IT systems from security threats, including data encryption. In this unit you will: A Understand current IT security threats, information security and the legal requirements affecting the security of IT systems B Investigate cryptographic techniques and processes used to protect data C Examine the techniques used to protect an IT system from security threats D Implement strategies to protect an IT system from security threats.

Unit 1 - Principles of Computer Science (Exam) 120 GLH Unit 1 - Principles of Computer Science (Exam) This unit covers the principles that underpin all areas of computer science. It will develop your computational-thinking skills and you will apply those skills to solve problems. A Computational thinking A1 Decomposition A2 Pattern recognition A3 Pattern generalisation and abstraction A4 Algorithm design B Standard methods and techniques used to develop algorithms B1 Structured English (pseudocode) B2 Flowcharts using standard symbols C Programming paradigms C1 Handling data within a program C2 Arithmetic operations C3 Built-in functions C4 Validating data C5 Control structures C6 Data structures C7 Common/standard algorithms D Types of programming and mark-up languages D1 Procedural programming D2 Object-orientated programming D3 Event driven programming D4 Coding for the web D5 Translation Sample exam

Unit 2 - Fundamentals of Computer Systems (Exam) 90 GLH Unit 2 - Fundamentals of Computer Systems (Exam) You will study the fundamental principles of how computer systems work, including the role of hardware and software, the way components of a system work together and how data in a system is used. A Hardware and software A1 Computer hardware in a computer system A2 Computer software in a computer system A3 Data processing A4 Algorithm design B Computer architecture B1 Approaches to computer architecture B2 The concepts of microarchitecture B3 Registers and register handling C How data is represented by computer systems C1 Number systems C2 Text representation C3 Image representation D How data is organised on computer systems D1 Data structures D2 Indices and matrices E How data is transmitted by computer systems E1 Transmitting data E2 Error detection E3 Error correction F The use of logic and data flow in computer systems F1 Boolean logic F2 Flow charts and system diagrams Sample exam