AiDA, CiDA, DiDA Suite of qualifications All information available on the incredibly complex site: http://dida.edexcel.org.uk/home/

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AiDA – Award in Digital Applications CiDA – Certificate in Digital Applications DiDA – Diploma in Digital Applications GCSE equivalents 1 - AiDA 2 - CiDA 4 - DiDA

GCSE Equivalence Worth equivalent to GCSEs and taken at either: Level 2 – Grades A – C Level 1 – Grades C – G http://dida.edexcel.org.uk/home/faq-centres/faqgrading/

Unit Structures D201/D101 – Using ICT D202/D101 – Multimedia D203/D103 – Graphics D204/D104 – ICT in Enterprise

E-Portfolio Examples http://dida.edexcel.org.uk/home/faq-centres/faq-eportfolio/ 15MB http://www.payne-gallway.co.uk/dida201spb/index.html http://www.payne-gallway.co.uk/didaD201/Eportfolio/ http://www.payne-gallway.co.uk/didad202/spb/index.html http://www.payne-gallway.co.uk/didad202/eportfolio/index.html http://www.didaonline.co.uk/eportfolio1/Index.htm

SPB – Summative Project Brief Best way of seeing what the students learn is to examine the exam or SPB. http://dida.edexcel.org.uk/home/spb/ Exam board says do not teach to THE SPB Our first efforts on our intranet Our suggestion is to teach to SPB’s We are going to use our own teaching Scenario and turn it into a teaching SPB

The Process Stage 1 develop & practice skills common scheme for level 1 & 2 Stage 2 chose level Stage 3 work on the spb separate spb’s for level 1 & 2 Stage 4 Finish off eportfolio

Designing Publications Why Clarify ideas Communicate design decisions Record feedback How Storyboards Structure charts Prototypes

Tracking Essentail Tracking Sheet Example

Holistic Marking 4. Project Planning 2. Gather Information 1. Set of Publications 5. Eportfolio 3. Analyse Data 6. Project Review

Grading DiDA units and levels are graded: Pass, Credit, Merit, Distinction. Each unit is marked out of 42 raw marks. Pass – 18, Credit – 24 Merit – 30, Distinction – 36 At Level 2 the equivalencies with GCSE are: Distinction: A*, Merit: A, Credit: B and Pass: C. At Level 1 the equivalencies with GCSE are: Distinction: C, Merit: D, Credit: E and Pass: F/G.

Cashing In Level 1 Level 2 Raw Mark Uniform Total Mark Grade Unit AiDA CiDA DiDA Pass 18 36 72 Credit 24 48 96 Merit 30 60 120 Distinction 144 Maximum 42 84 168 Raw Mark Uniform Total Mark Grade Unit AiDA CiDA DiDA Pass 18 36 72 144 Credit 24 48 96 192 Merit 30 60 120 240 Distinction 288 Maximum 42 84 168 336

Cashing In Examples Grade Awarded : Pass at CiDA Level 2 Candidate 1 Units Completed Entry Level Raw Mark UMS Unit 1 Level 2 27 54 Unit 2 12 24 Unit 3 Not sat Unit 4 Total 78 Grade Awarded : Pass at CiDA Level 2 Other eligible claim : Credit at AiDA Level 2

Cashing In Examples Grade Awarded : Pass at DiDA Level 2 Candidate 2 Units Completed Entry Level Raw Mark UMS Unit 1 Level 2 18 36 Unit 2 Unit 3 Level 1 Unit 4 Total 14478 Grade Awarded : Pass at DiDA Level 2 Other eligible claim : Distinction at CiDA Level 1 Pass at CiDA Level 2 Pass at AiDA Level 2 Distinction at DiDA Level 1

OSCA Internal Moderation Saves exam board moderating Exam board takes your marks http://dida.edexcel.org.uk/VirtualContent/87674/DiDA_0512_xvi.pdf

Shelf Life SPBs valid for one year from December to December

Key success factors Effective prototyping and testing Sense of Audience and Purpose (SoAP) Commentary throughout decision making process Preparation and presentation of evidence Record of feedback and advice sought Effective end-of-project review

Recommendations Use resources available such as CLC Teach to SPB’s Set pupils Seriously look at entry for levels C at level 1 is much easy that level 2 Don’t believe anything EDEXCEL says

Resources Derek Fatchet City Learning Centre – Andrew McGlen Mcglena01@leedslearning.net Alternative Presentation http://www.reviseict.co.uk/dida/index.shtml http://www.dida-delivered.org/ http://freespace.virgin.net/beanie.genie/index2.htm

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