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ICT

Course Overview

The BTEC Extended Certificate in IT has been developed in collaboration with employers and representatives from higher education and relevant professional bodies. It ensures that the content is up to date and includes the knowledge, understanding, skills and attributes required in the IT sector. 



Assessment Objectives

This is a mandatory unit that is externally assessed by an unseen paper-based examination. You will explore the relationships between the hardware and software that form an IT system, and the way that systems work individually and together, as well as the relationship between the user and the system. You will examine issues related to the use of IT systems and the impact that they have on organisations and individuals. In this unit you will draw on your learning from across your programme to complete assessment tasks. This unit will give you a fundamental and synoptic understanding of all areas of IT, supporting your progression to an IT-related higher education course.

This is a mandatory unit that is externally assessed under supervised conditions. You will study the design, creation, testing and evaluation of a relational database system to manage information. You will examine the structure of data and its origins, and how an efficient data design follows through to an effective and useful database. You will examine a given scenario and develop an effective design solution to produce a database system. You will then test your solution to ensure that it works correctly. Finally, you will evaluate each stage of the development process and the effectiveness of your database solution.

This is a mandatory unit that is internally assessed. You will explore different social media websites, the ways in which they can be used and the potential pitfalls when using them for business purposes. You will develop a plan to use social media strategies for business purposes to achieve specific aims and objectives. You will then implement the plan, developing and posting content and interacting with others. Finally, you will collect data on the businesses use of social media and review the effectiveness of your efforts.

This is an optional unit that is internally assessed. In this unit, you will review existing websites – commenting on their overall design and effectiveness. You will use scripting languages such as Hypertext Mark-up Language (HTML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and JavaScript® and a simple text editor, or rapid application development tools. Finally, you will reflect on the website design and functionality using a testing and review process.

Examination Board:

Pearson

Entry Requirements:

Vocational level 3 courses are advanced courses, we require five grade 9-4 passes (or equivalent) including English language or maths.

Course Level:

BTEC – Level 3

What skills will I develop?

Teamwork: groups are often asked to work on group tasks together promoting collaborative learning.
Employability skills: developed through learning how to use industry-standard software such as EXCEL Spreadsheets and ACCESS Databases
Written communication: there are a variety of ways that assignments are produced, one of the main ones being typed assignments. Students are advised to bring in their own devices.
Research skills: you will develop research skills through tasks that will involve doing group or independent revision using the internet. You will learn how to reference sources of information correctly.
Information technology: in addition to being taught how to use different pieces of software for different purposes, you will also use Cloud Technologies for producing and submitting coursework and accessing IoT.

How will I be assessed?

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Is there anything else I should know?

The new BTEC Level 3 Nationals in ICT have been designed to accredit candidates’ achievement in a modern and practical way that is relevant to the workplace. There is no requirement for candidates to have achieved a Level 2 ICT qualification before progressing to this award.

Progression Routes

Employment in an ICT related role – for example Supervisory or Management Trainee; entry to college or university for further study; work towards work-related and vocational qualifications.