Level 2 Digital Technology
DGT2 Subject DescriptionTeacher in Charge: D. Dewhurst
Entry GuidelinesAn understanding of programming and markup languages. Familiarity with following technology practice in the development of web based digital outcomes.
This course is broken in to two area Developing Digital Outcomes (3DO) and Computational Thinking (CT)
The main project for the digital outcome will be website designed to support the elderly in using modern technologies. The website has to contain original media and satisfy the range of heuristic functions explored the previous year. This process is started by exploring and analyzing a range of existing outcomes associated with the issue. Students then develop the conceptual design before coding the final outcome. The two computer external examination will be sat during exam week, one paper relating to the practice they followed when developing their website, the second about encryption.
Subject Overview
Term 1
Develop a prototype responsive website with original content for a specific audience
Term 2
Use advanced techniques when developing a technological outcome
Term 3
Use advanced programming techniques to develop a program
Term 4
Present a summary of developing a digital outcome
Pathway Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
$30 course consumables, licensing software, stakeholder costs, electronics components and resources.
Pathway Tags
Accountant, Accounts Officer, Advertising, Auditor, Biomedical Engineer, Business Analyst, Computer Support Technician, Contact Centre Worker, Data Entry Operator/Transcriptionist, Database/Systems Administrator, Electronics Engineer, Energy Auditor, Financial Adviser, Financial Dealer, Game Developer, Helpdesk/Support Technician, Information Technology Architect, Information and Communication Technology Manager, Loss Adjuster, Management Consultant, Manager Marketing, Mortgage Broker, Network Administrator, Network Engineer, Procurement Manager, Production Manager, Programmer, Real Estate Agent, Sales and Marketing, Software Architect, Systems Administrator, Telecommunications Engineer, Tertiary Lecturer, Test Analyst, Web Designer, Web Developer, Website Administrator
Disclaimer
An individual course will only run if sufficient students are accepted into the course.
All approvals for courses through this system are subject to satisfactory achievement in remaining internal standards and external examinations. Course Confirmation Day will run at the start of next year, where final approval for each course will be confirmed.