Sample course outline Applied Information Technology ATAR Year 11 – Semester 1 Unit 1 – Key teaching points Week Knowledge Skills Introduction overview assessment requirements Impacts of technology Impacts of technology appropriate referencing techniques for appropriate referencing techniques for digital publications digital publications acknowledgement of the intellectual property (IP) 1 Hardware hardware components of a computer system purpose of the central processing unit (CPU) purpose of memory/storage types of memory/storage primary secondary types of peripheral devices Hardware types of computer systems desktop systems mobile devices server purpose of an operating system types of operating systems Windows Mac OS iOS Android 2 Linux functions of an operating system (OS) user interface managing system resources managing security and access rights running applications Hardware identification of software compatibility describe criteria when selecting hardware issues and software for a specified purpose, running older software on current including the minimum hardware hardware requirements to run software newer software running on older hardware
Sample course outline Applied Information Technology – ATAR Year 11 Semester 1 – Unit 1 Week Key teaching points Knowledge Skills 1 Introduction overview assessment requirements Impacts of technology appropriate referencing techniques for digital publications acknowledgement of the intellectual property (IP) Hardware hardware components of a computer system purpose of the central processing unit (CPU) purpose of memory/storage types of memory/storage primary secondary types of peripheral devices Impacts of technology appropriate referencing techniques for digital publications 2 Hardware types of computer systems desktop systems mobile devices server purpose of an operating system types of operating systems Windows Mac OS iOS Android Linux functions of an operating system (OS) user interface managing system resources managing security and access rights running applications identification of software compatibility issues running older software on current hardware newer software running on older hardware Hardware describe criteria when selecting hardware and software for a specified purpose, including the minimum hardware requirements to run software