Sample course outline Applied Information Technology General Year 12 – Unit 3 Semester 1 information and communications technologies – – Key teaching points Week Knowledge Skills Course introduction overview of Unit 3 assessment requirements Impacts of technology Impacts of technology referencing techniques for digital publications apply appropriate referencing acknowledgement of the intellectual property techniques for digital publications (IP) owner Hardware Hardware purpose of the central processing unit (CPU) select hardware and software for a purpose of memory/storage specified purpose, including the types of memory/storage minimum hardware requirements to primary run software secondary problem-solving skills for a range types of peripheral devices of simple computer problems, types of computer systems including: desktop systems no sound mobile devices frozen screen, keyboard and server mouse purpose of an operating system (OS) no connection to a data projector 1–3 types of operating systems Windows Mac OS iOS Android Linux identification of software compatibility issues, including: running older software on current hardware running newer software on older hardware considerations for the purchase of hardware, including: cost specifications user needs physical maintenance strategies for use of a computer system, including: use of an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) environmental temperature control Project management Project management project management considerations, including: apply the elements of design and the scope principles of design relevant to a time 4 particular design brief resources apply a design process to create a client brief digital product, design and/or digital solution
Sample course outline Applied Information Technology – General Year 12 Unit 3 – Semester 1 – information and communications technologies Week Key teaching points Knowledge Skills 1–3 Course introduction overview of Unit 3 assessment requirements Impacts of technology referencing techniques for digital publications acknowledgement of the intellectual property (IP) owner Hardware purpose of the central processing unit (CPU) purpose of memory/storage types of memory/storage primary secondary types of peripheral devices types of computer systems desktop systems mobile devices server purpose of an operating system (OS) types of operating systems Windows Mac OS iOS Android Linux identification of software compatibility issues, including: running older software on current hardware running newer software on older hardware considerations for the purchase of hardware, including: cost specifications user needs physical maintenance strategies for use of a computer system, including: use of an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) environmental temperature control Impacts of technology apply appropriate referencing techniques for digital publications Hardware select hardware and software for a specified purpose, including the minimum hardware requirements to run software problem-solving skills for a range of simple computer problems, including: no sound frozen screen, keyboard and mouse no connection to a data projector 4 Project management project management considerations, including: scope time resources client brief Project management apply the elements of design and the principles of design relevant to a particular design brief apply a design process to create a digital product, design and/or digital solution
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