Digital Information Technology

Exam Board: Pearson

The Pearson BTEC Level 1/Level 2 Tech Award in Digital Information Technology  is for students who want to acquire technical knowledge and technical skills in ICT. They will study the knowledge, understanding and skills related to data management, data interpretation, data presentation and data protection as part of their Key Stage 4 learning.

Additional Information

The Digital Information Technology Level 2 course provides the skills, knowledge and understanding for Level 2 learners to progress to: 

• Level 3 qualifications 
• Academic qualifications, such as GCE A-Level in ICT or Computing 
• Employment within the information technology and/or areas within the creative industries, such as electronic publishing or multimedia production

Possible future careers include ICT practitioner, ICT support, computer repair/maintenance, graphic designer, games developer, animator, administrator, ICT technician, web designer and many more.

Assessment

Students cover three units over the course with a combination of two internal coursework assessments and one external assessment. These give learners the opportunity to develop broad knowledge and understanding of the digital sector and specialist skills and techniques in project planning, designing user interfaces and manipulating and interpreting data at Levels 1 and 2. 

Components 1 and 2 are assessed through internal assessment and component 3 through an external assessment, which builds upon components 1 and 2 and is based upon a real life situation.

Areas studied include:

• The development of core knowledge and understanding of different types of user interfaces, how user interface design principles are used to meet the needs of different users, and how organisations collect, manipulate and interpret data to draw conclusions and make decisions 
• The development and application of skills such as project planning, iterative design of a user interface, using data manipulation tools to create a dashboard, interpreting and drawing conclusions from data 
• Reflective practice through the development of skills and techniques that allow learners to respond to feedback on their design for a user interface and to identify areas for improvement

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