Essential Skills ICT Levels 1 and 2 Pilot

Essential Skills ICT Levels 1 and 2 Pilot 2007 -2008 Greenmount Agriculture College 30 August 2007

Assessment • Assessment entirely by portfolio Learners often hold their evidence in a folder or file, and we refer to this as a ‘portfolio of evidence’ • The portfolio will be assessed using a project which will be made up of purposeful activities all linked to show coverage of the standards. • One (or more) activities set in the learner’s context • Discrete additional material

e-portfolio - definition An e-portfolio is a digitised collection of artefacts that represents the learner’s evidence. The collection can be textbased, graphic or multimedia, archived on a website or another electronic media such as a CD-ROM, DVD, USB pen.

Meeting the level Level 1 • Confident the candidate is applying ICT skills independently to meet the needs of the activity. • Fit for a clear purpose and set in context • Sufficient to show the range of skills • Understanding of why they are using ICT

Meeting the level Level 2 • Candidate needs to be confident in selecting and applying ICT skills independently • Work with a certain amount of autonomy • Decide which tools to use and select appropriate software applications • Fit for purpose and set in context • Sufficient to show the range of skills • Meets the needs of the intended purpose and audience

Meeting the level • Sufficient • Rigour • Scope • Complexity

Meeting the level • • Levels 1 and 2 Increase in complexity from 1 to 2 Complex task at level 2 Additional specific requirements at level 2

Nature of Evidence • 1. 1 – 1. 3 and 2. 1 – 2. 3 • Evidence Requirement – must be met in portfolio • Guidance – exemplification of Evidence Requirement • Assessment Guidance – clarifies how evidence can be presented

Using ICT Systems (1. 1) • A – E (using settings etc) evidence implicit in portfolio • what does implicit mean? • F – (work with files / folders) annotated screen dump • G – I (safety / security) either comments on work or discrete additional material

Find and Exchange Information (1. 2) • A – sources of information (at least 2) • B – (copyright) – comments on work or discrete additional material • C – E (search techniques) implicit in locating and using sources • F– G screen dump of emails with attachments

Develop and Present Information (1. 3) • text, tables, images, numbers and records • to meet above requirement most of a – m will be addressed in portfolio • requirement for “sufficient rigour and scope” • n (review effectiveness) included in the portfolio or as discrete supporting material • n has link with developing information

Using ICT Systems (2. 1) • A – E Implicit within 2. 2 and 2. 3 • F ( file and folder structure) – screen dump • G – I (health and safety / security) – evidence as comments on work or as discrete additional material

Finding and Exchanging Information(2. 2) • complex task • A – minimum of 2 sources of information • B – (copyright and other constraints) evidence as comments on work or discrete additional material • C - E (searching for and using information) implicit in (A) • F – G screen dump / print / comments

Developing and Presenting Information (2. 3) • text and tables, images, numbers, records • A – O evidence in portfolio with “sufficient rigour, scope and complexity” • evidence of ‘most’ of a - o • unlikely to be achieved without using spreadsheet or database • P – (evaluation) included in work or as discrete supporting material

Developing Activities • must be in context of learner • must provide evidence (together with supporting material) to meet the Evidence Requirements for each of 1. 1 – 1. 3 or 2. 1 – 2. 3 • must meet the Assessment Guidance requirements • must allow learners to produce sufficient work with the appropriate breadth and depth for the level

Contact Details City and Guilds Marlborough House 28 – 32 Marlborough House Belfast BT 1 3 GG Ph 028 9032 5689 Ann. daly@ntlworld. com 07785 525114 CCEA Crea Mc. Cormick Joe Doherty

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