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• Digital Technologies: Level C description

  In Level C, students intentionally participate in learning experiences and respond more consistently to prompts and simple clear directions from the teacher to support them to learn. They will have opportunities to create a range of digital solutions through structured learning experiences and...

  Level description | Technologies | Digital Technologies

• Digital Technologies: Levels 7 and 8 description

  In Levels 7 and 8, students analyse the properties of networked systems and their suitability and use for the transmission of data types. They acquire, analyse, validate and evaluate various types of data, and appreciate the complexities of storing and transmitting that data in digital systems.

  Stude...

  Level description | Technologies | Digital Technologies

• Technologies | Digital Technologies: Learning in Digital Technologies

  In Digital Technologies, students are actively engaged in the processes of analysing problems and opportunities, designing, developing and evaluating digital solutions, and creating and sharing information that meets a range of current and future needs. Students learn to safely and ethically exploit...

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• Digital Technologies: Levels 3 and 4 description

  In Levels 3 and 4, students explore digital systems in terms of their components and peripheral devices such as digital microscopes, cameras and interactive whiteboards. They collect, manipulate and interpret data, developing an understanding of the characteristics of data and their representation.

  S...

  Level description | Technologies | Digital Technologies

• Digital Technologies: Levels 9 and 10 description

  In Levels 9 and 10, students apply systems thinking skills when considering how human interaction with networked systems introduces complexities surrounding access to, and the security and privacy of, data of various types. They interrogate security practices and techniques used to compress data...

  Level description | Technologies | Digital Technologies

• Digital Technologies: Foundation to Level 2 description

  In Foundation to Level 2, students are introduced to common digital systems and patterns that exist within data they collect. Students organise, manipulate and present this data, including numerical, categorical, text, image, audio and video data, in creative ways to create meaning.

  Students use...

  Level description | Technologies | Digital Technologies

• VCDTCD051

  Design the user experience of a digital system, evaluating alternative designs against criteria including functionality, accessibility, usability and aesthetics

  Elaborations

  • designing the user interface of a solution using story boards and mock-ups, for example mocking up the product design of an app for people with disability
  • identifying similar digital systems and existing user interfaces, assessing whether their elements can be reused
  • evaluating aspects of the total user experience, that is, all aspects of the system as perceived by the users, for example, a user’s initial experience of setting up and using a system, or a user’s emotional or cultural response to using a digital system
  • designing documentation, branding and marketing for a digital solution, for example a product demonstration screencast or ‘getting started’ user guide
  • applying the principles and elements of design to a client’s requirements and evaluating the success of a solution through an iterative feedback process, for example using customer feedback to refine a user interface to provide access to important features more effectively

  VCDTCD051 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 9 and 10 | Creating Digital Solutions

• VCDTCD053

  Develop modular programs, applying selected algorithms and data structures including using an object-oriented programming language

  Elaborations

  • coding separate modules that perform discrete functions but collectively meet the needs of the solution
  • defining classes that represent the attributes and behaviour of objects in the real world or in a game
  • considering different algorithms and selecting the most appropriate based on the type of problem, for example branching algorithms suit optimisation problems and simple recursive algorithms solve the base cases directly
  • selecting different types of data structures such as an array, record and object to model structured data

  VCDTCD053 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 9 and 10 | Creating Digital Solutions

• Digital Technologies: Levels 9 and 10 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 10, students explain the control and management of networked digital systems and the data security implications of the interaction between hardware, software and users.

  Students explain simple data compression, and why content data are separated from presentation. They take...

  Level description | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 9 and 10

• VCDTCD050

  Define and decompose real-world problems precisely, taking into account functional and non-functional requirements and including interviewing stakeholders to identify needs

  Elaborations

  • developing a preliminary specification for an opportunity or a need that typically contains a problem statement, a set of solution needs expressed as functional and non-functional requirements, any assumptions or constraints to be considered and the scope or boundaries of the solution
  • investigating different types of functional requirements for solutions, for example increasing the speed of processing, calculating new results, improving the quality of reports
  • investigating different types of non-functional requirements for solutions, for example considering how the requirements of reliability, user-friendliness, portability and robustness could affect the way people use solutions
  • identifying the range of stakeholders who are associated with solutions but are not direct users and using techniques such as interviewing and reinterviewing to clarify needs
  • using software such as graphic organisers to determine a fundamental cause of a problem or to represent related elements of a problem that need to be jointly addressed in the digital solution
  • testing a range of text and graphical user interface designs with clients who have different needs on the basis of time taken to complete the task and the number of errors made

  VCDTCD050 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 9 and 10 | Creating Digital Solutions

• VCDTDI048

  Analyse and visualise data to create information and address complex problems, and model processes, entities and their relationships using structured data

  Elaborations

  • using visualisation software tools to identify patterns and relationships between sets of data and information, and support abstract reasoning, for example representing data using histograms, network diagrams and maps
  • summarising data using advanced filtering and grouping techniques, for example pivot tables in spreadsheets and aggregation functions in databases
  • automating calculations, for example using absolute cell referencing to automatically extend formulas, and automating arithmetic calculations using built-in functions such as trigonometry, compound interest
  • simulating simple, iterative processes, for example modelling compound interest or ecological models using a spreadsheet
  • documenting the attributes of complex objects and processes using a data dictionary
  • interpreting schemas that represent relationships between entities and querying data across tables, for example using foreign keys to represent relationships and joining tables in structured query language (SQL) SELECT statements

  VCDTDI048 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 9 and 10 | Data and Information

• VCDTDI038

  Analyse and visualise data using a range of software to create information, and use structured data to model objects or events

  Elaborations

  • using features and functions of software to summarise data to create information, for example calculating a simple budget of income and payments and creating a summary table for analysis
  • visualising data to create information, for example displaying geocoded data on a map
  • applying a set of conditions to a spreadsheet to organise and filter data, for example using conditional formatting to highlight the state of particular cells, and filtering and sorting categorical data using column filters
  • querying an existing database to extract data for analysis, for example devising multiple selection criteria or using simple structured query language (SQL) SELECT statements to select records and retrieve specified fields
  • describing the attributes of complex objects, for example defining the records, fields, formats and relationships of a simple dataset
  • modelling the attributes of real-world objects for a computer game

  VCDTDI038 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 7 and 8 | Data and Information

• Digital Technologies: Levels 5 and 6 description

  In Levels 5 and 6, students develop an understanding of the role individual components of digital systems play in the processing and representation of data. They acquire, validate, interpret, track and manage various types of data and are introduced to the concept of data states in digital systems...

  Level description | Technologies | Digital Technologies

• VCDTCD043

  Develop and modify programs with user interfaces involving branching, iteration and functions using a general-purpose programming language

  Elaborations

  • developing and modifying digital solutions by implementing instructions contained in algorithms using a programming language
  • developing a digital game that manipulates models of real-world objects
  • programming a robot to recognise particular objects and to treat them differently, for example to choose objects based on colour
  • creating digital solutions that provide user navigation and prompts with controlled repetitions, for example an information kiosk that has layers of buttons and prompts the user three times before returning to the beginning

  VCDTCD043 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 7 and 8 | Creating Digital Solutions

• Technologies | Digital Technologies: Rationale and Aims

  The VCAA has published the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0. To view the curriculum, familiarisation resources and support material, go to the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0 website.
  
  Go to the VCAA website to explore the timeline for familiarisation and implementation of...

  Overview material | Digital Technologies

• Digital Technologies: Levels 7 and 8 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 8, students distinguish between different types of networks and their suitability in meeting defined purposes.

  Students explain how text, image and sound data can be represented and secured in digital systems and presented using digital systems. They analyse and evaluate data...

  Level description | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 7 and 8

• VCDTDS035

  Investigate how data is transmitted and secured in wired, wireless and mobile networks

  Elaborations

  • explaining that networks have components that control the movement of data, for example routers, hubs, switches and bridges manage data traffic and that the characteristics of these components impact on the operation (speed and security) of networks
  • explaining how cellular radio towers (transceivers) and mobile phones work together to create mobile networks
  • comparing the reliability and speed of transmitting data through wireless, wired and mobile networks
  • recognising that there are different communications protocols for transmitting data in networks, for example hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) is used for transferring web page files in a browser, file transfer protocol (FTP) is used for sending and receiving any files over a network and transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) is used for controlling file transfers over the internet

  VCDTDS035 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 7 and 8 | Digital Systems

• Digital Technologies: Levels 5 and 6 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 6, students explain the functions of digital system components and how digital systems are connected to form networks that transmit data.

  Students explain how digital systems use whole numbers as a basis for representing a variety of data types. They manage the creation and...

  Level description | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 5 and 6

• Technologies | Digital Technologies: Scope and Sequence

  The curriculum sets out what students are expected to learn and is designed as a continuum of learning. The curriculum is being presented in a scope and sequence chart to support teachers to easily see the progression and assist in planning teaching and learning programs to meet the diverse needs...

  Overview material | Digital Technologies

• VCDTDS026

  Examine the main components of common digital systems, and how such digital systems may connect together to form networks to transmit data

  Elaborations

  • describing digital systems as having internal and external components that perform different functions, for example external components for inputting data including keyboard, microphone, stylus; internal processing components include the central processing unit; external output components including speakers, projector, screen; and data and information storage components include cloud and external devices
  • explaining how data may be transmitted between two digital systems in different ways, for example that wires or cables are used in wired networks and radio waves are used to transfer data in wireless or mobile networks
  • investigating how the internal and external components of digital systems are coordinated to handle data, for example how a keyboard, central processing unit and screen work together to accept, manipulate and present data and information
  • identifying different types of networks that allow data to be sent between digital systems, for example wired, wireless and mobile

  VCDTDS026 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 5 and 6 | Digital Systems