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• VCDTCD009

  Follow, and with assistance, represent a sequence of steps and decisions (algorithms) needed to solve simple problems

  Elaborations

  • re-sequencing a known everyday activity using visual images or verbal cues
  • experimenting with very simple, visual step-by-step procedures to explore using a device or completing a task, for example printing a picture or starting a game
  • identifying sequences of instructions or events that are commonly experienced such as the sequence of traffic lights or instructions for making a sandwich
  • following two to three-step series of instructions to use a piece of hardware or software, for example locating a website by keying in its URL or inserting an image in a file

  VCDTCD009 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Level C | Creating Digital Solutions

• VCDTCD012

  Follow and represent a sequence of steps and decisions (algorithms) needed to solve simple problems

  Elaborations

  • taking and using photos to represent the sequence of events, for example placing in order photos of buildings/rooms that need to be passed when getting from the classroom to the front school gate
  • viewing a game and listing the number of levels within it
  • writing a simple set of instructions to sequence events, for example the processes involved in making toast with jam
  • recognising sequences of instructions or events that are commonly experienced such as crossing a road that has traffic lights

  VCDTCD012 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Level D | 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

• VCDTDS001

  React to the use of some common digital systems, (hardware and software components), as they experience their purpose

  Elaborations

  • experiencing digital systems used within everyday life and school programs, for example phones, printers, cameras, multimedia presentations, tablets, games
  • using voice and body movements to make sounds in a microphone
  • experiencing cause and effect devices, for example touch keys on a banana keyboard
  • experiencing and playing with switches, for example a jelly bean switch
  • experiencing changes in a program due to the activation/deactivation of a switch by another, coactively or through individual exploration

  VCDTDS001 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Level A | Digital Systems

• VCDTDS007

  Initiate some basic functions on common digital systems (hardware and software components) to meet a purpose

  Elaborations

  • developing motor skills to slide, double tap and beginning to use a mouse to activate or manipulate a game
  • using two switches for two functions
  • exploring various digital systems to operate a program, for example using a keyboard to type, a mouse or stylus to draw and using appropriate pressure to activate a key
  • using devices purposefully, for example scanning and selecting a program or adjusting the volume

  VCDTDS007 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Level C | Digital Systems

• VCDTCD044

  Evaluate how well student-developed solutions and existing information systems meet needs, are innovative and take account of future risks and sustainability

  Elaborations

  • comparing student-developed solutions with existing solutions that solve similar problems, for example identifying differences in the user interface of two adventure games and explaining how these differences affect the usability or appeal of the game
  • judging the quality of a student-developed solution based on specific criteria such as meeting an economic need or contributing to social sustainability
  • investigating what features of touch input rather than keyboard or mouse input contribute to their success in meeting a wide range of needs, for example mimicking a common movement such as expanding or contracting a hand to change the size of an object on screen, suits users with a range of dexterity
  • evaluating the success of information systems in meeting an economic, environmental or social objective, for example interviewing a local business owner to find out how effectively their information system supports a business objective such as increasing market share
  • considering the effects of e-waste on societies and environments, for example the impacts of toxic chemicals when hardware is disposed of, and the practice of dumping unwanted digital systems overseas, particularly in the Asia region
  • comparing cloud-based information systems to client-based information systems on the basis of security of transmitted and stored data and energy costs

  VCDTCD044 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 7 and 8 | Creating Digital Solutions

• Technologies | Design and Technologies: Learning in Design and Technologies

  In Design and Technologies, students are actively engaged in the processes of creating designed solutions for personal, domestic and global settings for a sustainable future. For younger children, this usually involves personal and family settings, where there is an immediate, direct and tangible...

  Overview material | Design and Technologies

• Design and Technologies: Levels 9 and 10 description

  In Levels 9 and 10, students use design thinking, design and technologies knowledge and understanding, processes and production skills to produce designed solutions to identified needs or opportunities of relevance to individuals, local, national, regional and global communities.

  Students undertake...

  Level description | Technologies | Design and 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: 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

• VCDTDI027

  Examine how whole numbers are used as the basis for representing all types of data in digital systems

  Elaborations

  • recognising that digital systems represent all types of data using number codes that ultimately are patterns of 1s and 0s
  • explaining that binary represents numbers using 1s and 0s and these represent the on and off electrical states respectively in hardware and robotics
  • recognising that the numbers 0, 1, 2 and 3 could be represented by the patterns of two binary digits of 00, 01, 10 and 11
  • representing whole numbers in binary, for example counting in binary from zero to 15, or writing a friend’s age in binary
  • exploring how division by two can be used as a technique to determine the binary representation of any whole number by collecting remainder terms
  • representing the state of an object in a game as active or inactive using the respective binary values of 1 or 0

  VCDTDI027 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 5 and 6 | Data and Information

• VCDSCD032

  Plan a sequence of production steps when making designed solutions

  Elaborations

  • determining planning processes as a class, for example, recording a procedure, writing a production plan or creating time plans
  • managing time and resource allocation throughout production, for example materials, tools, equipment and people
  • identifying the steps in a mass production process
  • sequencing steps to collaboratively produce a designed solution

  VCDSCD032 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 3 and 4 | Creating Designed Solutions | Planning and managing

• VCDTDI015

  Collect, explore and sort data, and use digital systems to present the data creatively

  Elaborations

  • collecting, and sorting data through play, for example collecting data about favourite toys and sorting the results into categories such as toys they like or dislike
  • locating image or text data, for example searching through a digital photo library, taking into account cultural considerations such as appropriate use of images of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
  • exploring, imagining and comparing the usefulness of different data displays, for example jointly creating simple column graphs and picture graphs to represent different types of items
  • exploring and creating graphs to represent classroom data, for example collecting data on the country of birth of each student and presenting the results as a picture graph
  • using digital systems to organise data to improve meaning, for example using visualisation software to create a mind map (diagram) showing relationships between characters in a story
  • using common software to present data creatively, for example using word processing, multimedia, graphic, numeric and presentation software to create a slideshow, movie, sounds, image, chart, word art, poster or drawing

  VCDTDI015 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Foundation to Level 2 | Data and Information

• VCDSCD030

  Select and use materials, components, tools and equipment using safe work practices to produce designed solutions

  Elaborations

  • using appropriate technologies terms to confidently describe and share with others procedures and techniques for making, for example cutting and joining materials
  • exploring ways of joining, connecting and assembling components that ensure success, and the impact digital technologies have had on these processes
  • using tools and equipment accurately when measuring, marking and cutting; and explaining the importance of accuracy when creating designed solutions, for example, creating a template, measuring ingredients in a recipe, sowing seeds
  • selecting and using materials, components, tools, equipment and processes with consideration of the environmental impact at each stage of the production process
  • demonstrating safe, responsible and cooperative work practices when making designed solutions

  VCDSCD030 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 3 and 4 | Creating Designed Solutions | Producing

• VCDSCD064

  Develop project plans to plan and manage projects individually and collaboratively taking into consideration time, cost, risk and production processes

  Elaborations

  • producing, explaining and interpreting drawings; and planning production timelines using digital technologies
  • creating production flow charts using digital technologies to ensure efficient, safe and sustainable sequences
  • establishing materials and equipment needs using digital technologies such as spreadsheets
  • collaborating to develop production plans for equitable distribution of work
  • investigating manufacturing processes to identify strategies to enhance production

  VCDSCD064 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 9 and 10 | Creating Designed Solutions | Planning and managing

• VCDSCD021

  Use personal preferences to evaluate the success of design ideas, processes and solutions including their care for environment

  Elaborations

  • developing criteria for success with teacher guidance including consideration of impact on environment
  • recording a judgment about design ideas with teacher guidance, for example expressing own likes and dislikes about a design idea
  • reflecting on the processes and challenges of creating a designed solution and sharing these reflections using digital technologies, for example when growing a food product, designing a structure to take a load or making a nutritious snack
  • suggesting areas for design improvement

  VCDSCD021 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Foundation to Level 2 | Creating Designed Solutions | Evaluating

• VCDTCD042

  Design algorithms represented diagrammatically and in English, and trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors

  Elaborations

  • investigating and designing some common algorithms, such as to search, sequence, sort, merge and control data structures
  • checking the accuracy of an algorithm before it is implemented, for example desk checking it with test data to see if the instructions produce the expected results
  • using diagrams to describe key decisions, for example creating flowcharts using digital systems to describe a set of computational instructions
  • using structured English to express algorithmic instructions, for example using conventional statements such as ‘while’ and ‘endwhile’ in a ‘while loop’ when describing interactive instruction

  VCDTCD042 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 7 and 8 | Creating Digital Solutions

• VCDTDI002

  React to patterns and different types of data and experience how data is sorted and represented as images using digital systems

  Elaborations

  • experiencing how their movements can create sounds and visual effects
  • using numeric data and displaying them as images, for example selecting and displaying photos of classmates who are present at school on a given day
  • experiencing the use of visual data, for example searching through a school-based digital photo library to select an image of themselves and significant people in their life
  • experiencing different types of data processing by digital systems, for example images, sound, text and numbers

  VCDTDI002 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Level A | Data and Information

• VCDTDI011

  Collect, sort, and recognise, with assistance, different types of patterns in data, and use digital systems to represent data as pictures, symbols and diagrams

  Elaborations

  • collecting, sorting and displaying data in a personally meaningful way, for example collecting leaves, sorting them into groups based on size, shape or colour and using a drawing program to represent the findings
  • sorting like objects based on a given classification, for example group shoes based on colour or size and presenting the findings
  • examining and continuing a simple repeated pattern with given objects, movement or sounds
  • using common software to present ideas creatively, for example creating a slideshow, poster, drawing or image about a wishful holiday destination

  VCDTDI011 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Level D | Data and Information

• VCDTDS010

  Carry out some key functions on digital systems (hardware and software components) to meet a purpose

  Elaborations

  • identifying and using different techniques to carry out an instruction, for example a control key or mouse to close a file, or a mouse or hand movement to resize an image, or a stylus or selecting an existing object to create a shape
  • using some features of a computer to carry out a number of functions, for example saving work, moving the cursor and scrolling within a file
  • using icons to operate familiar software such as Save, Favourites, Home

  VCDTDS010 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Level D | Digital Systems