CIDA Digital Applications
- 2. This qualification aims to: • Foster creativity and develop independent learning skills • Challenge young people to reflect on what they produce and strive for excellence • Increase awareness of responsibilities in the digital world and to respect other people’s rights • Equip you with professional, real-world skills in planning, project management and communication
- 3. Pearson Edexcel Level 2 Certificate in Digital Applications (CiDA) Developing Web Products You will need to complete a 2.5 hour practical computer-based examination. There will be one task divided into two activities. • In the first activity, you will have to use web authoring software and other software tools to create a web product for a specified audience and purpose, using a client brief. • In the second activity, you have to evaluate your product. Artwork and Imaging This project brief will require you to produce images and artwork for a specified purpose and audience. You will be expected to: • Design and develop graphic products • Develop scaleable images and artwork • Develop bitmap images and artwork • Exhibit work in an eportfolio • Review the products
- 4. Developing Web Products • This unit aims to give you the skills to use the tools and techniques to design and create effective multimedia products. • You will investigate a range of existing multimedia products to find out how different components are used to convey a particular message. • Finally, you will learn how to combine all the components you have collected into a multimedia product and how to test it thoroughly
- 5. Example work - Developing Web Products
- 6. Artwork and Imaging • This unit aims to give you the skills to use the tools and techniques provided by artwork and imaging software to design and create effective graphic products • You will investigate a range of graphic products to find out how images are used to convey a particular message. • You will learn how to produce images that communicate effectively onscreen and in print and how to combine them with other components to produce graphic products.
- 7. Example work - Artwork and Imaging
- 8. Progression This qualification provides a broad and solid foundation for further study of various aspects of creative computing, such as graphic design, web design, computer games design and interactive media. It supports progress to further study, including: • GCE in Media: Communication and Production • Level 3 BTECs in Creative Media Production • Level 3 BTECs in IT • Level 3 Principal Learning in Creative and Media. • It also enhances young people’s overall digital literacy and gives them a solid foundation for further study and employment.
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