Applied Information Technology

Unit 1 and Unit 2

Semester 1 - Unit 1

Week 1 + 2 - Design Concepts

Introduction to course


Learning Objectives


Week 1 - Resources for design

Lesson 1: Design concepts presentation here


Watch the clickview video entitled Elements and Principles of Design.

Extension : Learn or revise Adobe Illustrator by using the Adobe tutorials here (remember to sign in with your school account)

Lesson 2: The elements of design clip here

 The principles of design clip here

Design concepts worksheet here and hardcopy on my desk

Design elements and principles notes here



Extension : Learn or revise Adobe Illustrator by using the Adobe tutorials here (remember to sign in with your school account)


Lesson 3/4: Typography  presentation  here

Short  educational video on The history of Typography here

Typography notes here

Typography practical worksheet here and hard copy version on my desk

Typography theory worksheet here  and hard copy version on my desk

Typography practical here create fancy fonts using Adobe Illustrator

Typography practical alternative here create images using only type, suggest using  Microsoft Word

Website resources about typography and its effect on media here


Extension : Learn or revise Adobe Illustrator by using the Adobe tutorials here (remember to sign in with your school account)

Week  2 - Resources for design

Lesson 1: Composition presentation here


Further reading : Visit this the website  Elucidate for more information here
Task: Design a poster on the Elements and Principles of design.  
Lesson 2/3/4: Finish off any tasks or worksheets from  week one. 

Extension

Practice your design skills using either Adobe Illustrator.

Week 3 + 4 - Application Skills

Learning Objectives

  


Resources

Word Processing presentation  here

Canons of page construction article here

Word processing worksheet here

If you need ideas on topics, you can find some here or you can ask AI for a document to format


Extension

Practice your design elements and principles knowledge here Note: this site covers more  of them than you need.

InDesign task is here the use of a AI is acceptable to help you with the data involved.

Week 5 + 6 - Impacts of Technology 

Learning Objectives 

Resources

Impacts of Technology presentation here 

Impact of technology website here

Possible future technology here 

Really interesting topics here

Extension

Design a website to promote your favourite music artist. 


Week 7 + 8 - Hardware

Learning Objectives


Resources

Hardware presentation  to be viewed here

Work your way through this course on GCF Global here

Worksheet to be completed here

And at the BBC bitesize page  here

Useful websites here and here

Week 9 + 10 + 11 - Application skills  - Spreadsheets 

Learning Objectives

Resources

Introduction to spreadsheets_1 here

Spreadsheets with orb here

Global has a unit on Excel here

Further excel topics here

Week 12 - Application Skills - Email

Learning Objectives

Resources

Email presentation here 

Email basic tutorial here

Email safety here

Beyond email here

Week 13 - Project Management

Learning Objectives


Project management presentation here

Target Audience practice task presentation here

GFC Global Intro to Graphic Design course here

GFC Global Design in the world around us here

GFC Global Canva social media here


Week 14 - 19 - Project

Learning Objectives

Resources

Logos meaning and cost here

What makes a good logo here

Link to  logo tutorials here

Example logo design sketches here

Worksheet can be found here


Semester 2 - Unit 2

Week 1 + 2 Managing Data

Course review 


Learning Objectives

Resources

Watch the presentation here

Google course on how to search here

GCF Global has a course on searching here

Activity

Design your own escape room to test users Googling skills, presentation to help here

Week 3 + 4 - Impacts of Technology

Learning Objectives 

Resources

Impacts of Technology crimes presentation here

Impacts of Cyber privacy here

YouTube video on Stuxnet here

Privacy  in practice course here

Visit Grok Learning and complete courses on cybersecurity here

Visit Cyber Start to practice your hacking skills here

Week 5 + 6 - Networks

Learning Objectives 


Resources

Networks class presentation here

Watch the Computer Science Crash Course - Networks here

Watch the Computer Science Crash Course - The Internet here

Watch the Computer Science Crash Course - The Worldwide Web here

Worksheet can be found here


Week 7 + 8 - Application Skills Presentation Software

Learning Objectives 

 


Resources


Presentation software here

YouTube video overview of Microsoft PowerPoint here

Week 9 + 10 - Application Skills Image Manipulation

Learning Objectives 

  


Resources


Presentation can be found here

YouTube video overview here

High resolution images can be found here at Pexels

Or free stock image here 

 





Week 11 - Application Skills Database

Learning Objectives 

  

 

Resources 


Presentation here

Tutorial here


Week 12 + 13 + 14 + 15 + 16 - Project Management

Learning Objectives 

  


Resources


Google Digital Garage course here

10 genius social media campaigns here

7 great social media advertising campaigns here