Course Content
The qualifications aim is to develop your knowledge, understanding and skills of the principles of IT and Global Information Systems. You will gain an insight into the IT sector as you investigate the pace of technological change, IT infrastructure, the flow of information on a global scale, and the importance of legal and security considerations. Designed in collaboration with experts spanning the breadth of the sector, the Level 3 Cambridge Technicals in IT focus on the requirements that today’s universities and employers demand.
This pathway focuses on the use and development of virtual and augmented reality and emerging technologies for application across a range of sectors, to include: mobile technology, digital marketing and the visualisation of Big Data.
The course consists of the following Units:
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Unit 1: Fundamentals of IT
Exam
- Unit 1 – Fundamentals of IT
- Understand computer hardware
- Understand computer software
- Understand business IT systems
- Understand employability and communication skills
- Understand ethical and operational issues and threats to computer systems
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Unit 2: Globalisation
Exam
- Understand where information is held globally and how it is transmitted
- Understand the styles, classification and the management of global information
- Understand the use of global information and the benefits to individuals and organisations
- Understand the legal and regulatory framework governing the storage and use of global information
- Understand the process flow of information
- Understand the principles of information security
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Unit 5 – Virtual and Augmented Reality
Internal assignment
- Understand virtual and augmented reality and how they may be used
- Be able to design virtual and augmented reality resources
- Be able to create a virtual or augmented reality resource
- Be able to predict future applications for virtual and augmented reality
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Unit 13 – Social media and digital marketing
Internal assignment
- Understand digital marketing
- Understand the use of social media in a business
- Be able to plan content and propose appropriate social media channels for digital marketing campaigns
- Be able to develop social media digital marketing campaigns
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Unit 18 – Computer systems – hardware
Internal assignment
- Understand the components of a computer system
- Be able to propose a computer system for identified business requirements
- Be able to build or upgrade computers
- Be able to test and evaluate the functionality of computer systems
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