ICT in Libraries

Just to remind anyone attending the Computing & IT Showcase event on the 18th of August at the Radisson that there are these awards you may want to investigate – Diploma in Applications of ICT in Libraries Advanced Diploma in Applications of ICT in Libraries These awards are now being successfully rolled out and your contacts for these awards are Angela Lees (Angela.Lees@sqa.org.uk), Qualifications Officer, and Bob Marren (Bob.Marren@sqa.org.uk), Business Development Manager. If you are not able to attend this…

Review of the CIW Course Materials

The SQA have recently carried out and funded a review and brief mapping exercise between the CIW (Certified Internet Webmaster) materials. A message has been posted to the Computing and Multimedia Smartgroups with the report being uploaded to the root folder of each of these electronic noticeboards. The file is called ‘CIW_SQA_Review’ and I hope that it is useful to front-line assessors. Mike Jannetta0845 213 5473

IT SVQs – Smartgroup

Unfortunately the previous IT SVQ Smartgroup seemed to be having technical problems recently and members who were subscribed had been removed from the group automatically in error. This problem has now been resolved and a new SVQ Smartgroup has been created with all SVQ IT related documentation uploaded. Please take a few minutes to re-subscribe by e-mailing the address below: svqit-subscribe@smartgroups.com

GU (Examination) Exemplars

Welcome back, we hope that you have all had a good relaxing break and looking forward to the new academic year. Here’s some advanced information on what’s happening with the development of the examination assessment exemplars for the 2006/7 academic year – We will be removing all previous exemplars from the secure website and these should not be used in a centre after August 2006. We have the following examination exemplars in production – 3 assessment exemplars covering HNC Computing…

We have recently created a number of on-line learning materials as part of an ESF project covering a number of the mandatory units in the HNC Computing. We are interested in persuing this further and are looking to create additional on-line learning materials for the HNC Information Technology. This will be presented at the evnt on the 18th of August and your contact for this initiative and development is Caroline Douglas (e-mail) and her telephone number is 0845 213 5476.…

Possible PDAs in Computing/IT

We have asked Syd Woods (syd.woods@north-gla.ac.uk) to carry out a new look at and research into possible new PDAs within the Computing and I.T. curriculum. We have a number of vendor PDAs available for delivery but we are interested in what other kinds of PDAs (ie bite-size learning courses) that could be created to assist part-time/evening provision in centres. We would be grateful if you could find the time to read over Syd’s proposals which he has uploaded to the…

HN Multimedia – Specifications Modified

We have updated a number of HN Unit Specifications within HN Multimedia Awards. At the Focus Group meetings held in June, we discussed the current Graded Units and the difficulties in defining the standard of the student deliverable(s) through these awards. I stated that we could modify these specifications and take them to the QST (Qualifications Support Team) for authorisation to replace the current versions. I immediately instigated this work and I have just uploaded these new versions in PDF…

18th August – Showcase Event

The 18th of August Computing & IT Showcase Event is now full and we cannot accept any additional booking as we have reached our quota (re Health & Safety requirements) for the venue. If this causes a problem for a centre, who haven’t registered anyone, then please e-mail me (mike.jannetta@sqa.org.uk) and if there are any cancellations then we will try and get one representative from your centre in attendance. We have 120+ booked to attend! Mike Jannetta0845 213 5473

PDA Certificate in IT Service Management

Bringing ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) to the field has caused many to say ‘What is ITIL?’ and is a new item/area for many individuals. ITIL belongs to OGC (Office of Government Commerce) and details can be found at the following websites (www.ogc.gov.uk/ or www.itil.co.uk/). It is the SQA’s intention to present ITIL to the field with two presentation slots allocated at the event on the 18th of August (ie The Computing and IT Showcase Event). Yes, we are still working…

HN Information Technology

Just to keep everyone up-to-date. The HNC Information Technology is a validated course and now available to centres. The HND resulting from this award has been validated subject to certain conditions being addressed. The QDT (Qualifications Design Team) reckon that they have addressed these conditions and the Validation Team were re-convening to review this work on Thursday the 29th of June. However, due to operational issues, this meeting in now being re-scheduled for mid-August (hopefully the 16th). If you require…