1. Our Course

2. Year 10 Digital Animation Online World Mobile App Mobile App Year 11 Website Personal ‘Portfolio’

3. The Online World “This unit will help you understand the main technologies & processes behind the Internet and investigate how they come together to let you view websites and send information across the world. The Internet & Web of tomorrow will be even more powerful & more important. This will radically change our lives.”

4. The Online World London Mike Manager New York

5. A1 The Online World

7. The Unit 1 exam will be your biggest challenge.

8. The Online World So being able to expand your answers is the key to coping with different types of exam questions

12. The Online World So you MUST develop the basic knowledge PLUS the extended understanding.

13. The Online World So before we start this unit, you need to be clear about what grade you need to achieve in the exam To do this, we’ll use the Grade Calculator tool to explore your potential final grade for this course...

14. ‘Optional’ Units ‘Core’ Units Your Final Grade + +

15. Your final BTEC grade is calculated using points For a start, your grade in each unit is worth a set number of points These points are multiplied by 3 to get your points for that unit... D8 x 3 = 24 M6 x 3 = 18 P4 x 3 = 12 L12 x 3 = 6 U0 x 3 = 0 Your Final Grade

16. ‘Optional’ Units ‘Core’ Units 8 x 3 = 24 D D 4 x 3 = 12 P P 2 x 3 = 6 L1 6 x 3 = 18 M M U4 D = 24 60 U8 P = 12 U1 L1 = 6 U3 M = 18 Your Final Grade

17. Your overall points total for all the units is then used to work out your final grade... Here are the total needed for each final grade... Pass U4 D = 24 60 U8 P = 12 U1 L1 = 6 U3 M = 18 Your Final Grade

19. You enter what grades you hope to get for each unit to see what you could get for your final overall grade There are lots of possible outcomes, depending on what you might get for each unit So let’s look at some examples... Your Final Grade

20. Grade Calculator Straight Passes

21. Grade Calculator Straight Merits

22. Grade Calculator Straight Distinctions

23. Grade Calculator More Realistic

24. Grade Calculator Even More Realistic!

25. Grade Calculator Warning!

26. With Year 11, quite a lot of people achieved a Level 1 pass Many had to resit the exam Most then did better BUT YOU DON’T WANT A RESIT! Warning! Grade Calculator

27. The Online World So now you know a bit more about what we’ll cover in this unit You also know a bit more about why it will be your biggest challenge on this BTEC And you know what kind of grade you should aim to achieve So let’s start with topic number 1...