Pearson BTEC Level 3 Nationals- Creative Digital Media Production- Unit 3: Digital Media Skills Exam

This booklet contains learning material for the completion of the preparatory work and activities for the set task for Unit 3: Digital Media Skills exam.

ABOUT UNIT THREE EXAM:
The assessment period lasts eight weeks and comprises:

• 5 hours for Activity 1 under supervised conditions
• 15 hours for Activity 2 under supervised conditions.

**The best performing learners clearly used the preparatory period to:

• research their chosen theme
• develop a good understanding of relevant codes and conventions
• explore how the client’s specific requirements have been used in existing media
  products
• gather a range of assets/material from secondary sources

**Specific marking guidance:
The marking grids have been designed to assess learner work holistically.
Rows within the grids identify the assessment focus/outcome being targeted.
When using a marking grid, the ‘best fit’ approach should be used.
● Examiners should first make a holistic judgement on which band most
closely matches the learner response and place it within that band.
Learners will be placed in the band that best describes their answer.
● The mark awarded within the band will be decided based on the quality
of the answer in response to the assessment focus/outcome and will be
modified according to how securely all bullet points are displayed at that
band.
● Marks will be awarded towards the top or bottom of that band depending
on how they have evidenced each of the descriptor bullet points.

**Formal supervision is the equivalent of examination conditions. Learners must work independently, cannot work with other learners, cannot talk about their work to other learners and will only be able to access the materials specified in the assessment.

**Independent preparation is required in this assessment so that learners are able to source assets for their product. Centres need to make provision for this preparation using scheduled lessons and ensuring that learners have access to information and equipment that may be required. Learners should be working independently rather than being taught
or directed.

**Monitored preparation is provided when learners produce materials that are used in any formally supervised session. This includes notes, artefacts, assets, plans etc. as specified in the sample assessment. Monitored sessions are where learners are being directly observed.

They may have, where specified, access to their own outcomes from preparation, access to the internet and use of appropriate resources.
Learners are working independently and teachers/tutors will be able to authenticate that the outcomes for formal assessment meet
the requirements and are authentic. At the end of the monitored preparation, centres will retain the assets which will be provided to learners during the formal supervised assessment.