Resources to aid the teaching of KS3 Computing, Creative iMedia, GCSE Computer Science, ECDL, DIT, TLM and BTEC Level 3 IT. If you want to get in touch / discuss alternative payment options - please send a message to me via facebook! You can also browse most of my resources at enjoycomputing.com
Resources to aid the teaching of KS3 Computing, Creative iMedia, GCSE Computer Science, ECDL, DIT, TLM and BTEC Level 3 IT. If you want to get in touch / discuss alternative payment options - please send a message to me via facebook! You can also browse most of my resources at enjoycomputing.com
Third lesson in my series to help teach students how to use the basics of Adobe Illustrator (based on 2023 version)
The focus of the lesson is to help students to learn how to trace images as well be exposed to the rectangle, pen and shape builder tools as they create a lorry. Once the lorry has been created in Tasks 1-5 the focus shifts to the more challenging use of the Pen Tool plus the curvature tool to help make paths easier!
If you use the complete set of lessons this will help to re-practice the skills - needed for student success.
Lesson includes Microsoft PowerPoint presentation (including embedded videos); starter activity; plenary questions (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy); student tasks with Microsoft Word task sheet which acts as a tick sheet and direction to help video.
Suitable for Creative iMedia R094 as students could use Adobe Illustrator alongside Photoshop to design a logo.
Please note: lesson created using 2023 version. Whilst almost all tools will be the same, there may be a few that are not present in earlier versions.
First in a new series of lessons to help students prepare for Unit 6
Covers part of the Learning Aim A: Purpose of Website Products
Lesson includes presentation and activities
Standard version only (PowerPoint presentation; student document in Word format)
All the Enjoy Computing crosswords plus a booklet with them all in and a booklet of all the solutions
Great as a starter, plenary, revision or homework
Solutions not shown in preview so the answers aren’t revealed!
Please note due to the nature of the keywords it may not be possible to include all of the relevant keywords in a crossword
All of our RocketCake crosswords that complement our RocketCake lessons plus a crosswords booklet and solutions booklet
Great as homework, starters, plenaries and assessement
Includes student versions and solutions
Please note due to the nature of the keywords it may not be possible to include all of the relevant keywords in a crossword and the solution is not shown in the preview!
Second lesson in my series to help teach students how to use the basics of Adobe Illustrator (based on 2023 version)
The focus of the lesson is to help students to learn how to use the basic shape tools as well as create their own
If you use the complete set of lessons this will help to re-practice the skills - needed for student success.
Lesson includes Microsoft PowerPoint presentation (including embedded videos); video files; starter activity; plenary questions (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy); student tasks with Microsoft Word task sheet which acts as a tick sheet and direction to help video.
Suitable for Creative iMedia R094 as students could use Adobe Illustrator alongside Photoshop to design a logo.
Please note: lesson created using 2023 version. Whilst almost all tools will be the same, there may be a few that are not present in earlier versions.
Part of a series to prepare students for the BTEC IT Unit 6 Assignment B&C, based on the knowledge I’ve built up running the course
This lesson teaches students how to prepare for the project with skills that can be used to evidence D3
This lesson include a presentation, a folder to compress and a partly completed Gantt chart
Not all parts of the resource are shown in previews
We devised this lesson as part of a series of lessons to motivate less able students to enjoy Python as found PRIMM worked really well
The lessons use Mu but any Python IDE could be used
Includes editable lesson presentation, a worksheet and Python source files (for the MAKE exercise)
The presentation includes animations of some of the coding being typed
Please note it is not possible to display all slides and worksheets within the preview so go to the website to see a bit more
Part of a series to prepare students for the BTEC IT Unit 6 Assignment B&C, based on the knowledge I’ve built up running the course
This unit of work uses RocketCake in order for students to produce their website, however parts of this lesson could still be used as non-software specific in parts
This lesson aims to teach students about how to create testing plans, types of questioning ; how to gain feedback and then optimise their website
This lesson includes: demonstrations (via slides/animations/videos), and then tasks for them to practice including a quiz
Files provided to save time in lesson and RCD files for the teacher to give an example of the completed tasks
Challenge built into some of the slides/tasks
Not all parts of the resource are shown in previews
Fourth lesson in a new series of lessons to help students prepare for Unit 6
Covers part of the Learning Aim A: Purpose of Website Products (Media and objects; Creativity and Innovation)
Lesson includes presentation, memory game and activities
Enhanced version: PowerPoint presentation; student document in Word format
Updated 25/10/22 with new unconvential layout example
Fifth lesson in a new series of lessons to help students prepare for Unit 6
Covers part of the Learning Aim A: Purpose of Website Products (SEO)
Lesson includes presentation and in-class activities
PowerPoint presentation; student activities in Word format
Updated February 2023
Part of a series to prepare students for the BTEC IT Unit 3 Assignment B&C, based on the knowledge we’ve built up running the course
This lesson aims to teach students how to create effective content, remind them about testing and give them some time to practice
The lesson helps prepare students for P5 and M3 as well as help with D2 and D3
This lesson includes a presentation and a practical task to create posts (a selection of images provided)
Please note: the lesson does not cover the setting up, customising and using specific social media platforms
Not all parts of the resource are shown in previews
Part of our Interactive Multimedia Product Practice Series being developed (which could be used at KS3 or to deliver Creative iMedia R087 practice)
This lesson covers interpreting a Client Brief
The lesson includes:
Editable teacher presentation with embedded videos
Editable lesson plan
Student activities:
Client Brief (for them to highlight)
Client Brief (with more line spacing to allow for easier annotation)
Client Brief Annotation (Electronic version to annotate with audio file to read out text)
Scaffolded template for further expansion
Plenary template
Updated 10/10/22 - corrected YouTube link
We devised this lesson as part of a series of lessons to motivate less able students to enjoy Python as found PRIMM worked really well
The lessons use Mu but any Python IDE could be used
Includes editable lesson presentation, worksheets students can fill in and Python source files (for the MAKE exercise)
Please note it is not possible to display all slides and worksheets within the preview so go to the website to see a bit more
Part of a series to prepare students for the BTEC IT Unit 3 Assignment B&C, based on the knowledge we’ve built up running the course
This lesson aims to teach students how to evaluate the campaign and project as a whole
The lesson helps prepare students for D2
This lesson includes a presentation and an activity where students practice evaluating
Please note: the lesson does not cover accessing usage data using specific social media platforms
Not all parts of the resource are shown in previews
Part of a series to prepare students for the BTEC IT Unit 3 Assignment B&C, based on the knowledge we’ve built up running the course
This lesson aims to teach students how to create effective content, remind them about testing and give them some time to practice
The lesson helps prepare students for P6 and M3 as well as help with D2 and D3
This lesson includes a presentation and a practical task to create posts (a selection of images provided)
Please note: the lesson does not cover accessing usage data using specific social media platforms
Not all parts of the resource are shown in previews
Part of our Interactive Multimedia Product Practice Series being developed (which could be used at KS3 or to deliver Creative iMedia R087 practice)
This lesson covers the identification and sourcing of assets
Teacher resources:
Editable teacher presentation with embedded video for sourcing images on Pixabay
Editable lesson plan
Student resources:
Pixabay Image Sourcing Template (.DOCX)
Client Brief
Please note:
Sometimes, not all slides/included resources are shown in previews on the website, if you have any questions please contact us prior to purchase
Part of our Interactive Multimedia Product Practice Series (which could be used at KS3 or to deliver Creative iMedia R087 practice)
This lesson covers repurposing assets; file/folder management; version control; structure and file formats/exporting
Teacher resources:
Editable teacher presentation (PPTX)
Editable lesson plan (DOCX)
Student resources:
Practical task sheet with the relevant files (PDF)
Please note:
Sometimes, not all slides/included resources are shown in previews on the website, if you have any questions please contact us prior to purchase
Part of a series to prepare students for the BTEC IT Unit 6 Assignment B&C, based on the knowledge I’ve built up running the course
This unit of work uses RocketCake in order for students to produce their website, however lessons some of the practical lessons may also be useful if other methods of website production are being used
This lesson aims to remind students about how to add an external hyperlink as well as add internal ones and anchors
This lesson includes: demonstrations (via slides/animations/videos) and then tasks for them to practice
Files provided to save time in lesson and RCD files for the teacher to give an example of the completed tasks
Challenge built into some of the slides/tasks
Not all parts of the resource are shown in previews
Part of a series to prepare students for the BTEC IT Unit 6 Assignment B&C, based on the knowledge I’ve built up running the course
This unit of work uses RocketCake in order for students to produce their website, however lessons some of the practical lessons may also be useful if other methods of website production are being used
This lesson aims to remind students about how to add HTML code (as it was covered a little in previous lessons) as well as teach them how to add additional CSS styles and JavaScript (including one slide on how to add an alert box in the free version)
This lesson includes: demonstration (of creating a Sticky Header), some drag and drop exercises and then tasks for them to practice
Files provided to save time in lesson and RCD files for the teacher to give an example of the completed tasks
Challenge built into some of the slides/tasks
Not all parts of the resource are shown in previews
RocketCake Professional Edition required for some parts of the lesson (this is a relatively inexpensive upgrade for schools)
Part of a series to prepare students for the BTEC IT Unit 6 Assignment B&C, based on the knowledge I’ve built up running the course
This unit of work uses RocketCake in order for students to produce their website, however this lesson would be delivered without it (just remove the finished website resource which they can use to help them review)
This lesson aims to teach students how to review their website as well as consider their skills and behaviours in the project
This lesson includes: lesson presentation; support files for students who have followed the entire SOW in Rocketcake
Challenge built into some of the slides/tasks
Not all parts of the resource are shown in previews