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Iterations / Loops - Python Challenges
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This activity aims to challenge students’ Python programming skills in using iterations / loops. This resource is suitable for students with different abilities, with the source code being available for each challenge. You can easily reuse and adapt our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home, and allows for students to develop their problem-solving skills.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Compliant with the AQA/OCR GCSE Computer Science specifications 8525/J277. This resource contains: 12 challenges provide students with an invaluable opportunity to sharpen their coding skills and problem-solving abilities through using iterations / loops. Source code answers allowing for students to self-evaluate their work or explore a different way of solving the problem.   Other useful resources from us: File Handling - Python Programming Challenges String Manipulation - Python Programming Challenges Software Licenses - Complete Lesson (OCR GCSE J277)   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Feel free to leave any feedback in the review section below! :)
Random Numbers - Python Challenges
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This activity aims to challenge students’ Python programming skills in using random numbers. This resource is suitable for students with different abilities, with the source code being available for each challenge. You can easily reuse and adapt our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home, and allows for students to develop their problem-solving skills.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Compliant with the AQA/OCR GCSE Computer Science specifications 8525/J277. This resource contains: 12 challenges provide students with an invaluable opportunity to sharpen their coding skills and problem-solving abilities through using random numbers. Source code answers allowing for students to self-evaluate their work or explore a different way of solving the problem.   Other useful resources from us: File Handling - Python Programming Challenges Random Numbers - Python Programming Challenges (Free) Encryption - Complete Lesson (OCR GCSE J277)   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Feel free to leave any feedback in the review section below! :)
Binary Crash Course - OCR GCSE Lessons
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This resource covers converting between Binary and Denary (and vice versa), Binary Addition, Binary Shifts, and converting between Hexadecimal and Binary/Denary (and vice versa). It has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a long worksheet with an answer sheet, custom exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the video and the preview image to see what is included! Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best! Duration: 3-4 Lessons This resource is designed to cover: Binary to Denary up to 8 Bits (and vice versa). Most Significant Bit and Least Significant Bit. Adding two Binary Numbers with an explanation about Binary Overflow. Two-digit Hexadecimal to Binary/Denary. Understanding and carrying out Binary Shifts. ⠀ Other complete lessons in Unit 1.2: RAM, ROM, and Virtual Memory (Primary Storage) Units of Storage Secondary Storage Binary Crash Course (Current) Representing Images Representing Sound Representing Characters Compression
Binary Worksheet Generator with Answers!
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Binary Worksheet Generator with Answers!

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Generate an unlimited amount of printable binary worksheets for your students. The following worksheets can be generated: denary to binary (and back), hexadecimal to denary (and back), hexadecimal to binary (and back), binary shifts, and binary addition. In addition, a separate answer sheet is generated. These worksheets can be used when teaching OCR GCSE Computer Science J277. See the video to see how the worksheets are generated! Situations where this resource can be useful: Starter activity Exam practice Homework
Network Performance  - OCR GCSE Lesson
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Network Performance - OCR GCSE Lesson

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This resource teaches students about the performance of computer networks - network latency, transmission errors, bandwidth, type of network traffic, and the number of connected devices. It has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom-made exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the video and the preview image to see what is included! Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best! Duration: 1-2 Lessons This resource is designed to cover: Factors that affect the performance of a computer network: Network Latency Transmission Errors Bandwidth Type of Network Traffic Number of Connected Devices ⠀ Other complete lessons in Unit 1.3: Types of Networks Network Performance (Current) Network Hardware The Internet Network Topologies Encryption (Free) Standards and Network Protocols Network Connections
Binary - Complete Lessons Bundle
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Binary - Complete Lessons Bundle

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Buy these resources together and save 10%. The following resources are included: Binary & Denary to Hexadecimal (OCR GCSE Lesson) Binary to Denary (OCR GCSE Lesson) Binary Addition (OCR GCSE Lesson) Binary Shifts (OCR GCSE Lesson)
Multiple Choice Questions for Paper 2 (Set B)
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Multiple Choice Questions for Paper 2 (Set B)

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These revision questions for computer science paper 2 are designed to sharpen students’ readiness for the exams, by finding any weaknesses in their knowledge and ensuring a thorough grasp of the topic. This activity can be used as a starter, main lesson activity, and even as homework! You can easily reuse and adapt our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Compliant with the OCR GCSE Computer Science specification J277. This resource contains: 55 multiple-choice questions which cover the content found in paper 2, designed to find any gaps in knowledge so students can be ready for the exams! A mark scheme for each question allows for students to self-evaluate their work. ⠀ Other useful resources from us: Grade 9-7 Practice Q’ (Set B) - Exam Q’ Practice (OCR GCSE J277) Long Answer Practice Q’ (Set B) - Exam Q’ Practice (OCR GCSE J277) Random Numbers - Python Programming Challenges   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Feel free to leave any feedback in the review section below! :)
End of Unit Assessment for 1.2 - OCR GCSE J277
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End of Unit Assessment for 1.2 - OCR GCSE J277

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These assessment exam-styled questions for topic 1.2 cover binary, secondary storage, primary memory, representing data… etc. - everything required to evaluate students’ knowledge and proficiency in these foundational subjects. Furthermore, these questions can be used for revision to find area of weaknesses prior to the big day! You can easily reuse and adapt our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Compliant with the OCR GCSE Computer Science specification J277. This resource contains: Assessment for topic 1.2 which is designed to evaluate students’ proficiency and understanding of the content found in this topic. The test has been created in a way to ensure it can be completed within 1 lesson. A mark scheme for each question allows for students to self-evaluate their work or explore a different way of answering the question. A word document format is provided to allow for practice for the digital exams in 2025. ⠀ Total Marks: 40 Suggested Allowed Time: 45 minutes (+25% extra time = 57 minutes) ⠀ Other useful resources from us: Grade 9-7 Practice Q’ (Set B) - Exam Q’ Practice (OCR GCSE J277) Random Numbers - Python Programming Challenges Operating Systems - Complete Lesson (OCR GCSE J277)   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Feel free to leave any feedback in the review section below! :)
Computer Network Basics - Bargain Bundle!
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Computer Network Basics - Bargain Bundle!

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Buy these resources together and save 15%. The following resources are included: Types of Networks (OCR GCSE Lesson) Network Hardware (OCR GCSE Lesson) Network Performance (OCR GCSE Lesson) Network Topologies (OCR GCSE Lesson)
End of Unit Assessment for 1.4 - OCR GCSE J277
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End of Unit Assessment for 1.4 - OCR GCSE J277

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These assessment exam-styled questions for topic 1.4 cover types of network threats, identifying them, and then preventing them… - everything required to evaluate students’ knowledge and proficiency in these foundational subjects. Furthermore, these questions can be used for revision to find area of weaknesses prior to the big day! You can easily reuse and adapt our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Compliant with the OCR GCSE Computer Science specification J277. This resource contains: Assessment for topic 1.4 which is designed to evaluate students’ proficiency and understanding of the content found in this topic. The test has been created in a way to ensure it can be completed within 1 lesson. A mark scheme for each question allows for students to self-evaluate their work or explore a different way of answering the question. A word document format is provided to allow for practice for the digital exams in 2025. ⠀ Total Marks: 28 Suggested Allowed Time: 32 minutes (+25% extra time = 40 minutes) ⠀ Other useful resources from us: 8 Mark Practice Q’ (Set A) - Exam Q’ Practice (OCR GCSE J277) Random Numbers - Python Programming Challenges Laws and Legislation - Complete Lesson (OCR GCSE J277)   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Feel free to leave any feedback in the review section below! :)
End of Unit Assessment for 1.6 - OCR GCSE J277
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End of Unit Assessment for 1.6 - OCR GCSE J277

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These assessment exam-styled questions for topic 1.6 cover ethical and cultural issues issues, privacy and legal issues, environmental issues, laws and legislation… etc. - everything required to evaluate students’ knowledge and proficiency in these foundational subjects. Furthermore, these questions can be used for revision to find area of weaknesses prior to the big day! You can easily reuse and adapt our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Compliant with the OCR GCSE Computer Science specification J277. This resource contains: Assessment for topic 1.6 which is designed to evaluate students’ proficiency and understanding of the content found in this topic. The test has been created in a way to ensure it can be completed within 1 lesson. A mark scheme for each question allows for students to self-evaluate their work or explore a different way of answering the question. A word document format is provided to allow for practice for the digital exams in 2025. ⠀ Total Marks: 30 Suggested Allowed Time: 34 minutes (+25% extra time = 43 minutes) ⠀ Other useful resources from us: 8 Mark Practice Q’ (Set A) - Exam Q’ Practice (OCR GCSE J277) Selections - Python Programming Challenges Software Licenses - Complete Lesson (OCR GCSE J277)   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ ��▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Feel free to leave any feedback in the review section below! :)
Grade 9-7 Practice Questions (Set A) - OCR GCSE J277
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Grade 9-7 Practice Questions (Set A) - OCR GCSE J277

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These difficult exam-styled questions are aimed at students working at grades 9-7. Exam practice questions offer students a targeted and effective way to prepare, ensuring they are confident and successful on the exam day. Challenge your students with our selection of difficult exam practice questions, designed to expand their boundaries. You can easily reuse and adapt our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Compliant with the OCR GCSE Computer Science specification J277. This resource contains: Difficult practice questions allow for students to prepare for success, even when faced with the toughest exam questions - suitable for ace students! A mark scheme for each question allows for students to self-evaluate their work or explore a different way of answering the question. A word document format is provided to allow for practice for the digital exams in 2025. ⠀ Total Marks: 46 Suggested Allowed Time: 52 minutes (+25% extra time = 65 minutes) ⠀ Other useful resources from us: 8 Mark Questions (Set A) - Exam Q’ Practice (OCR GCSE J277) Arrays / Lists - Python Programming Challenges Representing Images - Complete Lesson (OCR GCSE J277)   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Feel free to leave any feedback in the review section below! :)
Paper 1 Exam-Styled Questions (Set B) - OCR GCSE J277
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Paper 1 Exam-Styled Questions (Set B) - OCR GCSE J277

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Revision for Paper 1 - OCR GCSE Computer Science J277 Save 20% with this bundle compared to buying each resource separately. This bundle includes: 8 Mark Practice Questions (Set B) Grade 9-7 Practice Questions (Set B) Long Answer Practice Questions (Set B) Mock Exam Paper 1 (Set B) █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀
Mock Exam Paper 1 (Set B) - OCR GCSE J277
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Mock Exam Paper 1 (Set B) - OCR GCSE J277

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This is a practice paper 1 for computer science, which aims to find any weaknesses in students’ knowledge prior to the exam! Exam practice questions offer students a targeted and effective way to prepare, ensuring they are confident and successful on the exam day. You can easily reuse and adapt our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Compliant with the OCR GCSE Computer Science specification J277. This resource contains: Practice exam paper 1 which allows students to practice their exam technique and find any weaknesses prior to the big day! This mock paper has been designed to contain the correct proportion of AO1 and AO2 questions as per the specification. This means that 42% of the marks are based on AO1, and the remaining 58% based on AO2. A mark scheme for each question allows for students to self-evaluate their work or explore a different way of answering the question. A word document format is provided to allow for practice for the digital exams in 2025. ⠀ Total Marks: 80 Suggested Allowed Time: 90 minutes (+25% extra time = 113 minutes) ⠀ Other useful resources from us: 8 Mark Practice Q’ (Set B) - Exam Q’ Practice (OCR GCSE J277) Subprograms - Python Programming Challenges Representing Sound - Complete Lesson (OCR GCSE J277)   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Feel free to leave any feedback in the review section below! :)
End of Unit Assessments for Paper 1 - OCR GCSE J277
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End of Unit Assessments for Paper 1 - OCR GCSE J277

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End of Unit Assessments for Paper 1 - OCR GCSE Computer Science J277 Save 20% with this bundle compared to buying each resource separately. This bundle includes: End of Unit Assessment for 1.1 (OCR GCSE) End of Unit Assessment for 1.2 (OCR GCSE) End of Unit Assessment for 1.3 (OCR GCSE) End of Unit Assessment for 1.4 (OCR GCSE) End of Unit Assessment for 1.5 (OCR GCSE) End of Unit Assessment for 1.6 (OCR GCSE) █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀
Binary & Denary to Hexadecimal - OCR GCSE Lesson
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Binary & Denary to Hexadecimal - OCR GCSE Lesson

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This resource covers the conversion between binary and decimal integers to hexadecimal equivalents, and vice versa. It has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom-made exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the preview to see what is included! Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best! Duration: 1 Lesson Please note that a binary crash course version of this resource is available. This resource is designed to cover: Main problem with using binary. Conversion between binary and hexadecimal values. Conversion between hexadecimal and binary values. Conversion between denary to hexadecimal values - two methods. Conversion between hexadecimal and denary values. ⠀
Binary Shifts - OCR GCSE Lesson
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Binary Shifts - OCR GCSE Lesson

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This resource covers binary shifts - multiplying and dividing binary values by ‘shifting’ them by a certain number of places. It has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom-made exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the preview to see what is included! Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best! Duration: 1 Lesson Please note that a binary crash course version of this resource is available. This resource is designed to cover: Effects of shifting binary values. Shifting binary values to the left to multiply values by 2^x. Shifting binary values to the right to divide values by 2^x. ⠀
Types of Software - Bargain Bundle!
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Types of Software - Bargain Bundle!

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Buy these resources together and save 14%. The following resources are included in this bundle: Operating Systems (OCR GCSE Lesson) Software Licenses (OCR GCSE Lesson) Utility Software (OCR GCSE Lesson)
Software Licenses - OCR GCSE J277 Lesson
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Software Licenses - OCR GCSE J277 Lesson

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This resource covers the features of open-source software and proprietary software. This resource has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom-made exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the preview to see what is included! This resource is here to save you time and hassle. With our top-quality teaching material, you can easily reuse and adapt them to fit your unique teaching style. Say goodbye to the stress of lesson planning and hello to more time for what matters most. Suggested Duration: 1 Lesson This resource is designed to cover: Purpose of a software license and why they are used. Features of open-source software. Features of proprietary software. Recommending a type of license for a given scenario. This includes the benefits and drawbacks. ⠀ Other complete lessons in Unit 1.6: Ethical and Cultural Issues Legal, Environmental, and Privacy Issues Laws and Legislation Software Licenses (Current) You can also view a discounted bundle that contains all the above resources.