Part of a mini-range of visual aids to help students learn the graphics package The sheet has a small set of activities on the second sheet PDF format so could be shared electronically or printed if you want students to tick the boxes Useful for Key Stage 3 (particuarly for differentiation) and/or Creative iMedia R082/R094 This sheet covers how to how add shapes, change their colour fill and use layer styles

A set of questions to check students’ understanding after beginning to use App Lab Questions focus on the design toolbox and setting up a screen Editable format: Word

Part of a mini-range of visual aids to help students learn the graphics package All sheets, except this one have a small set of activities on the second sheet PDF format so could be shared electronically or printed if you want students to tick the boxes Useful for Key Stage 3 (particuarly for differentiation) and/or Creative iMedia R082/R094 This sheet covers some of the important menu areas students should know

A quick overview of the skills needed for Creative iMedia R082 and how these could be achieved using Adobe Photoshop CC and Photopea We don’t claim to be experts, it is based on our experience of both! You may find useful if students are self-isolating and using a mixture of the software

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

Exercises to get used to using variables Aimed at students who may find Python tricky Part of the Python Practice Makes Perfect series where students practice by repetition Includes Python files

Part of a mini-range of visual aids to help students learn the graphics package This resouce contains two sheets (two different ways of achieving the same goal) with a small set of activities on the second sheet AND also a video of how to do Way 1 (AVI format, but also will be free on YouTube) PDF format so could be shared electronically or printed if you want students to tick the boxes Useful for Key Stage 3 (particuarly for differentiation) and/or Creative iMedia R082/R094 This sheet covers making a picture fill for text (clipping mask) Updated 03/01/22 as video missed Alt from the shortcut on the screen (not in the audio)

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, selection practice in a spreadsheet and Python source files 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 Updated as problem with ZIP file

Second 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)

A practice skills sheet for Adobe Photoshop CC with column to tick/rate/assess Video tutorials available in the Digital Literacy section of the website to support the sheet Word Format

Students research aspects of social media, recording their sources as they go, then create a report that aims to aims the question. Computer and non-computer version with/without lined paper.

Can be used as a starter to check current knowledge of your students. They can add whatever they want in the boxes and then at the end of the lesson they can tick if they were covered and/or add new words that they learned in the boxes. Word format

A little guide to making an Easter Card in Photopea Includes: Task sheet How to set up a card (creation of file and adding guides) video – compressed MP4 and uncompressed AVI file Easter card template Basic Example

Checklist of keywords that students should know for Assignment A of Unit 3 Word format

In this worksheet students learn how to create, add to, delete from and combine lists as well as use a for loop to present items row by row As the concepts are slightly trickier, the format is slightly different to the first few worksheets Part of the Python Practice Makes Perfect series where students practice by repetition Includes Python files Updated Nov. 21 to correct final task numbers (7a and 7b)

An way to deliver lists to lower ability students PRIMM on the front side and Challenges with scaffolding on the back

Exercises to get used to printing and commenting Aimed at students who may find Python tricky Part of the Python Practice Makes Perfect series where students practice by repetition Includes Python files Updated 03/2022 to correct typographical error with task 4 numbers

A lesson to help reinforce the planning documentation required in R094, emphasising the level of detail needed. The aim is to help provide more structure for lower ability students or those with SEN but could be useful for all students. The resource includes: crib sheet (A3 but can be printed A4); crib sheet with student task; blank tempates with no task teacher presentation to support the lesson (with some slide notes) example solution templates are PDF and Powerpoint (where they can draw on top of the template) Updated 01/11/22 to include example solution and peer mark scheme

Lesson includes skeleton presentation which includes learning objectives, videos, task direction and plenary questions Videos demonstrate (with narration): Conditional formatting Google Sheets version of video also included Exercises to complete within one spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel format) Suitable to support students using NCCE Modelling Data unit

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