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Investigate the main internal components of common digital systems and their function

Examine how digital systems form networks to transmit data

Explain how digital systems represent all data using numbers

Explore how data can be represented by off and on states (zeros and ones in binary)

Define problems with given or co‑developed design criteria and by creating user stories

Design algorithms involving multiple alternatives (branching) and iteration

Design a user interface for a digital system

Generate, modify, communicate and evaluate designs

Implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input

Evaluate existing and student solutions against the design criteria and user stories and their broader community impact

Select and use appropriate digital tools effectively to create, locate and communicate content, applying common conventions

Select and use appropriate digital tools effectively to share content online, plan tasks and collaborate on projects, demonstrating agreed behaviours

Access multiple personal accounts using unique passphrases and explain the risks of password re-use

Explain the creation and permanence of their digital footprint and consider privacy when collecting user data

Explain how hardware specifications affect performance and select appropriate hardware for particular tasks and workloads

Investigate how data is transmitted and secured in wired and wireless networks including the internet

Investigate how digital systems represent text, image and audio data using integers

Explain how and why digital systems represent integers in binary

Acquire, store and validate data from a range of sources using software, including spreadsheets and databases

Analyse and visualise data using a range of software, including spreadsheets and databases, to draw conclusions and make predictions by identifying trends

Model and query the attributes of objects and events using structured data

Define and decompose real-world problems with design criteria and by creating user stories

Design algorithms involving nested control structures and represent them using flowcharts and pseudocode

Trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors

Design the user experience of a digital system

Generate, modify, communicate and evaluate alternative designs

Implement, modify and debug programs involving control structures and functions in a general-purpose programming language

Evaluate existing and student solutions against the design criteria, user stories and possible future impact

Select and use a range of digital tools efficiently, including unfamiliar features, to create, locate and communicate content, consistently applying common conventions

Select and use a range of digital tools efficiently and responsibly to share content online, and plan and manage individual and collaborative agile projects