Cambridge National in IT (2022): Changes from the draft specification

Section

Change

Version and date issued

Section 5.4: Grading and awarding grades

Updated 'Teach Cambridge' reference to Interchange

Approved Version 1: December 2021

Section 6.2: Requirements and guidance for delivering and marking the OCR-set
assignments

Updated section 6.2 to add that set assignments will be published in June each year, for teaching from the following September

Section 6.3 Feedback

This section has been updated to clarify feedback permitted and some examples have been added

Section 7.5.2 Making final unit entries

Updated 'Teach Cambridge' reference to Interchange

Appendix A

The permitted file size for ‘Image’ has been amended to 15 MB

Section

Change

Version and date issued

Section 2.1: Qualification overview Section 7.2: Terminal assessment

Wording has been added to confirm that all work submitted (or re-submitted) must be based on the assignment that is live for the submission series.

Draft Version 3: October 2021

Section 4.2: Unit R050

R050 Topic Area 2, 2.3

Updated Breadth and Depth

Section 5: Overview of the assessment

This section has been updated to clarify that the GLH includes assessment time for each unit.

Section 6.2: Requirements and guidance for delivering and marking the OCR-set assignments

Wording added to clarify that we will replace the set assignments each year.

Section 6.4.4: Resubmitting moderated work for (summative) assessment to improve the grade

A paragraph has been added to confirm that Resubmission of the same work must be in a series that falls in the live assessment dates for the assignment on which the work is based.

All

References to secure portal have been amended to read secure website ‘Teach Cambridge’.

Section

Change

Version and date issued

Section 2: Qualification overview

Section 6.4.4: Resubmitting moderated work for (summative) assessment to improve the grade before submitting a final mark

Wording added to clarify: For Non examined assessed (NEA) units, there is one resubmission opportunity.

Draft Version 2: July 2021

Section 7.2: Terminal Assessment

Section 2.3: Purpose statement

The purpose statement has been updated to add clarity on the topic areas included in each unit.

The progression routes diagram has now been included here (which has resulted in the removal of Section 8).

Section 4.2: Unit R050: Teaching content

Teaching content breadth and depth updated (1.1, 2.3, 3.4, 5.2)

Assessment Guidance – Externally Assessed (EA) unit

Further details of external assessment added.

Section 4.3 & 4.4 Units R060 & R070:

Minor changes to the teaching content.

Assessment Guidance

The guidance has been updated.

Section 4.3 & 4.4 Units R060 & R070 NEA Marking criteria

Statement added to clarify that if a student’s work does not meet Mark Band 1 (MB1) criteria for any task, you must award zero marks for that task.

Section 6.4.1 Use of a ‘best fit’ approach to marking criteria

R060 Marking Criteria for Topic Area 1 have been updated.

Section 5.1: Overview of the assessment

Materials permitted for external assessment clarified.

Section 5.4: Grading and awarding grades

A table has been added showing Raw marks and UMS marks for each unit.

Section 6.3 Feedback

This section has been updated to clarify feedback permitted and some examples have been added.

Appendix B: Command words

Definition of ‘Create’ has been added.

Definition of ‘Explain’ has been updated.

Appendix C- Augmented Reality (AR) Software Development Kits (SDKs) – a starting point

This section has been added

All

Minor changes have been made to wording and formatting throughout the Specification.