- Changes from Draft version 3 to approved specification
- Draft version 3 changes
- Draft Version 2 changes
Approved Version 1: December 2021
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Version and date issued |
Section 5.4: Grading and awarding grades |
Updated 'Teach Cambridge' reference to Interchange |
Approved Version 1: December 2021
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Section 6.2: Requirements and guidance for delivering and marking the OCR-set |
Updated section 6.2 to add that set assignments will be published in June each year, for teaching from the following September |
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Section 6.3 Feedback |
This section has been updated to clarify feedback permitted and some examples have been added |
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Section 7.5.2 Making final unit entries |
Updated 'Teach Cambridge' reference to Interchange |
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Appendix A |
The permitted file size for ‘Image’ has been amended to 15 MB |
Draft Version 3: October 2021
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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 |
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Section 5: Overview of the assessment |
This section has been updated to clarify that the GLH includes assessment time for each unit. |
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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. |
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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. |
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References to secure portal have been amended to read secure website ‘Teach Cambridge’. |
Draft Version 2: July 2021
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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
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Section 7.2: Terminal Assessment |
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Section 2.3: Purpose statement |
The purpose statement has been updated to add clarity on the topic areas included in each unit. |
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The progression routes diagram has now been included here (which has resulted in the removal of Section 8). |
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Section 4.2: Unit R050: Teaching content |
Teaching content breadth and depth updated (1.1, 2.3, 3.4, 5.2) |
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Assessment Guidance – Externally Assessed (EA) unit |
Further details of external assessment added. |
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Section 4.3 & 4.4 Units R060 & R070: |
Minor changes to the teaching content. |
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Assessment Guidance |
The guidance has been updated. |
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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. |
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Section 6.4.1 Use of a ‘best fit’ approach to marking criteria |
R060 Marking Criteria for Topic Area 1 have been updated. |
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Section 5.1: Overview of the assessment |
Materials permitted for external assessment clarified. |
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Section 5.4: Grading and awarding grades |
A table has been added showing Raw marks and UMS marks for each unit. |
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Section 6.3 Feedback |
This section has been updated to clarify feedback permitted and some examples have been added. |
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Appendix B: Command words |
Definition of ‘Create’ has been added. |
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Definition of ‘Explain’ has been updated. |
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Appendix C- Augmented Reality (AR) Software Development Kits (SDKs) – a starting point |
This section has been added |
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All |
Minor changes have been made to wording and formatting throughout the Specification. |
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