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Assessment Specifications
Level 1 Digital Technologies 2022
(Updated in March 2022)
General information
Domain |
Digital Technologies |
Method of assessment |
Common assessment task (online / digital submission) |
Duration |
3 hours |
Standards |
Information relating to both achievement standards
A common assessment task (CAT) is developed and marked by NZQA, and administered by a school in a single session during a period of assessment specified by NZQA.
Conditions of assessment
Candidates must complete their assessment individually under teacher supervision, in accordance with the NCEA Assessment and Examination Rules and Procedures.
The material submitted for assessment must be the candidates’ own work. Unless specified below, candidates are not permitted to access any resources (either in hard copy or online) other than those supplied in the assessment itself.
Further information
NZQA will notify schools during Term 1 of the period of assessment, and then schools must inform NZQA of the day during this period of assessment on which the CAT will be administered.
Administration and submission instructions and authenticity requirements will be published on the Digital Technologies subject page at the end of Term 2.
Specific information for individual achievement standards
Standard |
91886 |
Title |
Demonstrate understanding of human computer interaction |
Version |
1 |
Number of credits |
3 |
Candidates will be required to respond in short and/or extended answers (800–1500 words in total) to questions relating to a screen-capture video showing a user interacting with a website or application.
Candidates may be asked to refer to specific usability heuristics (from Jakob Nielsen’s 10 Usability Heuristics for User Interface Design).
Standard |
91887 |
Title |
Demonstrate understanding of compression coding for a chosen media type |
Version |
1 |
Number of credits |
3 |
Candidates will be required to respond in short and/or extended answers (800–1500 words in total) to questions relating to compression coding for their choice of ONE of the following media types:
- audio
- video
- still images.
The focus will be on lossless compression, and candidates will be expected to be thoroughly familiar with the common lossless compression types referred to in Explanatory Note 4 of the Achievement Standard.
Candidates will also be expected to demonstrate understanding of when the use of lossy and lossless compression methods would be appropriate in a real-world context.
Resources relating to all media types will be supplied. Candidates should refer to the resources to support their responses.