Designing and making with digital tools, including the code behind them.
These are the statements the Design and Technology Year 7 syllabus makes about Digital Design. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.
Digital representation of images and sound - Digital Design, Year 7.
Vector and raster graphics - Digital Design, Year 7.
3D modelling basics - Digital Design, Year 7.
Algorithms and simple programs - Digital Design, Year 7.
Sensors and outputs - Digital Design, Year 7.
Digital fabrication: 3D printing and laser cutting - Digital Design, Year 7.
Digital portfolios - Digital Design, Year 7.
Online safety in collaborative work - Digital Design, Year 7.
Year 7 Assessment Task Shape is 50 marks in 75 minutes. Questions on Digital Design are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones Design and Technology Year 7 uses.
Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.
Digital Design is module 3 of 3 in Design and Technology Year 7. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.
Dux diagnoses Design and Technology Year 7 dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.