Basic Skills Online - Level 2 - Information Technology Standards

At this level, you'll have to show that you can:

Identify suitable sources, carry out effective searches and select relevant information.
- search for and select information for two different purposes.
- identify the information you need and suitable sources.
- carry out effective searches.
- select information that is relevant to your purpose.
Bring together, explore and develop information, and derive new information.
- enter and bring together information (e.g. 'copy and paste' or import text, images, numbers.)
- use formats that help development (e.g. using tabs rather than spaces to align text, using tables or frames to position information.)
- explore information as needed for your purpose (e.g. follow lines of enquiry, explore the effects of changing information in a spreadsheet model to make and test predictions.)
- develop information in the form of text, images and numbers (e.g. link information, organise information under headings, restructure tables, generate charts and graphs from data, select records or fields and prepare reports from a database.)
- derive new information (e.g. compare information from different sources to reach a conclusion, use formulae to calculate information such as a total or average).
Present combined information, including text, images and numbers, in a consistent way.

Evidence required

Search for and select information

Develop information

for two different purposes
printouts with notes to show how you explored, developed, derived new information or
an assessor's observation record of you undertaking these tasks.

Present information

You have to present combined information for two different purposes.
Working drafts with notes to show how you developed the content and presentation.
or
An assessor's observation record of you undertaking these tasks.
Printouts of your final work, containing at least:
- one example of you using text
- one example of you using images
- one example of you using numbers.