Liston College Liston College

Digital Technology Level 3

L3DIG
Course Description

Teacher in Charge:

Recommended Prior Learning

This course is designed for students who are interested in Computer Science as a possible career pathway. Students need to have achieved a minimum of 14 credits in Level 2 Digital and have gained an achieved in AS91897 (Use advanced processes to develop a digital technologies outcome).



This year students will be creating a Digital Outcome of their choosing to fulfil a Need or Opportunity. Students will be required to conduct an Inquiry for a Proposal and apply user experience methodologies to Design the outcome. They will then proceed to use Complex processes to Develop the outcome.

Throughout the year, you will be gathering evidence of the knowledge and skills you are developing. Your evidence will be checked throughout the year for both formative checkpoint marking and summative internal assessment marking. Therefore, it is important that you start from the beginning of the year keeping good notes including your proposal and development ideas, research, brainstorms, sketches, doodles, storyboards, your decision process, the skills learned (including screenshots of your process) the analysis of how or why you use certain tools/techniques when creating your outcome.

The external assessment for the course will be an external exam that is a summary of your learning during the project at the end of Term 3.



Learning Areas:

Creative Industries (Digital Technology), Creative Industries (Technology)


Career Pathways

User Experience Designer, Test Analyst, Network Administrator, Geospatial Specialist, Security Analyst, Penetration Tester, Security Consultant, Data Analyst, Scrum Master, Clinical Coder, Information Technology Manager, Systems Administrator, Business Analyst, Software Developer, Information Technology Architect, Electronics Engineer, Game Developer, Biomedical Engineer