Assessment
Standard Level
Internal Assessment
Project: The development of an original IT product for a specified client
A: Initial investigation
B: Analysis
C: Project schedule
D: Product design
E: Product development
F: Product evaluation and future product development
G: Required elements
External Assessment
Paper 1: Structured questions that assess in an integrated way the three strands of the syllabus
Social and ethical significance
Application to specific scenarios
IT systems
Paper 2: Students are required to write a response to an unseen article
A: The issue and stakeholder(s)
B: The IT concepts and processes
C: The impact of the social/ethical issue(s) on stakeholders
D: A solution to a problem arising from the article
Higher Level
Internal Assessment
Project: The development of an original IT product for a specified client
A: Initial investigation
B: Analysis
C: Project schedule
D: Product design
E: Product development
F: Product evaluation and future product development
G: Required elements
External Assessment
Paper 1: Structured questions that assess in an integrated way the three strands of the syllabus, including HL topics
Social and ethical significance
Application to specific scenarios
IT systems
Paper 2: Students are required to write a response to an unseen article
A: The issue and stakeholder(s)
B: The IT concepts and processes
C: The impact of the social/ethical issue(s) on stakeholders
D: A solution to a problem arising from the article
Paper 3
Questions based on a pre-seen case study
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