Little activity that uses quite a few tools! Would be useful if students had some knowledge but not a requirement! It may be worth showing them the pen tool/pointing them to my YouTube channel if they find the sheet tricky! Includes supporting presentation with a starter actitivity (creating one quickly in Paint), quick explanation of bitmap and vector and then a preview of what they will make. Also includes the video which is available on YouTube. Created using version 21.

Second lesson in my series to help teach students how to use the basics of Adobe Illustrator (based on 2023 version) The focus of the lesson is to help students to learn how to use the basic shape tools as well as create their own If you use the complete set of lessons this will help to re-practice the skills - needed for student success. Lesson includes Microsoft PowerPoint presentation (including embedded videos); video files; starter activity; plenary questions (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy); student tasks with Microsoft Word task sheet which acts as a tick sheet and direction to help video. Suitable for Creative iMedia R094 as students could use Adobe Illustrator alongside Photoshop to design a logo. Please note: lesson created using 2023 version. Whilst almost all tools will be the same, there may be a few that are not present in earlier versions.

Lesson includes skeleton presentation which includes learning objectives, videos, task direction and plenary questions Video demonstrate (with narration): Cell reference; range; SUM; MIN; MAX; COUNTA Exercises to complete within one spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel format) Suitable to support students using NCCE Modelling Data unit in a clear and concise way Ideal for remote learning delivery – we’ve used it for this!

Part of a series to prepare students for the BTEC IT Unit 6 Assignment B&C, based on the knowledge I’ve built up running the course This lesson teaches students how to prepare for the project with skills that can be used to evidence D3 This lesson include a presentation, a folder to compress and a partly completed Gantt chart Not all parts of the resource are shown in previews

The second sheet in my Adobe Audition series The PDF file is printable and helps students to understand how to import one or multiple tracks into an Audition session

The first sheet in my Adobe Audition series The PDF file is printable and helps students to understand the types of audio files that they could use in Adobe Audition then gives them some activities to complete to consolidate their knowledge.

Part of a mini-range of visual aids to help students learn the graphics package The sheet has a small set of activities on the second sheet PDF format so could be shared electronically or printed if you want students to tick the boxes Useful for Key Stage 3 (particuarly for differentiation) and/or Creative iMedia R082/R094 This sheet covers how to how add shapes, change their colour fill and use layer styles

A set of questions to check students’ understanding after beginning to use App Lab Questions focus on the design toolbox and setting up a screen Editable format: Word

Part of a mini-range of visual aids to help students learn the graphics package All sheets, except this one have a small set of activities on the second sheet PDF format so could be shared electronically or printed if you want students to tick the boxes Useful for Key Stage 3 (particuarly for differentiation) and/or Creative iMedia R082/R094 This sheet covers some of the important menu areas students should know

A quick overview of the skills needed for Creative iMedia R082 and how these could be achieved using Adobe Photoshop CC and Photopea We don’t claim to be experts, it is based on our experience of both! You may find useful if students are self-isolating and using a mixture of the software

Exercises to get used to using variables Aimed at students who may find Python tricky Part of the Python Practice Makes Perfect series where students practice by repetition Includes Python files

Part of a mini-range of visual aids to help students learn the graphics package This resouce contains two sheets (two different ways of achieving the same goal) with a small set of activities on the second sheet AND also a video of how to do Way 1 (AVI format, but also will be free on YouTube) PDF format so could be shared electronically or printed if you want students to tick the boxes Useful for Key Stage 3 (particuarly for differentiation) and/or Creative iMedia R082/R094 This sheet covers making a picture fill for text (clipping mask) Updated 03/01/22 as video missed Alt from the shortcut on the screen (not in the audio)

We devised this lesson as part of a series of lessons to motivate less able students to enjoy Python as found PRIMM worked really well The lessons use Mu but any Python IDE could be used Includes editable lesson presentation, selection practice in a spreadsheet and Python source files The presentation includes animations of some of the coding being typed Please note it is not possible to display all slides and worksheets within the preview Updated as problem with ZIP file

Second in a new series of lessons to help students prepare for Unit 6 Covers part of the Learning Aim A: Purpose of Website Products Lesson includes presentation and activities Standard version only (PowerPoint presentation; student document in Word format)

Students research aspects of social media, recording their sources as they go, then create a report that aims to aims the question. Computer and non-computer version with/without lined paper.

Can be used as a starter to check current knowledge of your students. They can add whatever they want in the boxes and then at the end of the lesson they can tick if they were covered and/or add new words that they learned in the boxes. Word format

Checklist of keywords that students should know for Assignment A of Unit 3 Word format

In this worksheet students learn how to create, add to, delete from and combine lists as well as use a for loop to present items row by row As the concepts are slightly trickier, the format is slightly different to the first few worksheets Part of the Python Practice Makes Perfect series where students practice by repetition Includes Python files Updated Nov. 21 to correct final task numbers (7a and 7b)

An way to deliver lists to lower ability students PRIMM on the front side and Challenges with scaffolding on the back

Brief explanation of how to write a question using selection or while loop Template to plan questions if needed Includes Python files Updated 15/02/22 to fix error