N5 Admin & IT Presentations Unit: Lumen Launch Event (5 Lessons, Workbook, Test and Mark Scheme)

A complete five-lesson PowerPoint unit for National 5 Administration and IT. Pupils work as administrative assistants for a fictional company, building every presentation skill from a blank file. Includes teaching PowerPoints, student workbook, unit plan, 50-mark test and marking scheme.

Give your pupils structured practice in every presentation skill in the National 5 Administration and IT course, in one realistic scenario.

In this unit pupils are administrative assistants at Lumen Outdoor Gear, a fictional outdoor-equipment company launching its new Trailblazer range at an evening event. Each lesson starts from a brand-new blank presentation, which mirrors how the National 5 assignment works.

What is included
5 teaching PowerPoints (one per lesson) with learning intentions, success criteria, retrieval starters, skill slides with menu paths, a task, plenary questions with mark allocations, key vocabulary and speaker notes with answers
Student Workbook (24 pages, editable Word): success criteria tick-sheets, skill guides, task steps, supplied content, plenary questions, reflection and a skills checklist
Unit Plan (editable Word): curriculum alignment, lesson plans, differentiation and extension, common errors, starter and plenary answers
Unit Test (50 marks): knowledge, scenario questions and a practical task
Marking Scheme: full answers, marking guidance, practical checklist and advisory grade guidance
Pupil files: Lumen logo and three Excel data files

The five lessons
Lesson 1, Your First Slide: text, bullets and numbering, graphics, slide layout and order, adding and deleting slides
Lesson 2, Looking Professional: design templates and colour schemes, slide master, footers, dates, slide numbers, action buttons, corporate image
Lesson 3, Showing the Numbers: charts, tables and importing data, choosing between a chart and a table
Lesson 4, Bringing It to Life: animation, transitions, proofreading and consistency checking
Lesson 5, Final Presentation and Feedback: a timed brief, printing slides and handouts, peer assessment

Curriculum alignment
SQA / Qualifications Scotland National 5 Administration and IT: IT Applications (presentations) and Theory (corporate image, features and benefits of presentations)
Suitable for S3 and Intermediate groups; Curriculum for Excellence Technologies
Can also be used for KS3 and KS4 business IT lessons in England and Wales (not mapped to a specific exam board)

Designed for readability: Arial, high contrast, short sentences and single-column Word documents. Requires Microsoft PowerPoint (desktop or 365). All people, businesses and addresses are fictional.

Please note: this is an independent resource and is not produced or endorsed by SQA or Qualifications Scotland.