SACE Stage 2 Information Processing and Publishing study guide
SACE Stage 2 Information Processing and Publishing · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Information Processing and Publishing is a SACE Stage 2 subject (subject codes 2IPR10 for 10 credits and 2IPR20 for 20 credits) offered by the SACE Board of South Australia. Students apply practical skills and design principles to provide creative solutions to text-based communication tasks, producing both hard copy and electronic text-based publications and evaluating the development process. They also use technology to design and implement information processing solutions, identifying, choosing and using appropriate computer hardware and software to process, manage and communicate information in a range of contexts. The subject suits students who enjoy combining design thinking with hands-on digital production work. Topics on this exam: School assessment and External assessment. The SACE Stage 2 Information Processing and Publishing study guide has 2 sections and about 659 words.
01School Assessment: Building and Submitting Your Folio
In SACE Stage 2 Information Processing and Publishing, school assessment is the set of tasks your teacher designs, marks and moderates against the performance standards. It typically includes skills tasks (using software to produce information products or publish them) and an investigation or folio component. Your teacher grades each task against the assessment design criteria, and a sample of work is later moderated externally to confirm the school's judgements. Know the difference between formative work (practice, feedback, no grade) and summative tasks (graded, counted).
342 words, about 2 min02External Assessment: Preparing for the Examination
The external assessment in Stage 2 Information Processing and Publishing is typically a written examination set and marked outside the school. It samples the whole course: knowledge of information processing and publishing concepts, and the ability to apply them to unfamiliar scenarios. Questions often combine short recall with extended responses requiring justification and evaluation. Revise the full conceptual toolkit: the information processing cycle (collecting, organising, analysing, storing, retrieving, transmitting, presenting), data versus information, and the qualities of good information (accuracy, relevance, timeliness, completeness, appropriateness).
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