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Present a summary of developing a digital outcome
Present a summary of developing a digital outcome
*** In 2025 this DCAT will only be available to run in Term 3 Week 9; between Monday 8th and Friday 12th September 2025 ***
This external is a Digital Technologies (DT) common assessment tasks (CATs) and is completed online. This DCAT asks you to respond to a series of prompts or questions drawn from the achievement standards.
You should aim to write between 800 and 1500 words in total, in about 1.5hrs.
In each following year, the questions, prompts and range of samples may change.
Candidates must present a summary of developing a digital outcome. The digital outcome must have been developed by the candidate, within the past 12 months.
Except as stated below, only work directly keyed by the candidate into their computer or device during the assessment session will be used in the assessment response.
The candidate will not use hard-copy course resources or online resources, or notes of any type, to complete this assessment. The candidate will not access internet resources, except the CAT and the outcome (if the outcome is web-based or saved on the internet).
Digital outcomes developed in an electronics context: in addition, candidates may access digital copies of schematics and digital images of the outcome produced during the development of the outcome.
Questions will require the candidate to discuss:
the process of developing the digital outcome, including researching, designing, testing, getting and using feedback, and evaluating
decisions made during the development of the digital outcome, which may relate to:
the choice of tools and techniques
consultation with subject-matter experts o testing and trialling with particular people or groups.
the digital outcome that was developed, and what could have been different based on experiences.
(Explanatory Note 4).
The discussion will require candidates to focus on how the aesthetics, functionality, cultural and / or ethical, sustainability and / or future-proofing, usability, and end-user considerations were considered during development of the digital outcome.
(Explanatory note 5).
Candidates must prepare THREE images in advance to include in the assessment:
a single image of the digital outcome (e.g. a website; a poster; an electronic device)
a single image of the planning process (e.g. agile development; a planning chart)
a single image of the digital components of the outcome (e.g. the HTML / CSS for a website; the “layers” view of a poster; the code for an electronic device).
The school may be required to provide a link to the candidate’s digital outcome.
By saving an assessment response at the end of the assessment session, the candidate verifies the work is their own. NZQA may digitally sample the candidate’s work to test its authenticity.
RESOURCES
RESOURCES
Task 2 - Practice Your Answers
Task 2 - Practice Your Answers
To help pull together clear examples of your project to use in the exam make a copy of this g.doc
Work through the doc and answer the questions. This doesn't have to be perfect, rough answers are fine, with the idea being you can make sure you have the info you need as it might come from throughout your project. You don't want to waffle
Use your planning, design and development documentation to help you find this information. You can copy and paste info in but make sure you edit it so that it is specific, to the point and most importantly answers the question
Think about what images might be helpful to support
Task 3 - What the markers are looking for....
Task 3 - What the markers are looking for....
--- COMMENTS FROM THE LAST FEW YEARS --- (drop down)
This standard requires candidates to present a summary of developing a digital outcome. When the candidate has produced a physical outcome, they need to make sure they discuss the digital component of it.
Candidates should be working at Level 7 of the curriculum, and in their projects they need to do more than simply use existing online generation tools and platforms to put together an outcome. They should, for example, be writing their own code, creating their own logos, taking their own photographs, and creating their own media content. They are not expected to create the whole digital outcome from scratch but some component of the project should be authentic.
Candidates who completed a digital outcome at this level were able to find success in this standard and those who attained a higher grade had a project that had depth that allowed them to show their knowledge, understanding and process to meet the requirements. Repetition was often seen where projects were not at this level.
Candidates who worked as part of a team / group should ensure their report focuses clearly on the digital component they individually contributed to the project.
The development process can include research, design and the development, or just the ‘sprints’ of the development.
Some candidates wrote about a project that mainly covered the requirements of the standard. The project should have a range of aspects and the achievement standard criteria should fall out of the project if done the right way
Candidates need to write specifically about the digital outcome, especially the requirements, rather than simply generalising in regards to conventions, testing, feedback etc. without giving specific information about what eventuated and the decisions that were made.
Teachers and candidates need to understand what is meant by “explain”, “address”, “discuss” and “evaluate”.
Check out the 91899 Assessment Report 2021 if you want some more specifics about what was done to meet each level of achievement.
Task 4 - Check out some Exemplars
Task 4 - Check out some Exemplars
91899-exm-2022.pdf2022 CAT
91899-cat-A-2023.pdf2023 CAT A
91899-cat-A-2023.pdf2023 CAT B
Task 5 - Sort out your Images (required)
Task 5 - Sort out your Images (required)
You need to prepare THREE images in advance to include in the assessment and make sure they are READABLE:
a single image of the digital outcome (e.g. a website; a 3D model; an electronic device, the dinosaur toy etc)
If you have an outcome with multiple pages put together a montage with 2/3 pages i.e. home & gallery page
a single image of the planning process (e.g. agile development; a planning chart)
pick a key stage or like above a montage
a single image of the digital components of the outcome (e.g. the HTML / CSS for a website; the “layers” view of image editing; the code for an electronic device, the working file of a 3D model like Blender/Inkscape/Fusion360).
as above pick some of the key parts, don't put pages and pages of code
Should be saved as JPG or PNG file formats
How to do this
If you need to show a couple for each:
Use this google Slide to help you make a montage (read the help comments and then make a copy)
Insert the images in
Snipping tool each 'montage' giving you a total of 3 files
Once you have the images:
Save these images (3 max) in your H-drive in a folder called DCAT Images
At the start of the exam you will drag and drop this folder onto the desktop
Task 6 - Sit a Derived Grade Exam
Task 6 - Sit a Derived Grade Exam
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