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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 1 — Understanding Digital Problems

Working out what a problem actually is before writing any code.

Modules (67)

1 What makes up a digital problem 2 Identifying the problem 3 Splitting a scenario into inputs, processes, outputs and storage 4 The four elements of computational thinking 5 Abstraction (7a) 6 Decomposing a problem into sub-problems 7 Why decomposition helps: easier to understand and solve 8 Decomposition diagrams 9 Mind maps 10 Brainstorming 11 Identifying a Need or Opportunity 12 Human needs, wants and opportunities 13 Project reason: addressing gaps in the market 14 New and re-imagined digital solutions 15 Characteristics of Creative and Innovative Solutions 16 Stakeholders 17 Purpose and user of an existing digital system 18 Search engines as a digital solution 19 Mobile apps as a digital solution 20 What a robot is 21 What an automated system is 22 Automated systems in transport 23 Sensor data to monitor a person's health 24 Smart objects and the Internet of Things 25 Evaluating an existing digital solution 26 Limits and improvements of an existing system 27 Describing how a system satisfies a user's need 28 Brief feature: problem, need or opportunity outline 29 Scope of a solution 30 Version and solution boundaries 31 Context diagram (Level 0): system and entities 32 Constraints on a solution 33 Economic constraints 34 Legal constraints 35 Social constraints 36 Technical constraints 37 Limitations of the environment a solution works in 38 Functional requirements 39 Solution Non-functional Requirements 40 Writing measurable non-functional requirements 41 Prioritising requirements 42 Listing requirements and constraints for a problem 43 Judging whether collected data is essential 44 Data requirements for a research question 45 Spotting missing or ambiguous information in a problem description 46 Data Collection Methods for User Needs 47 Interviewing a user 48 Writing good interview questions 49 Observing users 50 Analysing interview and survey responses to find needs 51 Different users, different needs 52 User experience and the user journey 53 User experience (UX) 54 UX characteristic: usability 55 UX characteristic: affordance 56 Accessibility features 57 How UX characteristics affect software design 58 Technical issues that shape the user interface 59 Evaluation criteria 60 Prescribed and self-determined impact criteria 61 Personal impacts of a digital solution 62 Community impact of a digital solution 63 Economic impacts of a digital solution 64 Impact of Emerging Trends in Digital Systems 65 Possible future impact of a solution 66 Ethical Issues in Digital Solutions and Emerging Technologies 67 Judging how well a system meets a need

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VCE Innovative Solutions Crossword: Impact of Emerging Trends in Digital Systems and more (Part 1 of 2) 10 clues · Impact of Emerging Trends in Digital Systems, Characteristics of Creative and Innovative Solutions, Functions and Capabilities of Digital Systems, Ideation Techniques and more
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VCE Innovative Solutions Crossword: Gantt Charts and Project Management and more (Part 2 of 2) 10 clues · Gantt Charts and Project Management, Design Tool - Mock-ups, Design Tool - Storyboards, Design Tool - Sitemap and more
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VCE Innovative Solutions Word Search: Impact of Emerging Trends in Digital Systems and more (All modules) 20 words to find · Impact of Emerging Trends in Digital Systems, Characteristics of Creative and Innovative Solutions, Functions and Capabilities of Digital Systems, Ideation Techniques and more
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Years 5–6 Creating Digital Solutions Crossword: Defining problems and requirements and Designing algorithms with branching and iteration (Modules 1–10) 10 clues · What is a problem a digital system can solve?, User need, Writing a problem statement, Functional requirements and more
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Years 5–6 Creating Digital Solutions Crossword: Designing user interfaces (Modules 31–40) 10 clues · Interface element: buttons, Interface elements: text boxes and labels, Interface elements: menus, sliders and checkboxes, Layout and grouping on a screen and more
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Years 5–6 Creating Digital Solutions Crossword: Building visual programs and Evaluating digital solutions and their impact (Modules 61–74) 10 clues · Using a variable as a counter in a loop, Decisions inside loops in a visual program, Building a button with 'when this sprite clicked', Switching screens with backdrops and show/hide and more
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Years 5–6 Creating Digital Solutions Word Search: Defining problems and requirements and Designing algorithms with branching and iteration (Modules 1–20) 20 words to find · What is a problem a digital system can solve?, User need, Writing a problem statement, Functional requirements and more
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Years 5–6 Creating Digital Solutions Word Search: Designing algorithms with branching and iteration and Designing user interfaces (Modules 21–40) 20 words to find · Branching inside a loop, Algorithms that use sequence, branching and iteration together, Drawing a sequence in a flowchart, Drawing a decision in a flowchart and more
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Years 5–6 Creating Digital Solutions Word Search: Designing user interfaces to Evaluating digital solutions and their impact (Modules 41–74) 20 words to find · Communicating a design to others, Evaluating an interface design, Modifying an interface design, The visual programming editor: stage, sprites and scripts and more
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VCE Data Analysis Crossword: Types and purposes of data (Modules 3–14) 10 clues · Quantitative data, Qualitative data, Purposes of qualitative and quantitative data, Interviews to gather perspectives on a topical issue and more
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VCE Data Analysis Crossword: Ethics and APA referencing and Requirements, constraints and scope (Modules 56–67) 10 clues · Acknowledging sources and copyright, Purpose of APA referencing, APA in-text citations, APA reference list entry structure and more
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VCE Data Analysis Crossword: Requirements, constraints and scope and Design tools for databases, spreadsheets and visualisations (Modules 68–80) 10 clues · Scope of a solution, Listing requirements and constraints for a problem, Interpreting teacher-provided requirements for a data solution, Input-process-output (IPO) chart and more
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VCE Data Analysis Word Search: Types and purposes of data and Data types and data characteristics (Modules 3–24) 20 words to find · Quantitative data, Qualitative data, Purposes of qualitative and quantitative data, Interviews to gather perspectives on a topical issue and more
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VCE Data Analysis Word Search: Ethics and APA referencing to Design tools for databases, spreadsheets and visualisations (Modules 56–80) 22 words to find · Acknowledging sources and copyright, Purpose of APA referencing, APA in-text citations, APA reference list entry structure and more
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VCE Software Development U3O2 Crossword: Project reasons and the brief (Modules 2–11) 10 clues · Stakeholders, Project reason: increasing productivity and efficiency, Project reason: reducing costs, Project reason: addressing gaps in the market and more
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VCE Software Development U3O2 Crossword: Project reasons and the brief to Needs, requirements, constraints and scope (Modules 12–24) 10 clues · Brief feature: originality, Breaking a project into tasks, Gantt chart: sequencing tasks, Gantt chart: time allocation and more
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VCE Software Development U3O2 Crossword: Needs, requirements, constraints and scope and Analytical tools and the software requirements specification (Modules 26–41) 10 clues · Reports as a source of requirements, Analysing interview and survey responses to find needs, Economic constraints, Legal constraints and more
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VCE Software Development U3O2 Crossword: Legal requirements for copyright, ownership and privacy to Ideation and evaluating design ideas (Modules 72–85) 10 clues · IPP 10: sensitive information, File naming, shared folders and version history, Version control for software projects, Full backup and more
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VCE Software Development U3O2 Crossword: Ideation and evaluating design ideas to User experience and software design (Modules 86–109) 10 clues · Mood boards, Design criteria for an interface, Comparing alternative designs with a decision matrix, Efficiency of a solution and more
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VCE Software Development U3O2 Crossword: User experience and software design and User interface design principles (Modules 110–119) 10 clues · Accessibility features, How UX characteristics affect software design, UI design principle: alignment, UI design principle: balance and more
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VCE Software Development U3O2 Word Search: Project reasons and the brief to Needs, requirements, constraints and scope (Modules 2–24) 21 words to find · Stakeholders, Project reason: increasing productivity and efficiency, Project reason: reducing costs, Project reason: addressing gaps in the market and more
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VCE Software Development U3O2 Word Search: Needs, requirements, constraints and scope and Analytical tools and the software requirements specification (Modules 26–51) 20 words to find · Reports as a source of requirements, Analysing interview and survey responses to find needs, Economic constraints, Legal constraints and more
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VCE Software Development U3O2 Word Search: Analytical tools and the software requirements specification to Ideation and evaluating design ideas (Modules 52–85) 20 words to find · Purpose of a software requirements specification (SRS), SRS content: requirements, constraints and scope, SRS content: user characteristics and technical environment, SRS content: analytical tools depicting existing systems and more
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VCE Software Development U3O2 Word Search: Ideation and evaluating design ideas to User interface design principles (Modules 86–119) 20 words to find · Mood boards, Design criteria for an interface, Comparing alternative designs with a decision matrix, Efficiency of a solution and more
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VCE Data Analytics U3O2 Crossword: Research questions and project planning to Collecting primary and secondary data (Modules 3–31) 10 clues · What a research question is, Research question feature: clarity, Research question feature: measurability of data requirements, Research question feature: feasibility and more
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VCE Data Analytics U3O2 Word Search: Research questions and project planning to Evaluating designs and design tools (Modules 3–146) 21 words to find · What a research question is, Research question feature: clarity, Research question feature: measurability of data requirements, Research question feature: feasibility and more
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VCE Data Analytics U4O1 Crossword: Data quality and testing visualisations to Recording and assessing project progress (Modules 85–105) 10 clues · Visual inspection of a data visualisation, Confirming a chart represents the data, Evaluation criteria, Time frame of an evaluation strategy and more
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VCE Data Analytics U4O1 Word Search: Audience and developing infographics and dashboards to Recording and assessing project progress (Modules 63–105) 20 words to find · Pagination of an infographic or dashboard, Clarifying data refresh requirements, Visual hierarchy in a visualisation, Clarity of message in a visualisation and more
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Years 7–8 Data & Information Crossword: Sharing online and managing projects and Digital footprint and privacy (Modules 100–124) 10 clues · Tracking task progress, Roles and responsibilities in a team project, The iterative cycle: create, test, improve, Cookies and trackers and more
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Years 7–8 Data & Information Word Search: Using digital tools and conventions to Digital footprint and privacy (Modules 87–124) 20 words to find · Applying heading and style conventions in a document, Adding alt text to images, Choosing a file format for sharing content, Sharing a file online with permissions and more
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Years 7–8 Creating Digital Solutions Crossword: Defining and decomposing problems and Designing and tracing algorithms (Modules 3–47) 10 clues · Interviewing a user, Decomposing a problem into sub-problems, Decomposition diagrams, Non-functional requirements and more
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Years 7–8 Creating Digital Solutions Word Search: Defining and decomposing problems to Evaluating digital solutions (Modules 3–125) 21 words to find · Interviewing a user, Decomposing a problem into sub-problems, Decomposition diagrams, Non-functional requirements and more
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Years 9–10 Creating Digital Solutions Crossword: Defining and decomposing problems to Evaluating solutions, impact and innovation (Modules 6–132) 10 clues · Decomposing a problem into a hierarchy chart, Prioritising requirements, Truth tables for AND, OR and NOT, Logical operators in a flowchart decision and more
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Years 9–10 Creating Digital Solutions Word Search: Defining and decomposing problems to Evaluating solutions, impact and innovation (Modules 6–132) 20 words to find · Decomposing a problem into a hierarchy chart, Prioritising requirements, Truth tables for AND, OR and NOT, Logical operators in a flowchart decision and more
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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Crossword: 5.3 Cyber Security and 6.1 Automated Systems (Modules 553–577) 10 clues · Access levels, Anti-spyware software, What a proxy server is, How a proxy server keeps data safe and more
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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Crossword: 6.1 Automated Systems (Modules 580–607) 10 clues · Feedback in an automated system, Describing how an automated system works, Automated systems in industry, Automated systems in transport and more
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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Crossword: 6.1 Automated Systems and 6.2 Robotics (Modules 618–631) 10 clues · Advantages and disadvantages of automation in agriculture, Advantages and disadvantages of automation in weather monitoring, Advantages and disadvantages of automation in gaming, Advantages and disadvantages of automation in lighting and more
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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Word Search: 5.3 Cyber Security and 6.1 Automated Systems (Modules 553–607) 21 words to find · Access levels, Anti-spyware software, What a proxy server is, How a proxy server keeps data safe and more
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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Word Search: 6.1 Automated Systems and 6.2 Robotics (Modules 608–631) 21 words to find · Advantage: accuracy and consistency, Advantage: safety in dangerous places, Advantage: lower running costs and fewer errors, Disadvantage: cost to buy, install and maintain and more
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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 2 Crossword: 7a Program Development Life Cycle (Modules 1–16) 10 clues · The program development life cycle, The analysis stage, Identifying the problem, Abstraction (7a) and more
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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 2 Crossword: 7b Decomposition and Sub-systems (Modules 94–106) 10 clues · Sub-system, Sub-systems made of further sub-systems, Component parts of a problem: inputs, Component parts of a problem: processes and more
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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 2 Word Search: 7a Program Development Life Cycle (Modules 1–26) 20 words to find · The program development life cycle, The analysis stage, Identifying the problem, Abstraction (7a) and more
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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 2 Word Search: 7b Decomposition and Sub-systems (Modules 94–118) 21 words to find · Sub-system, Sub-systems made of further sub-systems, Component parts of a problem: inputs, Component parts of a problem: processes and more
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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 7–8 Crossword: Digital Footprints and Data Minimisation (Modules 728–751) 10 clues · Form settings that collect email addresses, Data sharing with third parties, Purpose and user of an existing digital system, Justifying keeping or removing a data item and more
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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 7–8 Word Search: Networks and Cyber Threats and Digital Footprints and Data Minimisation (Modules 696–770) 22 words to find · Substitution cipher, Transposition cipher, Keeping an encryption key secret, Why a Caesar cipher is weak compared with modern encryption and more
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Crossword: Understanding Digital Problems (Modules 1–58) 10 clues · What makes up a digital problem, The four elements of computational thinking, Human needs, wants and opportunities, New and re-imagined digital solutions and more
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Crossword: Understanding Digital Problems and User Experiences and Interfaces (Modules 60–81) 10 clues · Prescribed and self-determined impact criteria, Personal impacts of a digital solution, Economic impacts of a digital solution, Why user experience matters and more
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Word Search: Understanding Digital Problems and User Experiences and Interfaces (Modules 1–81) 22 words to find · What makes up a digital problem, The four elements of computational thinking, Human needs, wants and opportunities, New and re-imagined digital solutions and more

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