QCE Digital Solutions Unit 3 — Innovative Digital Solutions
Generating, building and evaluating solution ideas.
Modules (87)
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Systems thinking and a conceptual model of a solution
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Context diagram (Level 0): system and entities
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Context diagram (Level 0): data flows
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Drawing a context diagram from a scenario
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Properties of a system
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Input-process-output (IPO) chart
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The user interface as part of a system model
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System controls
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Brainstorming
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Mind maps
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Mood boards
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Sketching a screen layout
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Design Tool - Storyboards
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Design Tool - Sitemap
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Wireframes
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Design Tool - Mock-ups
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Annotating an interface design
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Comparing alternative designs with a decision matrix
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What SQL is
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SQL column data types and sizes
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CREATE TABLE and INSERT INTO
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Foreign key and table relationships
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FOREIGN KEY ... REFERENCES in CREATE TABLE
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SQL UPDATE and DELETE
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SQL ALTER TABLE
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SQL DROP TABLE
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SQL SELECT and FROM
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SQL WHERE conditions
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Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT in a WHERE clause
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SQL ORDER BY
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SQL aggregate functions: COUNT, SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX
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SQL GROUP BY
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SQL HAVING
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SQL sub-selection (subquery)
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Why a query over two tables needs a join
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Writing the ON condition: foreign key equals primary key
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Table-qualified field names in a join
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A join with WHERE and ORDER BY
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File Operations – Open
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File Operations – Read
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File Operations – Write
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Closing a file with close()
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Files – Error Handling (try/except)
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Plain text (TXT) files: structure
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Delimited (CSV) files: structure
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Splitting a line into fields with .split()
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Two-dimensional arrays
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Traversing a 2D array with nested loops
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Reading a CSV file into an array of records
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Writing records to a CSV file
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input() function
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Creating a tkinter window
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GUI Label control
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GUI Entry control and .get()
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GUI Button control and event handlers
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Placing controls with grid() and pack()
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Showing messages with messagebox
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Functions calling other functions
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Program structure with a main() function
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A menu loop to control user interactions
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Validation versus verification
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Existence checking in code
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Type checking in code
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Range checking in code
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Input validation with a while loop
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Combining validation checks in a validation function
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Choosing a range of test data
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Constructing test data for validation checks
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Test table layout
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Testing a Python program with test cases
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Testing a function with assert
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Testing one module in isolation
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Reliability of a solution
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Maintainability improvements in code
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Naming conventions for solution elements
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Docstrings for functions and classes
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Efficiency of a solution
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Code optimisation
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Heuristic review of an interface
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Techniques for Testing - Expert Review
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User experience (UX)
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Writing a user-experience critique
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Evaluation criteria
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Effectiveness of a solution
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UX characteristic: usability
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Sustainability of a solution
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Applying evaluation criteria to a solution
Smaller journeys, one per content description
The same modules, split up so a class can take just the content description it's working on.
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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 3: Conceptual models and systems thinking
Students use systems thinking to model a solution, covering its boundary, properties, inputs and outputs, user interface and system controls.
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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 3: Generating ideas and low-fidelity prototypes
Students generate design ideas and develop low-fidelity interface prototypes using sketches, mood boards, storyboards, sitemaps, wireframes and mock-ups, then choose between designs.
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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 3: SQL for data definition, manipulation and querying
Students use SQL to create, alter and drop tables, insert, update and delete records, and query data with WHERE, GROUP BY, HAVING, ORDER BY, sub-selections and inner joins.
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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 3: Python file handling
Students write Python code that creates, opens, reads, writes and closes text and delimited files, handling file errors.
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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 3: Program modules for interaction, 2D data and validation
Students build program modules that interact with users, work with 2D data sources, validate inputs and control the solution's interactions.
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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 3: Testing modules for reliability, maintainability and efficiency
Students design test data and test cases to check modules, then improve their reliability, maintainability and efficiency.
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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 3: Reviewing and evaluating solutions
Students review existing interfaces with heuristics, write user-experience critiques and appraise solutions against criteria such as reliability, sustainability and usability.
Printables for this journey
Every module above has its own free printable worksheet with an answer key. These crosswords and word searches cover the same terms:
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Python Crossword: Getting Started (Modules 1–10)
10 clues · print() function, input() function, Comments, Variables and more
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Python Crossword: Advanced (Modules 41–50)
10 clues · Sets – Operations, Nested Lists, Lists + Dictionaries, File Operations – Open and more
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Python Word Search: Getting Started and Control Flow (Modules 1–20)
22 words to find · print() function, input() function, Comments, Variables and more
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Python Word Search: Advanced (Modules 41–63)
20 words to find · Sets – Operations, Nested Lists, Lists + Dictionaries, File Operations – Open 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: 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 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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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: 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 Spreadsheets, SQL & Visualisation Crossword: Manipulating, validating and testing spreadsheet data and Relational database structure (Modules 35–44)
10 clues · Pivot tables, What is a relational database?, What a single-table database is, Database field data types and more
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VCE Spreadsheets, SQL & Visualisation Crossword: Relational database structure and Querying data with SQL (Modules 45–54)
10 clues · Importing a CSV file into a database table, Validation rules on database fields, SQL constraints for validation, What a database query is and more
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VCE Spreadsheets, SQL & Visualisation Crossword: Querying data with SQL to Purposes and types of data visualisations (Modules 55–70)
10 clues · SQL GROUP BY, SQL JOIN across two tables, SQL UPDATE and DELETE, Testing a query against the data and more
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VCE Spreadsheets, SQL & Visualisation Word Search: Manipulating, validating and testing spreadsheet data to Querying data with SQL (Modules 35–54)
20 words to find · Pivot tables, What is a relational database?, What a single-table database is, Database field data types and more
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VCE Spreadsheets, SQL & Visualisation Word Search: Querying data with SQL to Visualisation components and design conventions (Modules 55–86)
20 words to find · SQL GROUP BY, SQL JOIN across two tables, SQL UPDATE and DELETE, Testing a query against the data and more
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VCE Software Development U3O1 Crossword: Pseudocode to Data structures (Modules 72–96)
10 clues · Turning pseudocode into Python, Changing a global variable with the global keyword, Functions calling other functions, Program structure with a main() function and more
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VCE Software Development U3O1 Crossword: Data structures and Data sources and files (Modules 98–113)
10 clues · Records: fields with different data types, Accessing a record's fields by name and by field index, Choosing a data structure, Plain text (TXT) files: structure and more
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VCE Software Development U3O1 Crossword: Data sources and files to Graphical user interfaces (Modules 114–124)
10 clues · Reading an XML file with ElementTree, Validation: why data is checked on entry, Types of validation check, Existence checking in code and more
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VCE Software Development U3O1 Crossword: Graphical user interfaces and Object-oriented programming (Modules 125–141)
10 clues · GUI Label control, GUI Entry control and .get(), GUI Button control and event handlers, Placing controls with grid() and pack() and more
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VCE Software Development U3O1 Crossword: Errors and debugging and Testing modules (Modules 168–177)
10 clues · Debugging a program with print() and trace tables, Setting a breakpoint, Stepping through code and watching variables, Tracing nested loops and more
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VCE Software Development U3O1 Crossword: Testing modules and Artificial intelligence in programming (Modules 178–193)
10 clues · Testing one module in isolation, Modifying an existing program, Emerging trend: AI code generation tools, Writing a prompt to generate code and more
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VCE Software Development U3O1 Word Search: Pseudocode to Data sources and files (Modules 72–113)
21 words to find · Turning pseudocode into Python, Changing a global variable with the global keyword, Functions calling other functions, Program structure with a main() function and more
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VCE Software Development U3O1 Word Search: Data sources and files to Object-oriented programming (Modules 114–141)
20 words to find · Reading an XML file with ElementTree, Validation: why data is checked on entry, Types of validation check, Existence checking in code and more
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VCE Software Development U3O1 Word Search: Errors and debugging to Artificial intelligence in programming (Modules 168–193)
20 words to find · Debugging a program with print() and trace tables, Setting a breakpoint, Stepping through code and watching variables, Tracing nested loops 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: Analytical tools and the software requirements specification (Modules 42–51)
10 clues · Drawing a context diagram from a scenario, Data flow diagram (Level 1): processes, Data flow diagram (Level 1): data stores and entities, Data flow diagram (Level 1): data flows 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 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 Software Development U4O1 Crossword: Classes, objects and access modifiers to Code repositories, APIs, libraries and AI assistants (Modules 82–114)
10 clues · Choosing access modifiers for a class, Readability improvements in code, Built-in functions sum(), min() and max(), List comprehensions and more
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VCE Software Development U4O1 Crossword: Code repositories, APIs, libraries and AI assistants to Beta testing (Modules 125–171)
10 clues · Keeping API keys secure, Validation versus verification, Alpha testing, Commenting out code to isolate a bug and more
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VCE Software Development U4O1 Crossword: Beta testing and Evaluation strategies and criteria (Modules 172–182)
10 clues · Observing a beta testing scenario, Documenting beta test results, Recommending modifications from beta test results, Writing evaluation criteria for efficiency and effectiveness and more
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VCE Software Development U4O1 Word Search: Efficient and effective solutions and user-centred design to Code repositories, APIs, libraries and AI assistants (Modules 3–114)
20 words to find · User-centred design, Order of operations with brackets in Python, Choosing data types for input, storage and output, Procedures versus functions and more
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VCE Software Development U4O1 Word Search: Code repositories, APIs, libraries and AI assistants to Beta testing (Modules 115–171)
22 words to find · Branches and merging, What a library is: standard vs third-party, Random numbers with import random, The math module and more
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VCE Software Development U4O1 Word Search: Beta testing to Project plans, progress and effectiveness (Modules 172–198)
20 words to find · Observing a beta testing scenario, Documenting beta test results, Recommending modifications from beta test results, Writing evaluation criteria for efficiency and effectiveness and more
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VCE Data Analytics U3O1 Crossword: Data types and relational databases to Sourcing, validating and referencing data (Modules 17–49)
10 clues · Field sizes, SQL column data types and sizes, One-to-many relationships between tables, Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT in a WHERE clause and more
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VCE Data Analytics U3O1 Word Search: Data types and relational databases to Statistical analysis of data (Modules 17–91)
20 words to find · Field sizes, SQL column data types and sizes, One-to-many relationships between tables, Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT in a WHERE clause 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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VCE Applied Computing U1O2 Crossword: Requirements and design tools to Naming conventions and internal documentation (Modules 8–88)
10 clues · Writing an IPO chart for a program, Accessing record fields by index, Abstraction in OOP, Encapsulation in OOP and more
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VCE Applied Computing U1O2 Crossword: Naming conventions and internal documentation to Legal requirements and emerging trends (Modules 89–124)
10 clues · Explaining data and code structures with comments, Docstrings for functions and classes, Combining validation checks in a reusable function, Breakpoints in an editor and more
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VCE Applied Computing U1O2 Word Search: Requirements and design tools to Legal requirements and emerging trends (Modules 8–124)
21 words to find · Writing an IPO chart for a program, Accessing record fields by index, Abstraction in OOP, Encapsulation in OOP and more
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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 7–8 Crossword: Analysing and Visualising Data and Structured Data and Queries (Modules 331–360)
10 clues · Describing a trend in a sentence with evidence, Investigating a dataset from question to conclusion, Attributes of an object, Attributes of an event and more
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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 7–8 Word Search: Analysing and Visualising Data to Algorithms, Flowcharts and Pseudocode (Modules 331–411)
21 words to find · Describing a trend in a sentence with evidence, Investigating a dataset from question to conclusion, Attributes of an object, Attributes of an event and more
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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Crossword: Entities, Relationships and Queries (Modules 433–451)
10 clues · The repeated-data problem in one big table, Entity, Attributes become fields, One-to-one and many-to-many relationships and more
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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Crossword: Entities, Relationships and Queries (Modules 459–475)
10 clues · Pattern matching with LIKE, % and _, BETWEEN and IN in a WHERE clause, Why a query over two tables needs a join, Writing the ON condition: foreign key equals primary key and more
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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Crossword: Algorithms with Logical Operators and Testing and Validating Programs (Modules 536–590)
10 clues · Choosing test data for compound conditions, What it means to validate an algorithm or program, Working out the expected output before you run the code, Edge cases with lists and strings and more
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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Word Search: Analysing and Visualising Data and Entities, Relationships and Queries (Modules 413–451)
21 words to find · Connecting one slicer to several pivot charts, Referencing a cell on another worksheet, Named ranges, A drop-down list as a chart selector and more
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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Word Search: Entities, Relationships and Queries and Algorithms with Logical Operators (Modules 459–534)
22 words to find · Pattern matching with LIKE, % and _, BETWEEN and IN in a WHERE clause, Why a query over two tables needs a join, Writing the ON condition: foreign key equals primary key and more
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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Word Search: Algorithms with Logical Operators and Testing and Validating Programs (Modules 536–622)
20 words to find · Choosing test data for compound conditions, What it means to validate an algorithm or program, Working out the expected output before you run the code, Edge cases with lists and strings and more
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Crossword: Real-World Problems and Solution Requirements and Innovative Digital Solutions (Modules 251–337)
10 clues · Presenting a technical proposal to an audience, Systems thinking and a conceptual model of a solution, Properties of a system, The user interface as part of a system model and more
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Word Search: Real-World Problems and Solution Requirements and Innovative Digital Solutions (Modules 194–337)
20 words to find · JSON files: structure, Why programs are divided into modules, Pseudocode for user interaction: prompts and menus, Pseudocode for validating input and more
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