QCE Digital Solutions Unit 3 — Interactions Between Users, Data and Digital Systems

1 Identifying a Need or Opportunity 2 Characteristics of Creative and Innovative Solutions 3 Opportunities for enterprise 4 Project reason: addressing gaps in the market 5 Project reason: increasing productivity and efficiency 6 Community impact of a digital solution 7 Functions and Capabilities of Digital Systems 8 Possible future impact of a solution 9 Ethical Issues in Digital Solutions and Emerging Technologies 10 Digital system 11 Input, process, output and storage 12 Purpose and user of an existing digital system 13 How components work together 14 Following one action through the parts: tapping a game button 15 Control mechanisms: open-loop and closed-loop 16 Purpose of analytical tools for users, data and systems 17 Depicting an existing process or system 18 Input-process-output (IPO) chart 19 Flowchart shapes: start, step and decision 20 Drawing a decision in a flowchart 21 Drawing a loop in a flowchart 22 Context diagram (Level 0): system and entities 23 Context diagram (Level 0): data flows 24 Drawing a context diagram from a scenario 25 Data flow diagram (Level 1): processes 26 Data flow diagram (Level 1): data stores and entities 27 Data flow diagram (Level 1): data flows 28 Drawing a Level 1 data flow diagram from a scenario 29 Components of a web application 30 Client and server 31 Web server 32 Database server 33 Server-side code 34 What a web browser is 35 Requesting a page from the web server 36 How a browser renders a web page 37 HTTP request and response 38 From URL to web page: the full sequence 39 Sorting webpage components into layers 40 The behaviour layer: JavaScript 41 The form element 42 What an API is 43 Calling a web API with requests.get() 44 Reading JSON data from an API response 45 One-dimensional arrays 46 Lists – Creation 47 Lists – Indexing 48 Dictionaries – Basics (creation, accessing) 49 Dictionaries – Methods (keys, values, items, get) 50 Lists + Dictionaries 51 Records: fields with different data types 52 Choosing a data structure 53 Components of a mobile application 54 What a graphical user interface (GUI) is 55 GUI Label control 56 GUI Entry control and .get() 57 GUI Button control and event handlers 58 Choice controls: Checkbutton, Radiobutton and Combobox 59 Placing controls with grid() and pack() 60 Showing messages with messagebox 61 OOP – Classes & Objects 62 What a library is: standard vs third-party 63 Installing a third-party library with pip 64 Third-party dependencies 65 Navigation and user flow 66 App permissions on a device 67 Emerging digital tools 68 Selecting a tool for an audience and purpose 69 Embedding audio and video with HTML 70 Navigation and hotspots in interactive content 71 Captions and transcripts for audio and video 72 Interactive prototypes 73 Testing interactive content with its audience 74 What an automated system is 75 What a sensor is 76 Matching sensors to the data they capture 77 Analogue sensor data and analogue-to-digital conversion 78 Microprocessor 79 Comparing a sensor reading with a stored value 80 Actuator 81 Feedback in an automated system 82 Sensors, microprocessor and actuator in a control system 83 Input devices 84 Output devices 85 Analogue versus digital input and output signals 86 Speaker 87 Choosing input devices, output devices and sensors together for a system 88 Describing how an automated system works 89 What SQL is 90 What is a relational database? 91 Database objects: table, query, form and report 92 Database field data types 93 Primary key 94 Entity 95 Attributes become fields 96 CREATE TABLE and INSERT INTO 97 SQL SELECT and FROM 98 SQL WHERE conditions 99 The repeated-data problem in one big table 100 Update, insertion and deletion anomalies 101 Reducing redundancy by splitting a table 102 Foreign key and table relationships 103 One-to-many relationships between tables 104 One-to-one and many-to-many relationships 105 Entity relationship diagram: entities and relationship lines 106 Crow's foot notation for one and many 107 Drawing an ERD from a scenario 108 Referential integrity 109 FOREIGN KEY ... REFERENCES in CREATE TABLE 110 Why a query over two tables needs a join 111 Writing the ON condition: foreign key equals primary key 112 Table-qualified field names in a join 113 Table aliases in a join 114 A join with WHERE and ORDER BY 115 Joining three tables 116 A join that forgets the ON condition 117 Answering a question with a multi-table query 118 Agile development: iterations and sprints 119 Waterfall (sequential) development 120 The iterative cycle: create, test, improve 121 Planning an iterative project cycle 122 Kanban boards 123 Proof-of-Concept, Prototype and Product 124 User-centred design 125 Brief feature: proposed users 126 Different users, different needs 127 Prioritising requirements 128 Choosing a development method for a user profile 129 Alpha testing 130 Beta testing 131 The six useability principles 132 Accessibility features in an interface 133 Effectiveness of a solution 134 Efficiency of a solution 135 Useability principle: error tolerance 136 Feedback and error messages in an interface 137 Useability principle: ease of learning 138 Useability principle: engagement 139 UX characteristic: usability 140 Elements of visual communication: line, shape and texture 141 Using colour in a visualisation 142 Choosing fonts for a visualisation 143 Using images and icons in a visualisation 144 UI design principle: alignment 145 UI design principle: balance 146 UI design principle: contrast 147 UI design principle: space 148 Layout and grouping on a screen 149 Consistent layout and style across a visualisation 150 Visual hierarchy in a visualisation 151 UI design principle: text formatting 152 Applying UI design principles to an interface mock-up 153 Evaluating an interface design 154 Techniques for Testing - Expert Review 155 Comparing alternative designs with a criteria table

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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 3: Innovation and opportunities Students learn what innovation means and how a digital solution creates personal, business and social opportunities, along with its wider impacts.

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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 3: Analysing a system and its logical diagrams Students identify a system's elements, interactions, inputs, outputs and control mechanism, and show its processes in IPO charts and flowcharts.

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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 3: Data flow diagrams Students draw context diagrams and Level 1 data flow diagrams from a scenario and check them against the DFD rules.

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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 3: Web application components and data structures Students learn the server-side and client-side components of a web application, how they communicate, and the arrays, lists, dictionaries and records that hold its data.

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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 3: Mobile application components Students learn how interface components, objects, event handlers and external libraries combine to make a mobile or GUI application.

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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 3: Interactive media Students select, build and test interactive media content that suits its audience and purpose.

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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 3: Intelligent systems, sensors and actuators Students learn how sensors, microprocessors and actuators work together in an intelligent system, and how analogue and digital signals move through its inputs and outputs.

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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 3: Relational database foundations Students learn how relational databases store data in tables with keys, and how to create tables and retrieve records with basic SQL.

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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 3: Redundancy, referential integrity and table joins Students remove redundancy and anomalies by splitting tables, model and enforce relationships between them, and combine tables with joins.

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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 3: Flexible development methods and user profiles Students compare agile, waterfall and iterative development and choose a method to suit a solution's users and their requirements.

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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 3: Useability principles Students use the six useability principles to appraise how well an interface serves its users.

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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 3: Visual communication and appraising interfaces Students apply the elements and principles of visual communication to design, evaluate and compare interfaces.

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Python Crossword: Data Structures (Modules 31–40) 10 clues · String Methods (upper, lower, replace…), String Formatting (.format()), Lists – Creation, Lists – Indexing 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: Functions and Data Structures (Modules 21–40) 20 words to find · range(), Error Handling – try/except basics, break and continue, Functions – Defining 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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HTML & CSS Crossword: Getting Started and HTML Elements & Attributes (Modules 1–12) 6 clues · How a browser renders a web page, HTML vs CSS: structure vs style, HTML elements: opening and closing tags, The document skeleton (DOCTYPE, html, head, body) and more

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HTML & CSS Crossword: Semantic HTML & Forms (Modules 21–30) 8 clues · Span: the inline container, Semantic layout landmarks (header, nav, main, footer), Content sectioning (section, article, aside), Tables (table, tr, td, th) and more

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HTML & CSS Word Search: Getting Started to Semantic HTML & Forms (Modules 1–23) 20 words to find · How a browser renders a web page, HTML vs CSS: structure vs style, HTML elements: opening and closing tags, The document skeleton (DOCTYPE, html, head, body) and more

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HTML & CSS Word Search: Semantic HTML & Forms to Advanced CSS & Layout (Modules 21–41) 20 words to find · Span: the inline container, Semantic layout landmarks (header, nav, main, footer), Content sectioning (section, article, aside), Tables (table, tr, td, th) and more

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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 Digital Systems Crossword: Inside digital systems (Modules 1–10) 10 clues · Digital system, Hardware, Software, Input, process, output and storage and more

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Years 5–6 Digital Systems Crossword: Inside digital systems and Data and networks (Modules 11–20) 10 clues · Cloud storage, Motherboard, Graphics processing unit (GPU), Network interface (wired and wireless adapter) and more

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Years 5–6 Digital Systems Crossword: Data and networks (Modules 21–30) 10 clues · Data transmission, Wired transmission, Wireless transmission, Bluetooth for short-range transfer and more

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Years 5–6 Digital Systems Word Search: Inside digital systems and Data and networks (Modules 1–20) 20 words to find · Digital system, Hardware, Software, Input, process, output and storage and more

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Years 5–6 Digital Systems Word Search: Data and networks and Accounts, passphrases and security (Modules 21–52) 20 words to find · Data transmission, Wired transmission, Wireless transmission, Bluetooth for short-range transfer 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: Designing user interfaces and Building visual programs (Modules 41–50) 10 clues · 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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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: 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: 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: Purposes and types of data visualisations and Visualisation components and design conventions (Modules 71–86) 10 clues · Purpose of a data visualisation: informing, Purpose of a data visualisation: entertaining, Purpose of a data visualisation: persuading, Matching a visualisation to its purpose and audience 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 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 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: 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: 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: 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: Efficient and effective solutions and user-centred design to Classes, objects and access modifiers (Modules 3–79) 10 clues · 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 Crossword: Code repositories, APIs, libraries and AI assistants (Modules 115–124) 10 clues · 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 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 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 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: Audience and developing infographics and dashboards to Data quality and testing visualisations (Modules 63–83) 10 clues · 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 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: Designing and tracing algorithms to Evaluating digital solutions (Modules 50–125) 10 clues · Choosing test data for an algorithm, Storyboarding a user's path through a system, Comparing alternative designs with a criteria table, Running a Python program 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 Data & Information Crossword: Interactive content with emerging tools to Data privacy and the Australian Privacy Principles (Modules 83–132) 10 clues · Emerging digital tools, Selecting a tool for an audience and purpose, Embedding audio and video with HTML, Navigation and hotspots in interactive content and more

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Years 9–10 Data & Information Word Search: Data compression to Data privacy and the Australian Privacy Principles (Modules 6–132) 21 words to find · Redundancy: repeated data that can be shortened, Lossless compression, Lossy compression, Run-length encoding: encoding text 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: 2.3 Encryption and 3.1 Computer Architecture (Modules 204–217) 10 clues · Private key, Encrypting with the recipient's public key, Decrypting with the private key, Sending a secure message with asymmetric encryption and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Crossword: 3.2 Input and Output Devices (Modules 273–282) 10 clues · 3D printer, Speaker, Actuator, Choosing a suitable output device for a context and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Crossword: 3.2 Input and Output Devices and 3.3 Data Storage (Modules 293–303) 10 clues · Sensors, microprocessor and actuator in a control system, Matching sensors to the data they capture, Choosing the most suitable sensor for a given context, Choosing input devices, output devices and sensors together for a system and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Crossword: 5.1 The Internet and the World Wide Web (Modules 464–476) 10 clues · URL part: the web page or file name, Splitting a URL into its parts, Purpose of HTTP, HTTP request and response and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Crossword: 5.1 The Internet and the World Wide Web (Modules 477–489) 10 clues · Browser function: navigation tools, Browser function: storing cookies, Matching a browser function to a need, Why domain names are used instead of IP addresses 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 Word Search: 2.2 Methods of Error Detection to 3.1 Computer Architecture (Modules 189–217) 20 words to find · Choosing an error detection method for a scenario, Interception of data on a network, Plaintext, Ciphertext and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Word Search: 3.2 Input and Output Devices (Modules 262–282) 22 words to find · Choosing a suitable input device for a context, LCD screen, LED screen, Comparing LCD and LED screens and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Word Search: 3.2 Input and Output Devices and 3.3 Data Storage (Modules 283–303) 22 words to find · Humidity sensor, Infra-red sensor, Level sensor, Light sensor and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Word Search: 5.1 The Internet and the World Wide Web (Modules 464–489) 21 words to find · URL part: the web page or file name, Splitting a URL into its parts, Purpose of HTTP, HTTP request and response 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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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 5–6 Crossword: Inside Digital Systems and Networks and Sharing Data (Modules 5–26) 10 clues · The same main parts in computers, tablets, phones and consoles, RAM and storage compared, Devices that are both input and output, Sorting a device's parts into input, process, store and output and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 5–6 Crossword: Algorithms with Branching and Repetition (Modules 106–119) 10 clues · Spotting a repeating pattern, A loop that never stops, A variable that counts in a loop, Counting only some things with IF inside a loop and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 5–6 Crossword: Algorithms with Branching and Repetition (Modules 120–132) 10 clues · Drawing a decision in a flowchart, Drawing a loop in a flowchart, Showing a counter in a flowchart, Following a flowchart to predict the result and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 5–6 Word Search: Inside Digital Systems and Networks and Sharing Data (Modules 5–43) 20 words to find · The same main parts in computers, tablets, phones and consoles, RAM and storage compared, Devices that are both input and output, Sorting a device's parts into input, process, store and output and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 5–6 Word Search: Algorithms with Branching and Repetition (Modules 106–132) 20 words to find · Spotting a repeating pattern, A loop that never stops, A variable that counts in a loop, Counting only some things with IF inside a loop 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 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: 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 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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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Crossword: Networked Systems and Access Control and Content, Structure and Presentation (Modules 116–154) 10 clues · Reading a permission string like rwxr-x---, Network (hardware) firewall, Firewall rule: allow or deny by port, Firewall rule: allow or deny by IP address 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: Cyber Security Threats and Vulnerabilities (Modules 810–827) 10 clues · Zero-day vulnerabilities, Outdated versions of software, Default credentials and insecure settings, Improper credential management and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Word Search: Networked Systems and Access Control to Data Compression (Modules 116–225) 20 words to find · Reading a permission string like rwxr-x---, Network (hardware) firewall, Firewall rule: allow or deny by port, Firewall rule: allow or deny by IP address 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: Cyber Security Threats and Vulnerabilities (Modules 810–859) 21 words to find · Zero-day vulnerabilities, Outdated versions of software, Default credentials and insecure settings, Improper credential management and more

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Crossword: Interactions Between Users, Data and Digital Systems (Modules 15–119) 10 clues · Control mechanisms: open-loop and closed-loop, Components of a web application, Database server, Server-side code and more

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Crossword: Interactions Between Users, Data and Digital Systems and Real-World Problems and Solution Requirements (Modules 128–176) 10 clues · Choosing a development method for a user profile, The six useability principles, Useability principle: error tolerance, Useability principle: ease of learning and more

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Word Search: Interactions Between Users, Data and Digital Systems and Real-World Problems and Solution Requirements (Modules 15–176) 20 words to find · Control mechanisms: open-loop and closed-loop, Components of a web application, Database server, Server-side code and more