VCE Applied Computing - U1O1 - Data analysis
VCE Applied Computing Unit 1 Outcome 1, Data analysis: types, characteristics and quality of data, privacy and the Australian Privacy Principles, ethics and APA referencing, requirements and constraints, and design tools for data solutions. The spreadsheet, SQL and visualisation modules are in a separate journey.
Modules (80)
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Data and information
2
Primary and secondary data sources
3
Quantitative data
4
Qualitative data
5
Purposes of qualitative and quantitative data
6
Interviews to gather perspectives on a topical issue
7
Collecting data with a survey
8
Writing unbiased survey questions
9
Sensor data to monitor a person's health
10
Census data
11
Demographic data for statistical analysis
12
Data collected over a period of time
13
How does an AI actually work?
14
Data generated by artificial intelligence
15
Open data portals and data licences
16
Text data: character and string
17
Numeric data: integer
18
Numeric data: floating point
19
Date/time data
20
Boolean data
21
Choosing a data type for a value
22
Field data types in a database table
23
Characteristic of data: size
24
Characteristic of data: structure
25
Characteristic of data: accessibility
26
Characteristic of information: clarity
27
Characteristic of information: context
28
Data quality: accuracy
29
Data quality: bias
30
Integrity
31
Data quality: relevance
32
Data quality: reliability
33
Judging the quality of a dataset
34
Personal data
35
Sensitive information
36
Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth)
37
What the Australian Privacy Principles are
38
APP 2: anonymity and pseudonymity
39
Anonymising data
40
Australian Privacy Principle 6
41
Holding information only for its primary purpose
42
Australian Privacy Principle 11
43
Confidentiality
44
User permissions: read, write and execute
45
Multi-factor authentication
46
Encryption and decryption
47
Security measures to protect personal information
48
Critiquing a system against the Australian Privacy Principles
49
Ethical issue: lack of transparency
50
Ethical issue: use of inaccurate or incomplete data
51
Ethical issue: ownership and control of data
52
Ethical issue: misuse of personal data and information
53
Ethical issue: repurposing and sharing of data by AI systems
54
Analysing an ethical issue in a data scenario
55
Copyright Act 1968 (Cwlth)
56
Acknowledging sources and copyright
57
Purpose of APA referencing
58
APA in-text citations
59
APA reference list entry structure
60
APA reference for a web page
61
APA reference for a dataset or report
62
APA referencing of AI-generated content
63
Acknowledging primary data and personal communications
64
Functional requirements
65
Solution Non-functional Requirements
66
Writing measurable non-functional requirements
67
Constraints on a solution
68
Scope of a solution
69
Listing requirements and constraints for a problem
70
Interpreting teacher-provided requirements for a data solution
71
Input-process-output (IPO) chart
72
Writing an IPO chart for a spreadsheet or database task
73
Annotating an interface design
74
Annotated diagram of a database or spreadsheet
75
Design Tool - Mock-ups
76
Mock-up of a spreadsheet layout
77
Mock-up of a data visualisation
78
Query design
79
Designing a query from a requirement
80
Interpreting a given design
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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VCE Applied Computing U1O1: Types and purposes of data
Students learn to tell data from information, primary from secondary sources, and qualitative from quantitative data, and how each is collected and used, including surveys, sensors, census, time-series and AI-generated data.
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VCE Applied Computing U1O1: Data types and data characteristics
Students learn the data types used in software tools (text, numeric, date/time and Boolean), how to choose one, and the characteristics of data and information such as size, structure, accessibility, clarity and context.
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VCE Applied Computing U1O1: Data quality
Students learn the factors that affect data quality (accuracy, bias, integrity, relevance and reliability) and how to judge a dataset against them.
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VCE Applied Computing U1O1: Privacy and the Australian Privacy Principles
Students learn about personal and sensitive information, the Privacy Act 1988, and how to apply APPs 2, 6 and 11 and security measures to protect data.
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VCE Applied Computing U1O1: Ethics and APA referencing
Students learn to analyse ethical issues in managing and communicating data, and to acknowledge intellectual property using copyright rules and APA referencing for primary and secondary sources.
7
VCE Applied Computing U1O1: Requirements, constraints and scope
Students learn to write and interpret functional and non-functional requirements, constraints and scope for a data solution.
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VCE Applied Computing U1O1: Design tools for databases, spreadsheets and visualisations
Students learn to represent the functionality and appearance of data solutions using IPO charts, annotated diagrams, mock-ups and query designs, and to interpret given designs.
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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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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VCE Cyber Security Crossword: Software malware updates to RSA (Modules 41–50)
10 clues · Software malware updates, Staff procedures, Encryption and decryption, Caesar cipher and more
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VCE Cyber Security Crossword: ISM guideline: confidentiality and integrity of wireless traffic and more (Modules 61–74)
10 clues · ISM guideline: confidentiality and integrity of wireless traffic, ISM guideline: wireless network footprint, Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth), Australian Privacy Principle 1 and more
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VCE Cyber Security Word Search: Software malware updates to Information Privacy Principle 5 (Modules 41–74)
22 words to find · Software malware updates, Staff procedures, Encryption and decryption, Caesar cipher and more
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Issues in Technology Crossword: Is AI using too much power? and more (Part 1 of 2)
10 clues · Is AI using too much power?, How does an AI actually work?, Compression - losing quality or saving space?, Why file size matters and more
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Issues in Technology Word Search: Is AI using too much power? to What is RADCAB? (All modules)
22 words to find · Is AI using too much power?, How does an AI actually work?, Compression - losing quality or saving space?, Why file size matters and more
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Years 5–6 Digital Systems Crossword: Data and networks and Accounts, passphrases and security (Modules 41–52)
10 clues · Strong passwords, Passphrase, Risks of password re-use, Unique passphrase for each account 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 Data & Information Crossword: Data, information and binary representation (Modules 1–10)
10 clues · Data and information, Types of data: numbers and text, Types of data: images, sound and video, Same data, different representations and more
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Years 5–6 Data & Information Crossword: Data, information and binary representation and Acquiring and manipulating data (Modules 11–20)
10 clues · Representing images with pixels, Primary and secondary data sources, Collecting data with a survey, Spreadsheet rows, columns and cells and more
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Years 5–6 Data & Information Crossword: Analysing and visualising data and Digital footprint and privacy (Modules 31–56)
10 clues · Choosing the right chart, Column and bar charts, Line charts, Pie charts and more
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Years 5–6 Data & Information Word Search: Data, information and binary representation and Acquiring and manipulating data (Modules 1–20)
20 words to find · Data and information, Types of data: numbers and text, Types of data: images, sound and video, Same data, different representations and more
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Years 5–6 Data & Information Word Search: Acquiring and manipulating data to Digital footprint and privacy (Modules 21–56)
20 words to find · Cleaning data, Formulas start with =, Arithmetic operators + - * /, The SUM function 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 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 9–10 Digital Systems Crossword: Controlling and securing access to data (Modules 13–24)
10 clues · Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Authentication vs authorisation and more
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Years 9–10 Digital Systems Word Search: Controlling and securing access to data and Threats and software vulnerabilities (Modules 13–40)
20 words to find · Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Authentication vs authorisation and more
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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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Crossword: Types and purposes of data and Data types and data characteristics (Modules 15–24)
10 clues · Open data portals and data licences, Text data: character and string, Numeric data: integer, Numeric data: floating point and more
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Crossword: Data types and data characteristics to Privacy and the Australian Privacy Principles (Modules 25–37)
10 clues · Characteristic of data: accessibility, Characteristic of information: clarity, Characteristic of information: context, Data quality: accuracy and more
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Crossword: Privacy and the Australian Privacy Principles and Ethics and APA referencing (Modules 38–54)
10 clues · APP 2: anonymity and pseudonymity, Holding information only for its primary purpose, Security measures to protect personal information, Critiquing a system against the Australian Privacy Principles and more
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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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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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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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Word Search: Data types and data characteristics to Ethics and APA referencing (Modules 25–54)
20 words to find · Characteristic of data: accessibility, Characteristic of information: clarity, Characteristic of information: context, Data quality: accuracy and more
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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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