BTEC International Level 3 Information Technology

Unit 15: Cloud Storage and Collaboration Tools — assessment criteria

Learners explore the uses of cloud technologies for storing and distributing data and apply cloud technologies that aid collaboration to meet a client’s needs.

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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

6 criteria
A.P1Explain how IT is currently deployed in an organisation and how it meets their needs.
A.P2Explain the different cloud technologies that could be used by an organisation and how it could meet their needs.
B.P3Produce plans for a cloud storage and collaboration solution to meet a client’s needs.
B.P4Develop a cloud storage and collaboration solution to meet a client’s needs.
C.P5Test and manage a cloud storage and collaboration solution, confirming that it meets the client’s needs.
C.P6Review the extent to which the cloud storage and collaboration solution meets the client’s needs.

Merit

3 criteria
A.M1Compare the impact that different cloud technologies would have on an organisation and how it could meet their needs. collaboration service to meet a client’s needs
B.M2Justify planning and implementation decisions, including risks, showing how they will provide an effective solution to meet a client’s needs. collaboration service to meet a client’s needs
C.M3Optimise the cloud storage and collaboration solution to meet the client’s needs.

Distinction

3 criteria
A.D1Analyse the impact that different cloud technologies would have on an organisation and how it could meet their needs.
BC.D2Evaluate the plan and optimised solution against a client’s needs.
BC.D3Demonstrate individual responsibility, creativity and effective self-management in the design, development and review of cloud storage and collaboration solutions.

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

AnalyseExplainCompareEvaluateDemonstrateProduceDevelopJustifyTestReviewOptimise
Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

Learning aims

  • A. Explore the use of cloud technologies and tools in organisations
  • B. Design and deploy a cloud-based collaboration service to meet a client’s needs
  • C. Manage and review a cloud-based collaboration service to meet a client’s needs

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