BTEC International Level 3 Information Technology

Unit 17: Digital Animation and Effects — assessment criteria

Learners explore the purpose and characteristics of digital animations and effects and create an animation, including effects, such as audio, that may be used in other media products.

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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

7 criteria

A.P1Explain the purpose of and legal requirements for different digital animations and effects products.

A.P2Explain the technical characteristics of different digital animations and effects products, including a limited explanation of how they impact on the finished product.

B.P3Produce designs for a digital animation and effects product to meet a client’s brief.

B.P4Review the design for a digital animation and effects product with others to identify and inform refinements.

C.P5Create a digital animation and effects product to meet a client brief.

C.P6Test the digital animation and effects product against the client brief.

C.P7Review the extent to which the final digital animation and effects product meets the client brief.

Merit

3 criteria

A.M1Discuss the purpose and characteristics of different digital animations and effects products, including how they impact on the finished product. effects product to meet a client brief

B.M2Justify the digital animation and effects product design decisions, showing how they will provide an effective solution to meet the client brief. effects product to meet a client brief

C.M3Optimise the animation and effects product, to effectively meet the client brief.

Distinction

3 criteria

A.D1Evaluate the purpose and characteristics of different digital animation and effects products, including how they impact on the finished product.

BC.D2Evaluate the digital animation and effects product design and optimised solution against the client’s brief.

BC.D3Demonstrate individual responsibility, creativity and effective self-management in the design, development and review of a digital animation and effects product.

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.

EvaluateExplainDiscussDemonstrateProduceReviewJustifyCreateTestOptimise

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. Investigate the purpose and characteristics of digital animations and effects that
B. Design a digital animation and effects product to meet a client brief
C. Develop a digital animation and effects product to meet a client brief

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