BTEC International Level 3 Information Technology

Unit 18: The Internet of Things — assessment criteria

Learners explore systems and services that make up the Internet of Things (IoT) and develop an IoT system or device using off-the-shelf hardware and programming techniques and constructs.

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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.P1Describe the purpose and application of IoT systems and/or services from different sectors.
A.P2Explain the principles and characteristics of IoT systems and/or services from different sectors.
B.P3Produce an IoT system or device design to solve a problem, including the architecture, standards, communication requirements and security.
B.P4Review the IoT system or device design with others to identify and inform improvements.
C.P5Develop a prototype IoT system or device with partial functionality to solve a problem.
C.P6Review the extent to which the IoT system or device meets the client’s requirements.

Merit

3 criteria
A.M1Compare the purpose, applications, principles and characteristics of IoT systems and/or services from different sectors. Things system or device to solve a problem
B.M2Justify design decisions, showing how the system or device design will result in an effective IoT system or service solution. integrated Internet of Things system or device to solve a problem
C.M3Develop a functional prototype IoT system or device to solve a problem as intended and that meets the client’s requirements.

Distinction

3 criteria
A.D1Evaluate the purpose, applications, principles and characteristics of IoT systems and/or services from different sectors.
BC.D2Evaluate an optimised IoT system or device design to solve a problem against the client’s requirements and using feedback from others.
BC.D3Optimise the prototype IoT system or device to solve a problem as intended and that meets the client’s requirements, demonstrating individual responsibility and effective self-management.

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.

EvaluateDescribeExplainCompareOptimiseProduceReviewJustifyDevelop
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. Examine systems and services that form part of the Internet of Things
  • B. Develop a design for an Internet of
  • C. Carry out the prototyping of an integrated Internet of Things system or device to

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