BTEC International Level 3 Information Technology

Unit 7: Mobile Apps Development — assessment criteria

Learners investigate mobile apps and design, and develop an application intended for use on mobile devices.

Internal60 GLH13 criteria3 learning aims
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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 how the purpose of a mobile app and the needs, preferences and characteristics of the user affect its design and the provided features.
A.P2Explain the impact of current technologies on the design and implementation of mobile apps.
B.P3Produce designs for a mobile app to meet identified requirements.
B.P4Review the mobile app designs with others to identify and inform refinements.
C.P5Produce a mobile app that meets the design criteria.
C.P6Test a mobile app for functionality, usability, stability and performance.
C.P7Review the extent to which the mobile app meets the identified requirements

Merit

3 criteria
A.M1Analyse how the implementation and design of mobile apps is affected by the intended user, current technologies and the purpose of the app. device functions
B.M2Justify how decisions made during the design process ensure the design for the app will meet identified requirements. device functions
C.M3Optimise a mobile app that meets the design criteria.

Distinction

3 criteria
A.D1Evaluate how the effectiveness of mobile app implementation and design are affected by the intended user, current technologies and the purpose of the app.
BC.D2Evaluate the design and optimised mobile app against client requirements.
BC.D3Demonstrate individual responsibility, creativity and effective self-management in the design, development and review of a mobile app.

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.

EvaluateExplainAnalyseDemonstrateProduceReviewJustifyTestOptimise
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 mobile apps and mobile devices
  • B. Design a mobile app that utilises device functions
  • C. Develop a mobile app that utilises device functions

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