BTEC International Level 3 Marketing

Unit 4: Investigating Digital Marketing — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 3 Unit 4 (Investigating Digital Marketing) — 60 Guided Learning Hours.

Internal / Optional60 GLH11 criteria

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 marketing activities have changed as a result of evolving digital technology over time in a selected organisation.
A.P2Describe how evolving digital technology, including social media, has changed the behaviour of the target key customer segment in a selected organisation.
B.P3Describe how digital marketing tools could be used to target a key customer segment in a selected organisation.
B.P4Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the digital marketing tools used to target a key customer segment in a selected organisation.
C.P5Explain how different content options could be developed for use within the digital marketing tools used to target a key customer segment in a selected organisation
C.P6Describe the steps involved in developing the different content options that could be developed for use within the digital marketing tools used to target a key customer segment in a selected organisation.

Merit

3 criteria
A.M1Assess the impact of evolving digital technology and social media, on marketing activities, including how this has changed the behaviour of the target key customer segment in a selected organisation.
B.M2Analyse how digital marketing tools could be used to target a key customer segment in a selected organisation.
C.M3Assess the different content options, including the steps involved in developing these, for use within the digital marketing tools used to target a key customer segment in a selected organisation.

Distinction

2 criteria
A.D1Evaluate the impact of evolving digital technology and social media, on marketing activities, including how this has changed the behaviour of the target key customer segment in a selected organisation.
BC.D2Evaluate different content options and the use of digital tools to target a key customer segment.

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.

ExplainDescribeAssessAnalyseEvaluate
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.

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