SayPro Online Course SAQA 11516619112

1. The learner can solve problems through practical assignments, class projects and development of computer programs.

Formal assessment through written tests and exams.

Evaluation of learners abilities to problem solving by developing a project where an IT problem from the real world is analysed and a prototype of a working system is implemented.

2. On completion of the qualification a learner should have ample opportunity to demonstrate his ability to work in some form of group participation.

Ongoing evaluation by lecturer of participation of learner in group work, doing project assignments together with other students.

Peer evaluation where team members evaluate mutual participation in team relationships.

3. The learner should be able to demonstrate his responsibility by completing the course in the preset time frame.

Ongoing evaluation by the lecturer of the learner`s participation in class activities such as attendance of lectures, group discussions and preparation of study material.

4. The learner should be able to demonstrate his abilities to collect, to structure and to interpret info when doing investigations for the development of the team project.

The lecturer must assess the learner`s abilities to gather information from customer while analysing the customer`s system for developing the team project.

The lecturer must assess the learner`s abilities to document the assembled info to be used in the team project.

5. The learner should be able to demonstrate his abilities to communicate with other people such as customers from the IT industry, peer group members and lecturers.

The lecturer must assess the learner`s abilities to make statements on IT related matters in the presence of the lecturer and peer group members.

The lecturer must assess the learner`s abilities to use multi-media facilities such as visual and graphical representations to present his views on an IT topic (slide shows, Web pages, written documents)

6. The lecturer must judge the learner `s abilities to develop the necessary software to demonstrate problem solutions.

The lecture must judge the learner `s abilities to use advanced IT facilities such as high level programming languages, database systems, multi-media, Internet client/server architectures etc. to solve challenging study problems.

The lecturer must judge the learner `s abilities to use advanced IT technology for preparing documentation (word processing, slide shows, Web design).

7. The learner should be able to demonstrate his abilities to apply IT knowledge to the benefit of society and the environment.

The lecturer must ascertain that the learner is aware of his responsibilities towards society and the environment by informal discussions conducted on a personal and ongoing basis.

8. The learner should be able to demonstrate his abilities to follow a systematic study procedure.

The lecturer must assess the abilities of the learner to integrate different aspects of the study field in a systematic way. This can be done on an ongoing basis by evaluating written and verbal reports on study progress.

9. The lecturer must ascertain the learner`s attitude towards the citizens of the country, making sure that the acquired IT skills will be used to the benefit of the society at large.

10. The lecturer must ascertain that the learner has a positive attitude towards fellow citizens. This can be done by informal and personal discussions between the lecturer and the learner on an ongoing basis.

11. The lecturer must see to it that the learner knows the ethics of employment in the IT industry.

The lecturer must see to it that the learner is able to draw up his own CV.

12. The lecturer has to assess the learner`s awareness of the importance of generating job opportunities in the IT industry by ongoing informal discussions.

The lecturer has to assess the learner`s knowledge of business principles by ongoing informal discussion.

Formative assessment practices that will be implemented:

Learners are continually assessed via informal class tests and formal semester tests (in written or oral mode), as well as practical programming and software design and implementation assignments. In the third year learners are exposed to team-work through a comprehensive software team project, incorporating all the phases of the software design life cycle. This project starts in February, and ends in November, and must be demonstrated as a live software product.

Summative assessment practices that will be implemented:

Integrated assessment, focusing on the achievement of the exit-level outcomes, will be done by means of two written examinations per year per module, one towards the end of each semester.