Digital Creator is structured into 5 Creative and 3 Sharing units. To gain the Award, students must successfully complete four units, including at least one from each group. To achieve the full Certificate, all eight units must be completed.

The units cover certain generic concepts, including the requirements of digital hardware and software and the importance of different output media for digital media devices. They also cover issues of copyright, intellectual property, and health and safety considerations.

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Creative Units

Unit A // Digital Audio
Understanding digital audio concepts and how they affect what the end user hears.

Unit B // Digital Still Images
Understanding, capturing and manipulating still images.

Unit C // Moving Image Language
Understanding the language that film makers use to communicate.

Unit D // Digital Video
Capturing and manipulating digital video.

Unit E // Storytelling with Animation
Working with digital animation in its different forms.

 

Sharing Units

Sharing one's work is the essence of creativity. These three units show candidates how to format and organise their digital work so that it can be shared using optical media, digital presentations and the internet.

Unit F // Sharing with Optical Media
This unit provides learners with a basic understanding of technologies such as DVD.

Unit G // Sharing on the Internet
Candidates learn how to make their digital media projects available over the Internet.

Unit H // Sharing using Multimedia Presentations
This unit is designed to ensure that the candidate understands the basic concepts for making a presentation using digital media for different audiences.