Derek's Portfolio

Unit 1: Business Skills for e-Commerce

To enable learners to apply the business skills needed to design an e-Commerce solution for an organisation.

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Learning Outcomes

  1. Understand the structure and aims of business organisations
  2. Understand the impact of e-Commerce
  3. Be able to design e-Commerce solutions.

Assessment Criteria

  1. Understand the structure and aims of business organisations
    1. Assess 01.1 assess an organisation’s core business functions
    2. Assess 01.1 evaluate an organisation’s business aims and show how they relate to stakeholders
  2. Understand the impact of e-Commerce
    1. Assess 01.1 analyse the impact, including the risks, of introducing an e-Commerce system to an organisation
    2. Assess 01.1 discuss the global impact of e-Commerce on society
  3. Be able to design e-Commerce solutions
    1. Assess 14.1 investigate market potential for an e-Commerce opportunity
    2. Assess 01.1 evaluate current e-Commerce systems in use by organisations
    3. Assess 14.1 discuss the financial implications of an e-Commerce solution
    4. Assess 14.1 design an e-Commerce solution
    5. Assess 14.1 evaluate the suitability of an e-Commerce solution

Merit Grading Criteria


  1. Identify and apply strategies to find appropriate solutions
    1. Assess 01.1 No Evidence An individual report on the consumer and business impact of e-commerce has been produced on schedule, and backed up with at least 5 authoritative references.
    2. Assess 14.1 No Evidence The design needs to be in line with currently recognised good practice for website usability, accessibility and overall layout, structure and appearance.
  2. Select/design and apply appropriate methods/techniques
    1. Assess 01.1 No Evidence Individual blog posting which show that most of the risks and benefits of introducing BlackBoard VLE have been clearly identified
    2. Assess 14.1 No Evidence A design that shows a good application of HCI design principles and modern responsive web design
  3. Present and communicate appropriate findings
    1. Assess 01.1 No Evidence A portfolio published as a website containing simply styled web pages with clear structure and good use of headings, text, images, lists, tables and hyperlinks
    2. Assess 14.1 No Evidence The design review of the website clearly shows that people find the site attractive and easy to understand as judged by a survey.

Distinction Grading Criteria


  1. Use critical reflection to evaluate own work and justify valid conclusions
    1. Assess 01.1 No Evidence The analysis of the impact of e-commerce on Oaklands College is balanced and backed up by good evidence
    2. Assess 14.1 No Evidence Individual blog posts showing critical evaluation of planning, organisation, tools used, techniques followed and the products produced
  2. Take responsibility for managing and organising activities
    1. Assess 01.1 No Evidence The portfolio and the blog site contributions were created on schedule with a clearly organised way of managing the individual tasks
    2. Assess 14.1 No Evidence A detailed plan has been produced and continuously updated showing individual task allocation and completion on schedule
  3. Demonstrate convergent/lateral/ creative thinking
    1. Assess 01.1 No Evidence Individual contributions and comments in the blog site show a good analytic approach to new ideas
    2. Assess 14.1 No Evidence Web pages have been produced that show creative thought or new ideas

Colour Coding

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