Higher Nationals in Computing
Unit 3: Employability and Professional Development
Session 1: In this session the first assessment
brief will be explained, and a start made to creating a
detailed plan for continuous professional development over the year.
Resources »
Session Activities
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Explain the assessment and grading criteria
for Assessment A03.1 CPD and answer questions
A10.1 »
10 min
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Deliver a presentation on the
Basics of Project Management
and answer any questions
20 min
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Create a free account at
Teamwork.com
10 min
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Copy a project template for Continuous Professional
development
20 min
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Explore the milestones, the task lists and the tasks.
Find out how to adjust the details of the tasks, and
how to add sub-tasks.
20 min
Useful Resources
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What is Project Management
a series of blogs by the Association for Project Management
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The 12 best About Pages
More varied examples with some guidance, although focussed
on blogging web sites.
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A multichoice test of HTML knowledge
This test was created by Derek Peacock as a way of testing
a students fundamental knowledge of the most commonly
used HTML tags
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codecademy
A website were you can learn HTML, CSS, jQuery, JavaScript
This site is free, and the interactive tutorials cover a good
range of languages. The examples used are not the best,
but it does work reasonably well.
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SitePoint
A website were you can learn HTML, CSS, JavaScript...
This site is subscription based and the learning materials
are excellent and are based on videos with detailed examples
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Microsoft
MTA and MCSD Certification
There is no doubt that Microsoft Certification is the
best choice for enhancing your skills. MTA's are the best
starting point but even they are difficult (see Exam 98-375)
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Microsoft
Exam 98-375HTML5 Application Development Fundamentals
Covers HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript
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W3Schools
W3Schools: Certification
Covers HTML, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP and Bootstrap.
Not as well recognised as Microsoft, expensive but more obtainable.
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LinkedIn
Linkedin: Professional Network
The best site for keeing details of your work experience
and qualification and for keeping in touch with work colleagues.