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Elaboration ACTDIP022

applying practices that support the organisation of collaborative problem-solving, for example finding online meeting times that suit all members, and agreeing on ways of protecting files and sharing information digitally with members

Elaboration (1) ACTDIP022

applying safe practices while participating in online environments, for example checking the default privacy settings to ensure maximum protection of personal details, being aware of online filtering techniques and policies used at school and at home

Elaboration (2) ACTDIP022

considering ways of managing the use of social media to maintain privacy needs, for example activating privacy settings to avoid divulging personal data such as photographs, addresses and names

Elaboration (3) ACTDIP022

developing a set of ‘rules’ about appropriate conduct, language and content when communicating online, and using these rules as a basis for resolving ethical dilemmas

Elaboration (4) ACTDIP022

using digital systems to create web-based information taking into consideration referencing conventions, for example creating a blog, website or online learning space for sharing ideas

Elaboration (5) ACTDIP022

using a range of communication tools to share ideas and information, for example participating in collaborative online environments

Elaboration ACTDIK023

explaining that networks have components that control the movement of data, for example routers, hubs, switches and bridges manage data traffic and that the characteristics of these components impact on the operation (speed and security) of networks

Elaboration (1) ACTDIK023

explaining how cellular radio towers (transceivers) and mobile phones work together to create mobile networks

Elaboration (2) ACTDIK023

comparing the reliability and speed of transmitting data through wireless, wired and mobile networks

Elaboration (3) ACTDIK023

recognising that there are different communications protocols for transmitting data in networks, for example hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) is used for transferring web page files in a browser, file transfer protocol (FTP) is used for sending and …

Elaboration ACTDIK024

explaining that characters in text correspond to numbers defined by the character set, for example ‘A’ corresponds to 65 in the ASCII and Unicode character sets

Elaboration (1) ACTDIK024

recognising that Unicode attempts to represent the written symbols of every language; and using Unicode charts to look up characters from Asian writing systems

Elaboration (2) ACTDIK024

investigating the different representation of bitmap and vector graphics and its consequences, for example pixelation in magnified bitmap and vector images

Elaboration (3) ACTDIK024

investigating how colours are represented in images and videos, for example manipulating red, green and blue (RGB) colours in an image editor

Elaboration (4) ACTDIK024

converting between decimal and 8-bit (1 byte) unsigned binary, covering whole numbers typically used for characters and RGB, for example 65 in decimal is 01000001 in 8-bit binary

Elaboration (5) ACTDIK024

explaining ways media elements are presented, for example the difference between embedded and linked media elements

Elaboration ACTDIP025

designing a search engine query to find specific information on the web and checking its accuracy against information contained in other sources, for example entering instructions such as intitle: and inurl: prefixes to find information within a general …

Elaboration (1) ACTDIP025

acquiring data from a range of sources, for example people, websites, books, mobile phones, radiofrequency identification (RFID) and data repositories such as the Australian Bureau of Statistics datasets, and compiling these data into a digital forma …

Elaboration (2) ACTDIP025

checking authenticity of data, for example ensuring the source or author is a reliable individual or organisation

Elaboration ACTDIP026

using features and functions of software to summarise data to create information, for example calculating a simple budget of income and payments and creating a summary table for analysis

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