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Evidence Guide: ICAICT204A - Operate a digital media technology package

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ICAICT204A - Operate a digital media technology package

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Use appropriate OHS office work practices

  1. Use safe work practices to ensure ergonomic, work organisation, energy and resource conservation requirements are addressed
  2. Use wrist rests and document holders where appropriate
  3. Use monitor anti-glare and radiation reduction screens where appropriate
Use safe work practices to ensure ergonomic, work organisation, energy and resource conservation requirements are addressed

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Use wrist rests and document holders where appropriate

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Use monitor anti-glare and radiation reduction screens where appropriate

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Identify and select appropriate digital media package

  1. Identify the basic requirements of a design brief, including user environment
  2. Research and review suitable available digital media packages
  3. Select an appropriate digital media package to meet design brief requirements
Identify the basic requirements of a design brief, including user environment

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Research and review suitable available digital media packages

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Select an appropriate digital media package to meet design brief requirements

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Use digital media package

  1. Procure or create suitable data to meet requirements of the brief
  2. Manipulate data using digital media package tools
  3. Ensure naming and storing of documents in appropriate file format in directories or folders
Procure or create suitable data to meet requirements of the brief

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Manipulate data using digital media package tools

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Ensure naming and storing of documents in appropriate file format in directories or folders

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Review digital media design

  1. Evaluate design for creative, dramatic and technical quality, file size, and suitability to meet the brief
  2. Test and run any incorporated graphics, video or sound as part of a digital media presentation and present designs in the appropriate format
  3. Review final product against design brief
Evaluate design for creative, dramatic and technical quality, file size, and suitability to meet the brief

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Test and run any incorporated graphics, video or sound as part of a digital media presentation and present designs in the appropriate format

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Review final product against design brief

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Evidence of the ability to:

identify basic requirements of a design brief

use digital media package to meet organisational requirements

use OHS principles and responsibilities for ergonomics, such as work periods and breaks

use help manuals and online help when appropriate

use digital media technologies to support design brief requirements.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to:

use of PC, printer and digital media technologies

use of digital media package currently used in industry

documents detailing organisational style guide and policy

digital media focused design brief.

Where applicable, physical resources should include equipment modified for people with special needs.

Method of assessment

A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit:

verbal or written questioning to assess candidate’s knowledge of OHS, application usage for specific tasks and use of different digital media technologies

direct observation of candidate using a digital media package

review final digital media product prepared by candidate against design brief.

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, where appropriate.

Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate, and suitable to the communication skill level, language, literacy and numeracy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed.

Indigenous people and other people from a non-English speaking background may need additional support.

In cases where practical assessment is used it should be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge.

Required Skills and Knowledge

Required skills

communication skills to:

communicate with peers and supervisors

seek assistance and expert advice

literacy skills to:

interpret user manuals and help functions

read and write basic design briefs

numeracy skills to apply graphical measurements

problem-solving skills to manage applications and use help functions

research skills to review and select appropriate digital media packages and technologies

technical skills to:

operate a PC and printer

manipulate digital photographs, images, videos and sound

use digital media packages

use digital media technologies

use a keyboard to enter text, data and graphics.

Required knowledge

basic principles of visual design

functions and features of digital media packages and technologies

graphic design and stylistic language conventions

OHS principles and responsibilities for ergonomics, such as work periods and breaks

principles of digital imaging and file formats, video and sound file formats, file management and transfer systems

vendor product directions in digital media hardware and software

visualisation and interpreting creative information, scripts (text) and images.

Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Ergonomic, work organisation, energy and resource conservation requirements may include:

avoiding radiation from computer screens

chair height, seat and back adjustment

document holder

equipment that is reasonably adjusted to meet personal needs, in appropriate circumstances

exercise breaks

footrest

keyboard and mouse position

lighting

mix of repetitive and other activities

noise minimisation

posture

rest periods

screen position

workstation height and layout.

Design brief may include:

approval sign-off

background

budget

deliverables

mandatory elements

objectives

target audience

time line.

Digital media packages may include:

3-D computer graphics software

animation software

commercial software applications

graphic arts software

hypermedia editing software, such as web development software

image editing software:

raster graphics

vector graphics

music sequencer or score writer

open-source software

organisation-specific software

sound editing software, such as digital-audio editor

video-editing software.

Data may include:

graphics

icons

images

screenshots

sound

text

video.

Naming and storing documents may include:

authorised access

filenames according to organisational procedure

filenames that are easily identifiable related to the content

file and directory names which identify the operator, author, section, date

filing locations

organisational policy for:

backing up files

filing hard copies of documents

security

storage in folders and sub-folders

storage on hard or floppy disk drives, CD-ROM, tape backup.

File format may include:

HTML pages

music

PDF files

pictures

text files

video.