BCS Level 1 Robotics Award

App Inventor is a free, cloud-based service that allows you to make your own mobile apps using a blocks-based programming language. You access App Inventor using a web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari). With these beginner-friendly tutorials, you will learn the basics of programming apps for Android and iOS phones and tablets.

This course has been designed to provide learners with knowledge and skills in Cybersecurity and is suited to those who have completed Cisco's Introduction to Cybersecurity. There are 8 Chapters in the course which when completed provides learners with a Cisco accreditation. 

This Unit will develop skills in researching and presenting information in text and graphical form relating to computing and will help learners prepare for further study at SCQF level 6, by showing them how to identify, locate, organise and effectively use information to address a specific problem. Learners will develop their study and research skills by managing time; identifying appropriate sources of information; reviewing information, taking relevant notes; avoiding plagiarism, gaining permission if necessary, using appropriate research tools, and reflecting on completed work.

The purpose of this unit is to provide learners with an understanding of underlying concepts and fundamental principles involved in computer game planning and design. This is a non-specialist unit, intended for a wide range of learners who may continue into further study of computer games or pursue a career in the computer games industry. The unit covers the following knowledge and skills: Computer game genres and platforms Writing proposals for computer games Receiving and acting on feedback to proposals Elements of a game design Designing and planning computer gamesOn completion of this unit, learners will be able to plan and design computer games.