Data and digital literacy skills: Digital Content Design

To create and edit digital content to improve and integrate information and content into an existing body of knowledge while understanding how copyright and licences are to be applied. To know how to give understandable instructions for a computer system.

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Creating digital content

Comfortable creating a range of digital content and sharing this online in an appropriate way.

Creating instructions for computers

Can create a sequence of instructions using the features within a software tool, such as mail rules or macros. Recognises the difference between computer code and mark-up. Understands and can apply simple coding concepts such as branching (If/Then logic) and variables (x=1).

Digital copyright and licences

Aware of the difference between different forms of usage rights (like public domain, Creative Commons, copyright and licensing). Ensure own usage of tools and content conforms to relevant usage rights.

Short Guide to Copyright - Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

Re-using digital content

Comfortable using hyperlinks to reference online content in documents, emails, etc. Able to capture/copy content from one source and use it in another (e.g. take an image from a webpage and place it in a document)

Insert and play a video file from your computer - Microsoft Support

Suitable for

All staff.

Craft and User Level

This aligns with the Working in Government Craft at the Foundation level.