Key Skills Level 3 – Portfolio

For Key Skills ICT Level 3 you will need to complete two activities

Activity Brief 1: University Leaflet

The careers teacher at school has asked you to produce a folded leaflet which will inform other students about a course at a specific university.  The leaflet should be clear to read, informative and contain details of the University, details of the city or town where the University is located and details of the particular course.  You should also make effective use of relevant pictures to enhance your leaflet

Tasks you need to complete for activity 1

1. Planning for activity 1, more…
2. Searching for pictures, more…
3. Development of picture, more…
4. Searching for text, more…
5. Development of text and leaflet first draft, more…
6. Purposeful use of email with attachment, more…
7. Final, accurate version of your leaflet, more…

Activity Brief 2: University Budget

Your Grandparents decided that they would like to support you financially while you are at university.  They have asked you to investigate and compare the sources of income and levels of expenditure that you could incur for university courses which you are interested in applying for.  Also, they would like you calculate the difference between your income and your expenditure for each university and make it clear whether or not you can afford to attend.  When you have completed your research and calculations, they would like you to feed back your results to them in the form of a short letter

Tasks you need to complete for activity 2

1. Planning for activity 2, more…
2. Searching for budget information, more…
3. Development of number, more…
4. Development of text (letter), more…
5. Final, accurate version of your letter, more…

Presentation of Portfolio

1. You need to provide evidence that you have saved your work and organised your files and folders.  Include a screenshot of your Key Skills folder from your work area to prove that you have done this.
2. Include the Activity Briefs in your portfolio
3.  Number your pages
4.  Include a contents page
5. Follow the order of the activities above