National 4 Graphic Communication
Course Specification
This explains the overall structure of the Course, including its purpose and aims and information on the skills, knowledge and understanding that will be developed.
Unit Specifications
These provide an outline of what each Unit will cover within the following Unit Specifications and detail the Outcomes and Assessment Standards.
Added Value Unit Specification
These define the mandatory requirements for the Added Value Unit, including the Outcomes and Assessment Standards.
They also include the further mandatory information on Course coverage for the National 4 Course and include information on the assessment method to be used and the conditions of assessment.
Added Value Unit Assessment
The Graphic Communication Added Value Unit assessment is an assignment. It
In the assessment,
Centres can choose from a bank of these assessments, available on the secure site, or create their own. Centres can access the bank of assessments through their SQA Co-ordinator.
Course and Unit Support Notes
These provide advice and guidance for teachers/lecturers on learning, teaching and assessment within the Course and its Units.
The course support notes have been revised - the 'British Standards and Conventions — information and support for candidates' document has been added as an appendix.
Past Papers and Marking Instructions
Unit Assessment Support
These documents contain details of Unit assessment task(s), show approaches to gathering evidence and how the evidence can be judged against the Outcomes and Assessment Standards. Teachers/lecturers can arrange access to these confidential documents through their SQA Co-ordinator.
Verification and Course reports
Qualification Verification Summary Reports distil messages from verification activity from a given session. In 2020 not all planned activity took place, so reports have a more limited scope than in previous years.
- Graphic Communication Qualification Verification Summary Report
April 2023 - Graphic Communication Qualification Verification Summary Report
June 2022 - Graphic Communication Qualification Verification Summary Report
July 2020 - Graphic Communication Verification Key Messages Round 2
June 2018 - Graphic Communication: Quality Assurance - external verification
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Contact Information
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