Assessment Objectives for ITGS
There are four assessment objectives for the SL and HL Diploma Programme ITGS course. Having followed the course at SL or HL, students will be expected to demonstrate the following.
Assessment objective 1: Knowledge and understanding of specified content
- Demonstrate an awareness of IT applications and developments in specified scenarios
- Demonstrate an awareness of the social and ethical significance of specified IT applications and developments
- Demonstrate technical knowledge of ITGS terminology, concepts and tools
- Demonstrate technical knowledge of IT systems
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of topics related to the annually issued case study (HL paper 3 only)
Assessment objective 2: Application and analysis
- Explain the impacts of IT applications and developments in specified scenarios
- Analyse the social and ethical significance of specified IT applications and developments
- Transfer IT knowledge and make connections between specific scenarios
- Apply technical knowledge of IT systems acquired through independent research to provide supporting evidence in possible decisions relating to future courses of action related to the annually issued case study (HL paper 3 only)
Assessment objective 3: Synthesis and evaluation
- Evaluate local and global impacts of specified IT developments through individually researched studies
- Evaluate a solution involving IT to a specified problem using knowledge of IT systems
- Discuss the social and ethical implications of specified IT policies and developments
- Evaluate, formulate and justify possible strategic courses of action related to the annually issued case study (HL paper 3 only)
Assessment objective 4: Use of ITGS skills
- Demonstrate evidence of project management in the development of a well-organized product to resolve a specific issue
- Use IT tools and the product development life cycle (PDLC) to create an original product in consultation with a client
- Demonstrate evidence of the use of appropriate techniques to develop an original IT product
Assessment Objectives in Practice
The following tables show the percentage weighting for each of the assessment objectives across each of the components. This may differ from the allocation of time devoted to each of the assessment objectives in class.
Standard level
Assessment objective |
Paper 1 |
Paper 2 |
Internal assessment |
Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Knowledge and understanding of specified content |
20 |
10 |
8 |
38 |
2. Application and analysis |
14 |
10 |
5 |
29 |
3. Synthesis and evaluation |
6 |
10 |
4 |
20 |
4. Use of ITGS skills |
n/a |
n/a |
13 |
13 |
Component weighting |
40% |
30% |
30% |
100% |
Higher level
Assessment objective |
Paper 1 |
Paper 2 |
Paper 3 |
Internal assessment |
Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Knowledge and understanding of specified content |
18 |
7 |
10 |
5 |
40 |
2. Application and analysis |
12 |
7 |
8 |
3 |
30 |
3. Synthesis and evaluation |
5 |
6 |
7 |
3 |
21 |
4. Use of ITGS skills |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
9 |
9 |
Component weighting |
35% |
20% |
25% |
20% |
100% |