This AS level unit is mandatory and is internally assessed.
This unit helps you to:

• understand the characteristics and significance of different types of information;
• understand the different methods for communicating information and the technologies that support them;
• create original communications in styles that suit the users;
• improve the accuracy, readability and presentational quality of communications you create;
• understand some of the ways organisations present information and why they use standard layouts for documents;
• choose and apply standard layouts;
• understand the need for standard ways of working;
• develop good practice in your use of ICT.

You will use your presentation knowledge and skills to create a portfolio of different communications, including a presentation on different methods of communicating information and the technologies that support them. You will also compare a collection of standard documents used by organisations.

The communications you create and compare need to have sufficient content to enable you to fully demonstrate your presentation knowledge and skills.

You need to complete 7 practical tasks to meet the requirements of this unit. To do this you must follow one of the themes below: