Writing programs that do something useful, and making physical things that respond.
These are the statements the Digital Technology Year 8 syllabus makes about Programming and Making. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.
Algorithms and pseudocode - Programming and Making, Year 8.
Sequence, selection and iteration - Programming and Making, Year 8.
Variables and data types - Programming and Making, Year 8.
Functions and parameters - Programming and Making, Year 8.
Testing and debugging - Programming and Making, Year 8.
Physical computing with sensors - Programming and Making, Year 8.
Designing a user interface - Programming and Making, Year 8.
Version control and collaboration - Programming and Making, Year 8.
Year 8 Assessment Task Shape is 50 marks in 75 minutes. Questions on Programming and Making are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones Digital Technology Year 8 uses.
Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.
Programming and Making is module 2 of 3 in Digital Technology Year 8. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.
Dux diagnoses Digital Technology Year 8 dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.