Ascentis · RQF Level 4
Ascentis Level 4 Diploma in Digital Learning Design
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 4
- Total credits39
- Guided learning390 hours
- Units in this qualification20
Awarded by Ascentis · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
Aimed at digital technology practitioners, the Level 4 Diploma in Digital Learning Design covers gamification, managing digital learning environments, and the digital learning project lifecycle. Learners will develop skills in areas such as eLearning platforms and supporting social learning.
These are the units Ascentis registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Accessible Learning DesignReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Identify barriers to learning that may affect learners
- Identify and evaluate a range of assistive software that can support learners
- Identify and evaluate a range of assistive hardware equipment that can support learners
- Understand the legislation relating to the design of accessible training resources
- Create and adapt accessible learning resources to meet diverse needs
- Evaluate the selection of products and use of IT tools to make sure that activities are successful and inclusive
Audio ProductionReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of various audio listening environments and their characteristics.
- Plan an audio project that effectively addresses a specifically identified client's purpose and requirements.
- Develop competence in the practical application of hardware and editing software commonly used in audio production.
Authoring ToolsReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the capabilities and functionality of a range of digital learning authoring tools
- Design and build a learning object for a specific purpose using an authoring tool
- Evaluate learning objects for their effectiveness and suitability
Developing Skills, Understanding and Confidence of Others in E-learningReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Identify e-learning training needs within an organisation, considering the skills gaps and development goals of employees.
- Develop a plan and resources to deliver a group session on an identified e-learning skill, ensuring that the content is engaging and relevant.
- Deliver and evaluate a group training session on an identified e-learning skill, assessing the effectiveness of the training and gathering feedback from participants.
Digital Assessment DesignReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental concepts underpinning digital assessment methodologies
- Understand the process involved in creating and implementing specific digital assessments
- Understand the limitations inherent in using digital assessments compared to other methods
Digital Law and ComplianceReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate an understanding of the structure and operation of the UK legal system
- Understand relevant UK legislation pertaining to digital activities, including data protection, copyright, and e-commerce regulations
- Understand the purpose and application of exclusion clauses in digital contracts and agreements
- Apply relevant UK legislation to specific digital scenarios and case studies
- Apply exclusion clauses appropriately in digital contracts and agreements
- Develop legally sound software contracts that protect the interests of all parties involved
- Apply relevant policies related to digital law and compliance within an organisation
Digital StorytellingReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Research, analyse, and evaluate a range of storytelling mechanisms and current digital storytelling practise within the industry.
- Use a range of digital tools and techniques to plan a digital story, considering narrative structure and audience engagement.
- Generate, manipulate, and develop audio and visual material using suitable tools, software, and techniques to create compelling content.
- Produce a finished digital story that demonstrates a variety of methods and techniques, showcasing creative and technical skills.
- Use a range of techniques to evaluate and reflect on the digital story production process undertaken, identifying areas for improvement and future development.
GamificationReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of Gamification, including its core mechanics and psychological drivers
- Generate creative ideas for Gamification techniques that can be applied to different contexts
- Implement a system that effectively uses Gamification principles to engage users
- Evaluate the perceived impact of Gamification techniques on user motivation and behaviour
- Evaluate the actual impact of Gamification techniques on desired outcomes, using relevant metrics and data
Managing Communications to Investigate and Define the Requirements of Digital Learning DesignsReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of communication in a professional/learning environment, including active listening, clear articulation, and appropriate tone.
- Direct investigation of proposed digital learning designs, gathering information from stakeholders and identifying key requirements.
- Analyse learning and technical requirements to develop appropriate digital learning specifications, ensuring alignment with learning objectives and technical feasibility.
- Evaluate digital learning designs against specified requirements and best practice, identifying strengths and areas for improvement.
Managing Digital Learning EnvironmentsReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Research and evaluate a variety of eLearning platforms, considering their features, benefits, and limitations.
- Identify changes and developments needed for an eLearning platform, and the associated content required to implement those changes.
- Apply a range of features appropriate to eLearning platforms to enhance the learning experience.
- Publish and test a multiple-page eLearning website, ensuring functionality and accessibility.
Platform Development and SoftwareReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the required functionality of an e-learning platform to meet specific client requirements
- Identify the content required for an e-learning platform to meet specific client requirements
- Select appropriate website software tools for developing a multi-page e-learning platform
- Use website software features effectively to develop a multi-page e-learning platform
- Test the functionality of a multiple page e-learning platform
- Publish a multiple page e-learning platform to a specified environment
Professional and Personal DevelopmentReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Develop own personal and professional skills through reflection, training, and practical application.
- Work independently and as a member of a team to achieve defined goals and implement agreed plans effectively.
- Understand the ethical and legislative environment relating to e-learning activities, including data protection and intellectual property.
Quality and StandardsReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand corporate standards relevant to digital design
- Understand digital content standards and their application
- Understand quality issues that can arise in digital design
Safe and Responsible Online UseReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the potential risks associated with using online learning technologies, including cyberbullying, phishing, and malware
- Understand the responsibilities of individual users of online technologies in maintaining a safe and responsible online environment
- Identify practical ways to overcome the risks associated with using online learning technologies, such as using strong passwords, being cautious of suspicious links, and reporting inappropriate behaviour
- Understand the policies and legal aspects related to the use of online technologies, including data protection, copyright, and acceptable use policies
Science of Learning and DesignReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the implications of neuroscience research for digital learning design, including how the brain processes information and learns new skills.
- Understand the implications of cognitive science research for digital learning design, including memory, attention, and problem-solving.
- Understand the implications of computer science research for digital learning design, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analytics.
Supporting Social LearningReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the purpose and features of Social Learning, including its benefits and potential challenges.
- Evaluate a range of different Social Learning tools and technologies, considering their suitability for various learning contexts.
- Support and manage the use of Social Learning tools and technologies, providing guidance and assistance to learners.
- Monitor Social Learning tools and technologies to ensure effective use and identify areas for improvement.
- Identify policies and legislation related to Social Learning, ensuring compliance and ethical practice.
The Digital Learning Project LifecycleReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of project planning and management, including defining scope, setting timelines, and allocating resources.
- Understand how to plan and manage projects to enhance learning experiences, considering learner needs and pedagogical principles.
- Use techniques to evaluate digital learning projects, such as surveys, focus groups, and data analysis.
- Interpret results generated from an evaluative analysis to recommend further developments to enhance the learning experience, based on evidence and best practice.
User Experience DesignReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand visual design principles related to enhancing user experience in digital learning design
- Understand behavioural design models related to enhancing user experience in digital learning design
- Understand interaction design strategies related to enhancing user experience in digital learning design
User-Centred DesignReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the impact of user-centred design principles on the effectiveness and accessibility of digital products and services.
- Understand the fundamental principles of user-centred design, including user research, usability testing, and iterative design processes.
- Design and implement materials with a user-centred design approach, ensuring that they meet the needs and expectations of the target audience.
Video ProductionReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Develop knowledge of the hardware used for moving image production, including cameras, lighting, and sound equipment
- Develop competence in using editing software for moving image production, including importing, cutting, and exporting footage
- Develop an enhanced understanding of visual language techniques used in moving image production, such as composition, framing, and camera movement
- Develop an enhanced understanding of the technical conventions associated with moving image production, such as aspect ratio, frame rate, and resolution
- Plan the filming of a moving image project, taking into account the client's purpose and target audience
- Film a moving image project, adhering to the planned schedule and budget
- Edit a moving image project, ensuring a coherent narrative and professional finish
- Manage the assets of a moving image project, including footage, audio, and graphics
- Present a moving image project to a specifically identified client, incorporating their feedback and suggestions
The honest bit
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Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 4 credits are regulated. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you’ve earned and what’s next.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
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Where these credits take you
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- Deliver digital service design solutions
- Design Learning for Digital Environments
- Implement Online Digital Learning Environments
- Lead User Centred Design Activities
Where this can lead
Digital Learning Specialist
Your career here isn't a fixed ladder; it's more like a climbing wall with lots of different routes. We're committed to helping you find the path that best suits your strengths and ambitions, whether that's becoming a deep technical expert or moving into leadership. We'll support you every step of the way.
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Skills it covers
What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
This unit enables learners to identify barriers to learning and evaluate assistive technologies. They will understand legislation related to accessibility and create or adapt learning resources to support inclusive education.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Ascentis Level 4 Diploma in Digital Learning Design
20 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Ascentis.
- Accessible Learning Design
- Audio Production
- Authoring Tools
- Developing Skills, Understanding and Confidence of Others in E-learning
- Digital Assessment Design
- Digital Law and Compliance
and 14 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.
Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
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The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
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