OCNLR Level 1 Certificate in Creative and Digital Media

What you'll be able to do

• Recognise own skills, knowledge and abilities
• Match own skills, knowledge, abilities and personal requirements with possible career paths
• Know routes available for own learning and development, in relation to possible career paths
• Plan own development
• Action own development

What you'll be able to do

• Identify own strengths in mathematics
• Identify areas to improve in mathematics
• Set personal targets for improvements in mathematics

What you'll be able to do

• Understand different methods of applying for jobs, including online applications, CV submissions, and networking.
• Complete a job application form accurately and effectively.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the meaning of the terms ‘mental health’ and ‘wellbeing’
• Understand how mental health issues can affect diverse groups of people
• Access support for mental health issues
• Foster good mental health and wellbeing in oneself

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare collaborative technologies for use, ensuring they are set up correctly and ready for participants.
• Use collaborative technology safely and securely, adhering to relevant guidelines and protocols.
• Contribute to tasks using collaborative technologies, actively participating in group activities and discussions.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about the different types of media and their formats.
• Construct a well-structured and engaging media article.
• Prepare effectively for a media interview, considering potential questions and key messages.
• Understand safeguarding protocols and ethical considerations as they relate to article production and media engagement.
• Construct a clear and concise news release for dissemination to the media.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand how to plan the structure and content of web pages.
• Understand the key considerations when creating web pages, such as accessibility and usability.
• Utilise website software tools to structure web pages effectively.
• Format web pages to enhance readability and visual appeal.
• Publish web pages to a specified location, such as a web server.

What you'll be able to do

• Find out relevant information about a specific aspect of creative media.
• Plan the production of a creative media product, considering resources and timelines.
• Produce a creative media product, applying appropriate skills and techniques.
• Present a completed media product effectively to a target audience.
• Understand how to review media products, identifying strengths and areas for improvement.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the key differences between fiction and non-fiction writing styles and techniques.
• Understand how to effectively use personal experiences as a basis for creative writing, while maintaining appropriate boundaries.
• Identify a specific target audience for a piece of creative writing and tailor the content accordingly.
• Draft a piece of creative writing, demonstrating appropriate use of language and structure.
• Reflect critically on own creative writing work, identifying areas for improvement and development.

What you'll be able to do

• Explain the nature and importance of critical thinking in various situations.
• Recognise and explain the nature of assumption, bias and stereotyping in information and arguments.
• Describe how structure and style impact on the effectiveness of an argument.
• Formulate a coherent and well-supported argument on a given topic.
• Ask critical questions to analyse information and evaluate arguments.

What you'll be able to do

• Know different animation styles and techniques used in the industry
• Develop initial ideas for an animated sequence
• Record ideas effectively for an animated sequence
• Produce appropriate materials for an animated sequence
• Understand how to review own work to identify areas for improvement

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the impact of confidence on personal and professional life.
• Know what is meant by self-esteem and its importance for well-being.
• Understand ways of building confidence and self-esteem, such as positive self-talk and setting achievable goals.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand how to generate creative ideas for multimedia products
• Understand how to plan the development of a multimedia product
• Produce a functional multimedia product
• Present a completed multimedia product to an audience
• Understand how to review own work to identify areas for improvement

What you'll be able to do

• Know about the processes involved in the production of 3D objects
• Produce basic primitive 3D objects
• Understand how to plan the creation of a 3D object using primitives
• Understand how to produce a complete 3D object
• Present a finished 3D object
• Understand how to review a 3D object to identify areas for improvement

What you'll be able to do

• Design a digital publication, considering its purpose and target audience.
• Input audio and video material elements effectively within a rich media publication design.
• Format and produce a rich media digital publication to a professional standard.

What you'll be able to do

• Design a digital publication that includes text and images.
• Input text and combine it with other digital media within a publication design.
• Edit, format and produce a digital publication.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about the various uses of digital graphics in different contexts
• Know the fundamental principles of digital graphics editing
• Understand how to plan the editing process for digital graphics
• Produce a professional-looking digital graphic
• Review a digital graphic to identify areas for improvement

What you'll be able to do

• Produce manipulated images using appropriate techniques
• Produce manipulated images to a satisfactory standard

What you'll be able to do

• Know about the different types and features of digital cameras.
• Understand how to plan a photo-shoot, including location scouting and equipment preparation.
• Take photographs using a digital camera, demonstrating appropriate composition and technical skills.

What you'll be able to do

• Plan a 10-shot film, including storyboarding and shot listing.
• Shoot a film, demonstrating camera operation and shot composition skills.
• Edit a film in-camera, using basic editing techniques.
• Record Vox Pop interviews on video, ensuring clear audio and engaging content.
• Capture sounds and pictures for an experimental video, exploring creative techniques.
• Plan a short documentary video, including research and scripting.
• Shoot a short documentary video, capturing relevant footage and interviews.
• Edit a short documentary video, creating a coherent and engaging narrative.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs and how these are important in business situations, such as resilience, innovation, and leadership.
• Understand own strengths as an enterprising person and ways to develop own enterprising characteristics, such as problem-solving and communication skills.

What you'll be able to do

• Interpret and understand the requirements of an essay task
• Plan the structure and content of an essay effectively
• Research and gather relevant information for the purpose of essay writing
• Present information clearly and coherently in essay form, following appropriate conventions

What you'll be able to do

• Understand ‘Career Path Objectives’ and the steps required to achieve them, including setting realistic goals.
• Understand how to create own role within the music industry, identifying skills and opportunities.
• Plan own personal and professional development, including identifying training needs and career goals.

What you'll be able to do

• Recognise career opportunities in the creative sector, identifying different roles and pathways.
• Identify future opportunities or goals, setting personal career aspirations.
• Understand the value of CVs or portfolios for career development, recognising their importance in showcasing skills and experience.

What you'll be able to do

• Recognise why following instructions is important in different situations
• Follow simple instructions accurately and safely

What you'll be able to do

• Know about different 3D game engines and their functionalities.
• Plan the development of a 3D game level using a 3D game engine, including level design and asset selection.
• Use a Level editor to create a 3D game engine map, implementing design elements and interactive features.
• Apply testing techniques to a 3D game engine map, identifying and resolving issues.

What you'll be able to do

• Identify the standard formats used in newspaper production.
• Recognise the importance of images in newspaper and magazine layouts.
• Recognise the importance of graphic design in newspaper and magazine layouts.
• Produce a draft page design for a newspaper.
• Produce a draft page design for a magazine.
• Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of own work.
• Identify areas for improvement in own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Plan the use of digital software to improve productivity.
• Use digital systems and software efficiently to complete planned tasks.
• Review the selection and use of digital tools to make sure that work activities are successful.
• Use digital tools to improve personal productivity and time management.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the potential risks associated with using the Internet, including malware, phishing, and cyberbullying.
• Safeguard oneself and others when working online by implementing appropriate safety measures.
• Take precautions to maintain data security and protect personal information online.

What you'll be able to do

• Use a software package to open and view digital photographs.
• Use a software package to adjust the brightness and contrast of digital photographs.
• Use a software package to crop digital photographs.
• Use a software package to resize digital photographs.
• Adapt digital photographs to meet the requirements for printing.
• Add personalised elements to digital photographs for use in printed form.

What you'll be able to do

• Identify different film making styles.
• Describe the characteristics of different film making styles.
• Explain how cameras are used in film making to achieve different effects.
• Operate film making equipment to produce a short film.
• Use appropriate film making vocabulary to describe film making processes.
• Work safely with film making equipment, adhering to relevant health and safety guidelines.

What you'll be able to do

• Identify different types of interactive media products.
• Describe the features of different types of interactive media products.
• Explain the uses of interactive media techniques.
• Explain the uses of interactive media technology.
• Use interactive media techniques to create an interactive media product.
• Use interactive media technology to create an interactive media product.
• Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of own work.
• Identify areas for improvement in own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Apply variables effectively in computer programming.
• Utilise sequencing effectively in computer programming.
• Implement repetition/iteration effectively in computer programming.
• Apply Boolean expressions effectively in computer programming.
• Utilise selection effectively in computer programming.
• Plan, create and debug a simple computer program effectively.

What you'll be able to do

• Identify different types of radio programmes.
• Describe the characteristics of different types of radio programmes.
• Identify stories that are relevant for local radio audiences.
• Conduct an interview with a subject, asking relevant questions.
• Use different techniques for radio production, such as voice-overs and sound effects.
• Operate sound recording equipment to record audio for radio programmes.
• Describe relevant Health and Safety issues for radio production.
• Describe relevant Health and Safety issues for radio interviewing.
• Apply relevant Health and Safety measures during radio production and interviewing.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand how to develop personal learning skills to improve performance.
• Understand and use information from various sources effectively.
• Plan, manage, and produce work to meet specified requirements.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the fundamental concepts of marketing and sales, including their definitions and interrelationship.
• Know the key elements of the marketing mix (Product, Price, Place, Promotion) and their application in different contexts.

What you'll be able to do

• Recognise the reasons for making notes in different contexts
• Demonstrate the ability to use different note taking systems effectively
• Utilise notes effectively for a specific purpose, such as revision or report writing

What you'll be able to do

• Know why organisational skills are important for efficiency and effectiveness
• Select the most important task from a number of tasks that must be completed, using prioritisation techniques
• Complete a task with multiple steps on time, using planning and organisational methods

What you'll be able to do

• Plan research by defining a clear research question and identifying appropriate resources.
• Carry out the research plan, gathering and analysing relevant information.
• Present the findings of the research in a clear and concise manner.
• Review own skills in planning, carrying out and presenting research, identifying areas for development.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about presentations and presentation styles
• Know about the elements and skills involved in the preparation of a presentation
• Know about the elements and skills involved in the delivery of a presentation
• Deliver a presentation
• Review own performance in preparing a presentation
• Review own performance in delivering a presentation

What you'll be able to do

• Understand factors that might influence problem solving, such as personal bias or lack of information
• Use evidence to assist problem solving effectively
• Apply problem solving processes in a structured manner

What you'll be able to do

• Use punctuation to aid understanding
• Use grammar to aid understanding

What you'll be able to do

• Read and interpret different types of texts.
• Recognise that texts can have different purposes.
• Use features of texts to find out specific information.
• Identify the main points and ideas presented in a text.
• Use organisational and structural features to locate information within a text.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the importance of resilience in overcoming challenges and setbacks
• Develop resilience through specific strategies and techniques
• Develop resilience skills to cope with difficult situations and maintain well-being

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the purpose of academic examinations and their role in assessment.
• Establish a suitable study environment conducive to effective revision.
• Use a range of revision techniques to consolidate learning.
• Maintain personal health and well-being when undertaking academic revision and examination preparation.
• Take an academic examination, demonstrating appropriate examination techniques.

What you'll be able to do

• Communicate effectively with others in a range of situations.
• Present information effectively to others using appropriate methods.
• Obtain information from others through active listening and questioning.
• Engage in discussion, contributing relevant points and respecting different viewpoints.

What you'll be able to do

• Find correct spellings using a variety of resources, such as dictionaries, spell checkers, and online tools.
• Understand own spelling strengths and weaknesses to identify areas for improvement.
• Maintain a personal spelling programme to develop and improve spelling skills over time.

What you'll be able to do

• Recognise and describe different uses for spreadsheets in various contexts.
• Enter data accurately and efficiently into a spreadsheet.
• Create and use multiple worksheets within a workbook to organise data.
• Use formulas in a spreadsheet to calculate data, including basic arithmetic operations.
• Present data in graphical form using appropriate chart types.
• Sort and manage data in a spreadsheet using filtering and sorting techniques.
• Print a spreadsheet, ensuring it is formatted correctly and easy to read.

What you'll be able to do

• Contribute to the setting of team goals by offering suggestions and ideas.
• Contribute to the setting of individual goals within the team, aligned with overall objectives.
• Demonstrate an understanding of own role and responsibilities within the team.
• Plan team activities, considering resources and timescales.
• Undertake team activities effectively, working collaboratively with others.
• Review team activities, identifying areas for improvement and lessons learned.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the importance of good time management in personal and professional contexts
• Know ways to promote good time management techniques and strategies
• Plan own use of time effectively to meet deadlines and achieve goals
• Improve own time management skills through reflection and adjustments

What you'll be able to do

• Know how journalistic writing differs from other forms of writing, such as creative writing or academic writing, in terms of style, structure and purpose.
• Know the primary purpose of journalistic writing, including informing, educating, and entertaining the public.
• Understand the critical need for accuracy in journalistic writing, including fact-checking, sourcing, and avoiding bias.

What you'll be able to do

• Distinguish advertisements from other forms of media content, such as news articles, entertainment programmes, and social media posts.
• Understand how advertisements are strategically used to sell products or services, including the use of persuasive techniques and target audiences.

What you'll be able to do

• Select an enterprise project for a particular target market, considering their needs and preferences.
• Know about the costs involved in setting up the product or service, including materials, labour, and marketing expenses.
• Know the significance of effective marketing in promoting the product or service to the target market.
• Plan, monitor and review the enterprise project, ensuring it stays on track and meets its objectives.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the historical evolution of ‘urban music’ as a genre, including its origins, influences, and subgenres.
• Understand the basic functions of popular devices commonly found in music and recording studios, such as microphones, mixers, and audio interfaces.
• Understand the basic technical terms used in digital music production and sound recording, such as frequency, amplitude, and decibels.
• Produce, mix and save music using a digital audio workstation (DAW), demonstrating practical skills in music creation.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the various opportunities available through the effective use of social media platforms, including communication, networking, and marketing.
• Understand the potential risks associated with the use of social media, including privacy concerns, cyberbullying, and misinformation.
• Use social media platforms to access and post content effectively, demonstrating responsible and appropriate online behaviour.

What you'll be able to do

• Enter, edit and combine text and other information effectively in word processed documents
• Structure information logically and clearly within word processed documents
• Use word processing software tools to format and present documents to a professional standard

What you'll be able to do

• Present main points in a logical order
• Write in short paragraphs
• Plan written work
• Draft written work
• Proofread writing
• Correct writing