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Software Design and Development

Board of Studies 
This link will take you to the syllabus section of the Board of Studies website where you will have access to the syllabus, specimen papers, marking guidelines, support documents and resource lists. These can be downloaded and printed where required.

Course plans and units of work

Sample teaching program: Preliminary course (doc 260 KB) 
Sample teaching program: HSC course (doc 288 KB)

Assessment and reporting

General Assessment and Reporting information
This link will provide you with access to a wealth of information on assessment and reporting available at various web sites and in a number of newsletters and bulletins.

Assessment program and task (pdf 44 KB) 
This article appeared in Curriculum Support for teaching in TAS 7-12 (2000 Vol.5 No.2). It features an assessment program for the HSC course, a sample task, a student feedback sheet and the thinking that underpinned their development.

Teaching ideas

NSW HSC Online

NSW HSC Online/SDD is a valuable site for both students and teachers. It includes teaching and learning ideas, activities and resources for a number of HSC subjects. You can also download copies of the syllabus and specimen exam papers.

HSC Study Guide

The HSC Study Guide is published each year by the Sydney Morning Herald. The articles are then uploaded to NSW HSC Online for twelve months. Click here for the most current HSC Study Guide for Software Design and Development.

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