iMedia - New Media Qualifications

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iMedia start-up

To offer iMedia, you should complete the Centre Approval Form, also available free from the OCR Contact Centre. All candidate entries are unnamed and the number of entries required should be indicated on the entry form. Candidates’ details are not required until their work is submitted for accreditation.

Shaping up

Bring all your teaching staff up-to-date with the latest methods for each of the modules through training packages.

To your aid

Downloadable Tutor Handbooks, User Guides for the e-portfolio, full specifications and up-to-date online information are all available. A regular programme of training events to assist in your delivery is also easily accessible.
Serif provide free OCR-endorsed support materials for iMedia
Other support materials are available, including materials from Synergy Learning and Immersive Education

Sample Assignments

iMedia Level 1 sample assignments (296k)

iMedia Level 2 sample assignments (695k)

iMedia Level 3 sample assignments (529k)

Exemplar Material

Guidance

iMedia Level 2 Guidance Notes December 2006 (290k)

iMedia Level 3 Guidance Notes December 2006 (360k)

Additional Guidance Letter (131k)

Planning and Review Forms

Level 1 Planning and Review Forms (50 KB)

Level 2 Planning and Review Forms (484 KB)

Level 3 Planning and Review Forms (550 KB)

Technology

Hardware requirements

Hardware requirements vary according to the software tools chosen by the centre. Further information on specific hardware requirements can be found on the chosen software manufacturer's websites.

Software requirements

Centres must be familiar with up-to-date industry-standard software in the following categories:

Anti-virus software
Email clients
Personal firewalls
Web browsers (including Mozilla Firefox)
Word processors

Examples of industry-standard software to consider using:

Adobe Photoshop Elements or CS
Corel Paintshop Pro X
Apple Aperture
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Premier
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe ImageReady
Adobe Photoshop
Toon Boom Studio
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Front PageAdobe GoLive
Alias Maya
Serif DrawPlus
Serif PagePlus
Serif WebPlus
Serif PhotoPlus
Serif MoviePlus
Serif ImpactPlus
Alias Wavefront
Cubase
Wink Software
Immersive Education
Reality Factory
Discreet 3D Studio
Discreet 3D Studio Max
Equilibrium DeBabelizer
Games Factory and Gamesmaker
Gigastudio
Logic Audio
Macromedia Director
Macromedia Dreamweaver
Macromedia Fireworks
Macromedia Flash
Macromedia Freehand
Microsoft FrontPage
Macromedia Studio 8
Soft Image XSI
Terran Interactive Media Cleaner

Examples of industry-standard tools to consider using:

CoolEdit
Nuendo
Peak
ProTools
Sound Forge
WaveLab
Mozilla Firefox Web Developer Toolbar
Internet Explorer Web Accessibility Toolbar

Examples of industry-standard languages that might be used:

C
C#
C++
Flash ActionScript
JavaScript
Lingo for Director
PHP
VBScript

Examples of current mark-up languages that might be used:

HTML
XHTML
WML
XML

Valuable foundation languages you might be familiar with:

Java
Pascal
Smalltalk

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