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=National Certificate in Digital Media Computing=

National Certificates:
National Certificates consist of 12 units. Six of the units are core units, in the areas of Numeracy, Communications, Internet and Online Communications, Hardware and Systems, Office applications, and Digital Media Elements. The students then need to do six more units selected from the long list of optional units in a wide area of subjects. There is no course exam. Instead each of the units has internal assessments.


 * [|Intermediate 1 level NC]
 * [|Intermediate 2 level NC]
 * [|Higher level NC]

National Progress Awards:
National Progress Awards are groups of three units. All of the units required for the Digital Media Computing NPAs are from National Certificate lists of units.

NPAs currently available to centres are:
 * NPA in Digital Literacy (Level 3 / Access 3)
 * NPA in Web Design Fundamentals (Level 5 / Int 2)
 * NPA in PC Passport Beginner (Level 4 / Int 1), Intermediate (Level 5 / Int 2) and Advanced (Level 6 / Higher)
 * NPA in Internet Technology (Level 4 / Int 1 and Level 5 / Int 2)

Units soon to be available are:
 * Digital Media Basics (Level 4 / Int 1)
 * Digital Media Editing (Level 5 / Int 2)
 * Digital Media Animation (Level 5 / Int 2)

NPAs available from the end of August are:
 * NPA Software Development (Level 4 / Int 1)
 * NPA Social Software (Level 4 / Int 1)
 * NPA Website Development (Level 5 / Int 2)
 * NPA Computer Hardware & Software (Level 5 / Int 2)
 * NPA Digital Photography (Level 5 / Int 2)
 * NPA Digital Media Production (Level 6 / Higher)

Units:
To simplify the NC arrangement documents there is a [|comparison table of all the units available].

For more details about the individual units, including similarities to other units and suggestions of how to teach them is available on this wiki.