IT Level 2 Certificate
Course Overview
Visual products and social media are powerful tools businesses use to communicate with customers and promote their brand. On this course, you will develop the skills and knowledge needed to create professional visual products such as posters, digital banners, animations, and social media content for specified business purposes.
You will learn to select appropriate software and hardware, apply design fundamentals, and create content that meets audience needs.
You will also learn how businesses use social media channels effectively to build brand awareness, engage customers, and achieve business objectives. You'll explore different platforms, create compelling content, and understand the legal and ethical considerations of digital marketing.
Working as part of a cohesive group, receiving tutorial support and study skills assistance from our specialist staff, you will build the foundations to enable you to be successful on a level 3 study programme.
Module Titles
- Using Social Media Channels for Business
- Creating Visual Business Products
Key Info
Minimum Entry Requirements
- Three GCSEs at Grade 4 including:
- Grade 3 in GCSE English Language
- Grade 3 in GCSE Maths
Students who have not achieved a Grade 4 in GCSE English and/or GCSE Maths must retake these as part of their study programme.
Assessment
- 100% Coursework
- Exam Board: OCR
24
Total students
24
Average class size
Why choose this course?
You will enjoy this course if you...
- Have an interest in graphic design, digital media, and creating visual content for business.
- Have an interest in social media marketing and how businesses communicate with their audiences online.
- Have an interest in studying IT or Digital Media at Level 3, this course will prepare you for that progression.
Level 2 IT aims to develop your understanding and skills of creating visual business products and using social media for business. You will gain an insight into the digital marketing sector as you investigate design principles, software tools, and social media strategies. You'll learn about the importance of legal considerations including copyright, data protection, and the impact of digital content on business reputation. Designed in collaboration with industry experts, the qualifications focus on the requirements that today's employers demand.
Skills you'll gain
On this course, you will develop the skills and knowledge needed to design, create, and test a fully functioning spreadsheet for a specified purpose. You will also learn how to present data by creating graphs and charts. These skills may also help you to analyse and use data in your other subjects and, looking ahead, will be extremely useful in the workplace.
You will learn about communication in the IT industry. IT solutions that businesses use in the modern world and how they are made up of many different component parts and are linked together to form a network, devices and wearable technologies. You will also study mobile communications technologies, and you’ll investigate both current and emerging mobile technologies and how mobile communications are set up and can be kept secure.
After Long Road
This course provides the basis for progression to the Level 3 programme along with the other subjects studied on the General pathway, especially for progression to Level 3 IT. The course gives a foundation in the uses and applications of IT in modern society.
I enjoyed the Level 2 IT course which gave me a grounding in the uses of IT as a means of communication in every day and business life and made me choose to do IT at Level 3.
