How is it assessed?
Very simply. There are two assessments – one covering knowledge and one covering skills.
- The knowledge assessment consists of 25 multiple choice questions to assess students’ knowledge of Internet safety (such as the meaning of words or how to avoid certain threats)
- The practical assessment involves maintaining a diary (or a blog) to describe student activities and demonstrate how they protected themselves.
The knowledge assessment can easily be assessed online through SQA’s e-assessment engine, called SOLAR. Solar can be used for summative assessments and can be used by tutors and lecturers to deliver formative and practice assessments.
If you are a Scottish FE College, delivering Internet Safety you can currently access the knowledge assessment in Solar. If you are another SQA centre and would also like to use the online assessment through Solar, then please contact the Solar team on solar@sqa.org.uk . Or visit the Solar site at http://www.sqasolar.org.uk