Question 1

What is NCEA AS 91634 about?

Accepted Answer

This standard asks you to show you understand complex ideas about digital media—things like how to use advanced tools to create content that works across different formats (like web, print, video, or audio). You need to explain why certain techniques matter, discuss design choices, and think through the legal and ethical issues that come with creating digital content in the real world.

Question 2

What do students need to do for AS 91634?

Accepted Answer

1. Explain how complex tools and techniques (like HTML/CSS, audio layering, video editing, or image manipulation) are used to create or present digital content 2. Discuss design elements (colour, contrast, scale, texture, space, and others) and why they matter in digital media outcomes 3. Explain why content needs to be adapted differently depending on which media type it's being used in (web, print, mobile, DVD, etc.) 4. Discuss the legal, ethical, and moral responsibilities involved in creating digital media (copyright, licensing, privacy, attribution, digital ownership) 5. Explain why data integrity and testing procedures are important when developing digital media outcomes

Question 3

What's the difference between Achieved, Merit, and Excellence for AS 91634?

Accepted Answer

Achieved: You explain how specific tools and techniques work, discuss relevant design elements, and identify legal and ethical considerations, with examples from at least two different digital media types. Merit: You explain how and why tools and techniques allow content to be effectively adapted across different media types, and discuss the ethical and legal responsibilities creators have to their communities. Excellence: You discuss how complex tools, techniques, design elements, and legal/ethical considerations all work together as a system to meet the real-world requirements and responsibilities of digital media outcomes.

Question 4

What mistakes do students typically make in AS 91634?

Accepted Answer

1. Not exploring enough different digital media types—you need to discuss at least two (e.g., web design and audio, or video and print), not just one 2. Treating legal and ethical issues as an afterthought rather than as core to how digital media decisions are made 3. Describing tools without explaining why they matter—saying 'I used HTML' is not enough; you need to explain what problem it solves or what it achieves

Digital media concepts · AS 91634

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