Accreditation period 2020-2024
The accreditation period for Applied Computing: Data Analytics has been extended and expires 31 December 2024.
Study Design
Applied Computing: Data Analytics: Software tools and functions for 2024
The VCE Applied Computing Study Design comprises:
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Units 1 and 2: Applied Computing
Units 3 and 4: Data Analytics
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Units 3 and 4: Software Development
School-based assessment
VCE Applied Computing: Data Analytics: Administrative information for School-based Assessment in 2024
VCE Applied Computing: Data Analytics School-based Assessment report
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Professional Learning videos for School-based Assessment in 2024
A series of on-demand videos to provide teachers with a clear understanding of the delivery of the School-assessed Task, including authentication, administration and how to apply the assessment criteria and descriptors for the School-assessed Task.
Examination specifications, past examinations and reports
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VCE Applied Computing: Data Analytics examination specifications, past examinations and reports.
Support material
Advice for teachers
Learning activities and assessment advice for teachers, including performance descriptions.
Glossary of command terms
This glossary provides a list of terms commonly used across the Victorian Curriculum F–10, VCE study designs and VCE examinations and to help students better understand the requirements of command terms in the context of their discipline.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in the VCE
On-demand video recordings, presented with the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Inc. (VAEAI) and the Department of Education (DE) Koorie Outcomes Division, for VCE teachers and leaders as part of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in the VCE webinar program held in 2023.
Study design for implementation from 2025
Teachers are advised that the study design listed below is for use from 2025. This is available to teachers in preparation for the implementation of the new study in 2025. Additional resources will be added progressively as they become available.
In 2024, schools must ensure they use the 
VCE Applied Computing Study Design Units 1-4; 2020-2024.
Curriculum Manager
Philip Feain
Curriculum Manager - Digital Technologies
tel: + 61 3 9059 5146
email:
Philip.Feain@education.vic.gov.au
Curriculum Managers lead, manage and support the production, review and development of senior secondary curriculum and assessment materials. They also provide policy advice and implementation support for Foundation to Year 12 curriculum and assessment.