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C01
AI Disclosure
C01-home
Critical Path
Essential Terms
Mr Chen's SAT GitHub Projects
Overflow
Problem-Solving Methodology
Roadmap View vs Gantt Chart
TELOS Feasibility
Testing vs Validation vs Evaluation
C02
Building Your C2-1 Poster
C02-home
Context Diagram
Context Diagram vs Data Flow Diagram
Data Collection Methods
Data Flow Diagram
Essential Terms
Excalidraw Diagram Starters
Explaining vs Describing Your Data Collection
Hand-Drawing Cheat-Sheet
Use Case Diagram
User Stories and MoSCoW
What Is an Entity
C03
Analytical Tools Template Guide
C03-home
Essential Terms
Evaluating Your Own Questions
Functional vs Non-Functional Requirements
Scope vs Constraints
Technical Environment — Five Categories
C04
Activity - Hot Cross Bun Matrix
Brainstorming
C04-home
C4-1 Checkpoint - Design Pack
C4-2 Checkpoint - Evaluation Matrix
CHOICE Headphones - Spotting Efficiency and Effectiveness
Design Sketches
Designing an Evaluation Matrix
Efficiency vs Effectiveness
Essential Terms
Evaluation Criteria and the SRS
Evaluation vs Testing
Mind Mapping
Mood Boards
C05
Annotated Mock-up in Excalidraw
C04 to C05 - Choose then Detail
C05-home
Connect the Dots
Creative Thinking for Your Godot Project
Data Dictionary
Design Principles
Design Principles vs UX Characteristics
Essential Terms
From SRS to Detailed Designs - Data and Logic
From SRS to Detailed Designs - Mock-ups
IPO Charts - Process Means Steps
Object Descriptions and Class Diagrams
Plan B Contingency Table
Plan B Ready
Shoulders of Giants
Sketch vs Mock-up
The Annotation Verb Ladder
UX Characteristics
VCAA Pseudocode Not Python
C06
C06-home
Control Structures
Data Sources
Data Structures
Data Type Characteristics
Data Types
Essential Terms
Functions and Methods
GUI and Controls
Instructions and Operators
Local and Global Variables
OOP Concepts
C07
C07-home
Essential Terms
Internal Documentation
Naming Conventions
Validation Techniques
C08
C08-home
Contingency Planning
Debugging with Breakpoints in Godot
Debugging with Tetris
Essential Terms
Godot Debugging Tools
Modifying Designs with Annotations
Software Testing Hierarchy
Testing Tables and Corrections
Types of Test Data
Updating Evaluation Criteria
C09
Beta Test Execution
Beta Testing Case Study Pocket Prep
Beta Testing Plan Example Godot Tetris
Beta Testing Plan Template
Beta Testing Plan Three Levels
Beta Testing Report Examples
Beta Testing Report Guide
C09-home
Data Collection Examples
Data Collection Methods
Data Collection Template
Essential Terms
Priority Matrix
Software Modifications Mindmap
Test Scenario FitTrack
Test Scenario Template
The Four-Step Beta Testing Journey
Timeline and Resource Considerations
C10
C10-home
Development Process Portfolio
Essential Terms
Future Evaluation Strategy
Project Plan Effectiveness
Reading a Git Log
Recording Project Progress
Tracking Plan Changes
C2 and C3 Assessment Explained
C4 Design Ideas and Evaluation Explained
Resources
C01-Resources
C02-Resources
C03-Resources
C04-Resources
C05-Resources
C06-Resources
C07-Resources
C08-Resources
C09-Resources
C10-Resources
SAT-Tools
Test-Excalidraw-Embed
U4O2 Cyber Security — Booklet 1 Videos
VCE Software Development Hub
An Otter Wiki
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C04
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A
Activity - Hot Cross Bun Matrix
The challenge
Step 1 — Read CHOICE's matrix
Check Your Understanding
Step 2 — What is your matrix built for? (your SRS)
Step 3 — Taste blind, score independently (Validation)
Step 4 — Crown the winner (Validation)
Step 5 — Decide what to develop further (Validation)
Your scoring sheet
Why this matters
See also
B
Brainstorming
What makes a good brainstorm
How to run yours
StudyStreak example
Common mistakes
Your turn
Check Your Understanding
See also
C
C04-home
Foundations
🎬 Walkthrough videos
Checkpoints
Key concepts
Resources
C4-1 Checkpoint - Design Pack
What you submit
Annotations are what move you up the bands
What 100% looks like
Am I ready? — checkpoint self-check
See also
C4-2 Checkpoint - Evaluation Matrix
What you submit
A good criterion = name + link + measure
Building the matrix
What 100% looks like
Am I ready? — checkpoint self-check
See also
CHOICE Headphones - Spotting Efficiency and Effectiveness
Quick recap
CHOICE's six criteria, re-tagged
The teaching point — and the warning
Check Your Understanding
Where this leads
D
Design Sketches
What is a design sketch?
Keep it low-fi
Annotations are what earn the marks
Tools
Your turn
Check Your Understanding
See also
Designing an Evaluation Matrix
Start by taking a great matrix apart
The seven design decisions
Watch: CHOICE evaluates hot cross buns (1 min)
Worked example — choosing a Python IDE
Stress-test your matrix
The quality factors are a menu, not a matrix
Connection to your SAT
Practise
See also
E
Efficiency vs Effectiveness
The one-sentence rule
Side-by-side scenario
Check Your Understanding
The evaluation matrix — where this matters
Why VCAA cares
See also
Essential Terms
Ideation techniques
Design ideas
Convergent and divergent thinking
Evaluation criteria
See also
Evaluation Criteria and the SRS
The rule
A concrete counter-example
Floating criteria (wrong)
SRS-anchored criteria (right)
How to derive criteria from your SRS
Why VCAA cares
Checklist before submitting your evaluation matrix
See also
Evaluation vs Testing
The one-sentence rule
A concrete example
The most common mistakes
Mistake 1: Treating testing as evaluation
Mistake 2: Writing evaluation criteria that are just test cases
Mistake 3: Inventing criteria that float free of the SRS
Why VCAA cares
See also
M
Mind Mapping
What it is, and why
How to build one
StudyStreak example
Your turn
Check Your Understanding
See also
Mood Boards
What is a mood board?
Why bother?
Watch and build alongside (10 min)
⏸ Pause and build
Check Your Understanding
Worked example — "StudyStreak"
What we deliberately avoided — and why
Your turn
Credits — this page's example board
See also
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