Creating Digital Texts - Foundation

Teach Foundation students the practical skills they need to create a simple digital text. This complete Digital Technologies unit introduces words and pictures on a device, common digital tools, keyboard controls, page navigation, object selection and basic editing.

Students learn to use letter keys, the space bar, backspace, enter and arrow keys. They practise typing a short sentence, scrolling to find content, selecting an object, dragging and resizing a picture, choosing a menu option, undoing a change, and saving and reopening their work.

The editable presentation provides clear whole-class modelling. A colourful toolkit poster, keyboard reference card, sorting game, digital action cards and story prompts make the skills concrete. Five print-friendly worksheets include matching red answer pages. The sequence concludes with a two-page mini digital story assessment and a five-level rubric.

What's included

• 18-slide editable Creating Digital Texts PowerPoint presentation
• 22-slide editable quiz with 10 mixed-format question-and-answer pairs
• 20-page printable unit plan PDF with one contents page and 19 classroom resource, answer and assessment pages
• Digital Text Toolkit poster
• Keyboard Explorer reference card
• Click, Drag or Scroll? sorting game mat
• Digital Action Cards
• Build a Digital Story activity board
• Story Prompt Cards
• Keyboard Key Match worksheet and red answer page
• Type and Space worksheet and red answer page
• Scroll and Find worksheet and red answer page
• Select, Move and Resize worksheet and red answer page
• Menu Choices worksheet and red answer page
• Two-page Create a Mini Digital Story assessment, including a planning page and Digital Story Task checklist
• Five-level Creating Digital Texts Rubric
• 60-page combined Preview PDF covering the unit plan, presentation and quiz

Learning focus

• Recognise that digital texts can combine words and pictures
• Identify common keyboard, mouse, touchpad and touchscreen functions
• Use letter keys, space, backspace, enter and arrow keys
• Type and edit a short sentence with clear spacing
• Scroll to navigate a page
• Select, move and resize a digital object
• Choose a menu option to change text or a picture
• Use undo, save and reopen
• Plan, create and check a one-page digital story

Classroom use

Use the presentation for explicit whole-class teaching, then reinforce each skill with the poster, reference card, sorting game, action cards and worksheets. The Build a Digital Story resources support guided planning before students complete the Create a Mini Digital Story assessment in an app chosen by the teacher. The sequence suits approximately five lessons plus assessment and can also be adapted into shorter digital-skills sessions.

Formats, page count and answers

• PDF and editable Microsoft PowerPoint files
• Unit plan: 20 pages
• Presentation: 18 slides
• Quiz: 22 slides
• Total across the three core teaching files: 60 pages/slides
• Preview: 60-page combined PDF
• Answer support: five red printable answer pages plus quiz answer slides

Teacher benefits

• Clear progression from basic device controls to creating a simple digital story
• Editable teaching presentation and quiz for flexible classroom delivery
• Colour reference and hands-on resources for modelling and guided practice
• Print-friendly worksheets with matching red answer pages
• Practical assessment and five-level rubric aligned to the taught skills
• Australian English and Foundation-appropriate examples

Digital product and licence

This is a digital product. No physical item is supplied. Purchase grants the original buyer a single-classroom licence. Files may not be resold, shared publicly or redistributed.