Students must produce a solution that includes documentation with up to a maximum of 2,000 words. If the word limit is exceeded, that teacher’s assessment of the documentation must be based on the first 2,000 words. Work that falls significantly beneath the stated word count is unlikely to fully meet the stated requirements of the task and is likely to receive law marks.

The section labelled “Extended writing” all contribute to a combined total 2000 word limit.

APPENDICES

• 1. Are not counted within the 2000 word limit

  2. The examiner is not obligated to read any section of the appendices that is NOT explicitly referred to in the main text.

Appendices can show, if appropriate, any additional information such as:

• 1. Real transcript/evidence of consultation with the client/adviser (may be and email exchange between you and your client)

  2. Additional videos or documents containing screenshots of the product functioning.

  3. Code printout

IDENTIFICATION OF STUDENT WORK

The IB has made changes with respect to anonymity of student work. Students should not include any identifying information within their IA work such as their name, name of school or name of the teacher. Students are to only identify themselves using their 6-character IB code ‘abc123’.

USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Given the nature of the project, students must take into account ethical problems and implications for undertaking research and developing the solution, for example, ensuring the confidentiality and security of data. Wherever possible, original data should be used or be collected by the student.

The following guidelines come from the IB and must be applied.

• 1. Consent (preferably written) must be obtained from people who will be involved in the development of the solution before any investigation begins.

  2. All data collected must be stored securely in order to maintain confidentiality.

  3. Only the data collected for the solution can be used for any other purpose without explicit permission.