What’s new
New features and corrected content in each version of ICT Revise. The version number and the date of the last update are at the bottom of every page.
Version 5.1 15 November 2026
Changed
- For teachers is now in the menu at the top of every page, between Progress and Help.
- Cards fill every row, with no card left on its own and no gap at the end of a row. For example, the four Theory topics sit side by side on a wide screen and the two Practical topics share the row.
- The page content lines up with the header on every page, and the introduction under each title runs the full width of the page.
- How to use this site and About and copyright have an On this page menu beside the sections on wide screens.
- On the Contact page, the email address and the privacy note sit side by side.
Version 5.0 14 November 2026
New
- Practical exam preparation for Paper 2: two timed practice papers (Seaview Animal Rescue and Lakeside Music School), each with two 90-minute sections of exam-style tasks in graphics, databases, web pages, presentations, spreadsheets and word processing. Every task has starter files, a mark scheme to tick and a model solution.
- Topic progress cards on the Topics, Theory, Practical and My progress pages: % complete, learning units done and still to go, questions answered and the subtopics to revisit.
- A bigger Continue revising panel at the top of the home page, with your overall progress.
- 31 new scenario questions, including 19 “choose and justify” questions, where you pick the best option for a situation and explain why.
- Challenges with feedback for the database query, validation and chart tools, each linked to an exam-style question, its model answer and a timed practical task.
- Written answers: the marks are shown before you write, a word counter, Try again after the feedback, a guide to marking points and developed explanations, and an example answer that gets part marks for each extended question.
- Display settings: text size, high contrast, reduced motion and stronger keyboard focus (in Help, and the button at the bottom of every page).
- A page for teachers on using ICT Revise in lessons and for homework, and this What’s new page.
Changed
- The 30-mark Paper 2 practice paper is now called Paper 2: Theory knowledge check. It is a written check of the theory, not a mock of the real Paper 2 (a 3-hour practical exam).
- The header now says “Revision for Pearson Edexcel International GCSE ICT (4IT1)”.
- The copyright information is clearer and has its own link at the bottom of every page, with a way to report a copyright concern.
- The specification coverage report now counts notes, activities, exam-style questions, written questions and practical tasks for every learning objective.
Version 4 audit 14 November 2026
- Every page was checked for accuracy against the textbook, the specification and recent past papers. About 200 questions were reworded and 8 facts corrected, including Blu-ray and DVD capacities, the meaning of proprietary software, 5G mobile broadband and the names of data protection rights.
Version 4.0 14 November 2026
- New name, ICT Revise, with a shorter menu (Home, Topics, Practice, Progress, Help) and a new home page.
- Save my progress and Restore my progress, so you can keep your progress or move it to another device.
- Subtopic pages with a learning objective, an “In this topic” menu, Key ideas panels, quick checks and Common mistakes.
- 30 new scenario questions, three-part feedback on written answers and a more robust auto-marker.
- About and copyright, Contact and How to use this site pages.
Version 3.0 13 November 2026
- Learning units for every subtopic, Smart Practice, Review my mistakes, levels, rewards, practice exams and the coverage report.