IB Computer Science HL Resources
Paper 1
The resource I used most often while studying for Paper 1 was a Questionbank I created that sorted all past paper questions and their marking scheme answers based on the seven topics that are to be studied. This Questionbank took hours of clipping screenshots and editing images, but was worth the effort in the end. It is safe to say that these are the only resources you'll need to prepare for Paper 1
One additional touch I added was including questions from past papers before 2014 (when the syllabus changed). Since some topics were new, I could only add old questions for a limited set of topics. In these documents, I've sorted questions based on Old and New. I also took the liberty of adding the Assessment Statements from the official Subject Guides
One additional touch I added was including questions from past papers before 2014 (when the syllabus changed). Since some topics were new, I could only add old questions for a limited set of topics. In these documents, I've sorted questions based on Old and New. I also took the liberty of adding the Assessment Statements from the official Subject Guides
Systems Analysis and Design [SL]
| Systems Analysis and Design |
Computers in Organisations [SL]
| Computers in Organizations |
Networks [SL]
| Networks |
Algorithmic Thinking [SL]
Note: Since Algorithmic Thinking has a lot of questions (even in the old past papers), and many of them have overlapping topics in Abstract Data Structures [HL], I've added questions that have HL subparts entirely in the Abstract Data Structures Questionbank
| Algorithmic Thinking |
Abstract Data Structures
| Abstract Data Structures |
Resource Management
| Resource Management |
Control Systems
| Control Systems |
Paper 2 [Web Science]
In my entire class, I was the only one who opted for Web Science. Since my teacher specialised in Databases, I had to learn the Web Science options on my own, relying only on Internet resources and the subject guide. I have to admit, although the content of Web Science wasn't very difficult to understand, finding the right online resources for some subtopics was excruciatingly difficult, which meant that it was difficult to score in topics like 'Folksonomy vs Ontology' and 'Ambient Intelligence' understands the Option in and out.
Owing to the lack of a teacher in Paper 2, I devoted a lot of my time collating my own notes and collection of online resources, all of which I've shared below. The document of my notes is easy to navigate because I added a table of contents based on the assessment statements. I also created a Web Science questionbank that sorted all questions and their marking schemes based on assessment statements. This, too, took time, but it was the most useful document to revise for the examinations.
Owing to the lack of a teacher in Paper 2, I devoted a lot of my time collating my own notes and collection of online resources, all of which I've shared below. The document of my notes is easy to navigate because I added a table of contents based on the assessment statements. I also created a Web Science questionbank that sorted all questions and their marking schemes based on assessment statements. This, too, took time, but it was the most useful document to revise for the examinations.
Questionbank collation
| Marking Scheme Collation Web Science.docx |
Compiled Notes
| Master Guide Web Science.docx |
Third-party resources
By www.cs-ib.net:
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Flashcards by ekei_shelvine and yvettalinn:
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Collated notes by anonymous:
| computer_science_option_c-web_science.pdf |
Annotated Student Work, IB TSM:
| p2_example03_en.pdf |
Chapters from a book on Web Science (I've highlighted all material relevant to the IB course):
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