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SL & HL  ·  2027 first-exam curriculum  ·  Lessons, exam preparation, and IA support

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IB Core Curriculum

Lessons and resources for IB CS (SL and HL).

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Internal Assessment

Support for the IB CS Internal Assessment project.

Case Study Notes

For HL and SL students. A new case study is released roughly a year before each exam session.

Other Interesting Topics

Topics beyond the syllabus that are worth knowing.

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Scope and Sequence

Different approaches for structuring course delivery.

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Official IB Information

Official guides, standards, and planning tools. Use My IB for the most authoritative files.

DP Section Activity

Last 5 new articles

  1. Full official IA rubrics (August 26, 2026)
    in Internal Assessment,
  2. Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) (June 02, 2026)
    in Case Study,
  3. Case study: Generative AI for image creation—a diffuse vision (May and November 2027) (June 02, 2026)
    in Case Study,
  4. Character Stream (May 10, 2026)
    in Beyond the Curriculum,
  5. Byte stream (May 10, 2026)
    in Beyond the Curriculum,

Last 5 edited articles

  1. Full official IA rubrics (August 26, 2026)
    in Internal Assessment,
  2. B1.1.3 Explain how applying computational thinking to fundamental concepts is used to approach and solve problems in computer science. (August 24, 2026)
    in Theme B: Computational thinking and problem solving, Computational Thinking, B1.1 Approaches to computational thinking,
  3. B1.1.2 Describe the fundamental concepts of computational thinking. (August 24, 2026)
    in Theme B: Computational thinking and problem solving, Computational Thinking, B1.1 Approaches to computational thinking,
  4. B1.1.1 Construct a problem specification. (August 24, 2026)
    in Theme B: Computational thinking and problem solving, Computational Thinking, B1.1 Approaches to computational thinking,
  5. Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) (June 02, 2026)
    in Case Study,