Guidance on the Administration and Online Submission of Art & Design - Cambridge International AS & A Level 9479 - Version 2 - Use this guidance for exams in 2025

Oct 23, 2026

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Guidance for teachers and exams officers administering Cambridge International AS & A Level Art & Design 9479 in 2025, including the structure of components and externally assessed requirements. It explains the change from 2025: no hard copies are sent, instead work is photographed, scanned, or organized digitally for upload to Submit for Assessment. It sets upload timelines for March, June, and November series, and describes two preparation routes using A2 sheets or digital portfolios built in PowerPoint, including compatibility with Windows and macOS.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages24

Reading Time1 h 0 min

AccessFree to download

Change to method of submission from 2025

When should files be uploaded via Submit for Assessment?

Component submission deadlines (March, June, November)

Preparation of candidates’ work for submission via Submit for Assessment

Submission Approach 1

Submission Approach 2

File types and naming conventions

Guidance on the Administration and Online Submission of Art & Design Cambridge International AS & A Level Art & Design 9479 Use this guidance for exams in 2025. Exams are available in the June and November series. Exams are also available in the March series in India. Version 2 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment September 2024 Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Cambridge University Press & Assessment is a department of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge University Press & Assessment retains the copyright on all its publications. Registered centres are permitted to copy material from this booklet for their own internal use. However, we cannot give permission to centres to photocopy any material that is acknowledged to a third party even for internal use within a centre. Cambridge International AS & A Level Guidance on the Administration and Online Submission of Art & Design 9479 for 2025. This syllabus is not available to private candidates. These instructions are for teachers and exams officers responsible for the administration of Cambridge Art & Design. This document should be read in conjunction with the syllabus and information published on the [samples database:](samples database: www.cambridgeinternational.org/samples)[ www.cambridgeinternational.org/samples](samples database: www.cambridgeinternational.org/samples) Change to method of submission from 2025 This document provides guidance on the preparation and submission of work via Submit for Assessment. From 2025, you must not send hard copies of candidates’ work to Cambridge. Instead, you will photograph, scan or organise candidates’ work in a digital format for exams officers to upload to Submit for Assessment. The syllabus specification and assessment objectives have not changed. You are not required to mark your candidates’ work. Both components are externally assessed. Submit for Assessment is compatible with Windows and macOS operating systems. For more information on file sizes, formats and file naming conventions, see the section on ‘Details of Submission Approaches’ on page 7. When should files be uploaded via Submit for Assessment? Your exams officer must upload your candidates’ work via Submit for Assessment according to the submission deadlines below. You should set internal deadlines in order to prepare your candidates’ work for photographing, scanning or digital presentation to meet these deadlines. | Component | March submission deadline | June submission deadline | November submission deadline | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 and 3 | 27 February | 30 April | 31 October | | 2 | Test to be taken between 1 November–27 February.
Work should be submitted as soon as possible after the test and no later than 5 March. | Test to be taken between 1 January–30 April.
Work should be submitted as soon as possible after the test and no later than 5 May. | Test to be taken between 1 July–31 October.
Work should be submitted as soon as possible after the test and no later than 5 November. | We recommend that work for Component 1: Coursework is completed before candidates start working on Component 2: Externally Set Assignment. Candidates must produce different work for each component. They should avoid producing work that overlaps with a theme they have used in another component. [www.cambridgeinternational.org/alevel](www.cambridgeinternational.org/alevel) 3 Cambridge International AS & A Level Guidance on the Administration and Online Submission of Art & Design 9479 for 2025. Preparation of candidates’ work for submission via Submit for Assessment Work can be prepared for submission in one of the following ways: 1 Candidates can continue to work on A2 sheets as outlined in the syllabus document. Please refer to the syllabus document for information on the maximum number of A2 sheets to be submitted. After work is prepared on A2

FAQs

What changed in 2025 for submitting Art & Design work to Cambridge?

From 2025, hard copies must not be sent. Candidates’ work should be photographed, scanned, or organized in a digital format so exams officers can upload it to Submit for Assessment.

When must exams officers upload candidate files for the different exam series?

Uploads follow the submission deadlines provided for March, June, and November, with dates varying by component and by the timing of the externally set assignment test.

What two approaches are available to prepare candidate work for upload?

Approach 1 prepares work on A2 sheets, then photographs or scans it for upload. Approach 2 organizes work into a digital format by inserting files, images, photographs, scans, and text into PowerPoint slides for uploading via Submit for Assessment.

Oct 23, 2026

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