T Level Digital Production: Design & Development Foundations provides students with in-depth knowledge and real-world skills needed to succeed in the digital technology landscape. Through hands-on projects and structured lectures, students learn how digital systems are built and maintained, from early-stage requirement gathering to development and deployment. Whether it's understanding algorithms, writing clean code, managing data, or designing user-friendly interfaces, learners will gain a holistic view of digital product creation.

The course begins by exploring the broader digital sector, ethical issues, cybersecurity concerns, and the role of regulation like GDPR in digital projects. Learners are introduced to industry expectations and the significance of professional behaviours in tech placements. The software development lifecycle is broken down into manageable stages, allowing students to master planning, designing, testing, and deployment through Agile and Waterfall approaches.

As the course progresses, students build confidence in programming with variables, loops, functions, and project structures. They learn how to design functional websites using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and understand both the front-end and back-end considerations. Important UX principles, such as accessibility and user research, are taught alongside digital design tools and prototyping techniques to foster inclusive development practices.

Further, learners explore how data is structured and queried using SQL, how APIs connect systems, and how version control tools like Git streamline teamwork. The course wraps up with a capstone project, where students apply their skills to design and build a complete digital solution, document their workflow, and create a portfolio to present to future employers or academic institutions.