Senior Handbook 2012 - Marian College

Senior Handbook 2012
Visual Communication and Design Units 1-4
Visual Communications and Design Unit 1
The main purpose of this unit is to enable
students to develop an understanding of
instrumental drawing methods and freehand
drawing including drawing from direct
observation. The unit involves the study of a
range of drawing methods, including relevant
Australian Standards conventions. Students
develop practical skills in the application of
appropriate drawing methods, design elements
and principles, and information and
communications technology. The unit also
introduces students to the diversity of visual
communication and the role of the design
process in visual communication production.
OUTCOMES
Outcome 1: On completion of this unit the
student should be able to complete instrumental
drawings using a range of paraline drawing
systems.
Outcome 2: On completion of this unit the
student should be able to draw from direct
observation, in proportion, and render the
drawings.
Outcome 3: On completion of this unit the
student should be able to explore and apply
design elements and principles to satisfy a stated
purpose. in the exploration and application of
design elements and principles.
Outcome 4: On completion of this unit the
student should be able to describe the nature of
the design process in
the production of visual communications.
ASSESSMENT
• a folio of drawings of objects
• a folio of visual communications
• a written response and/or oral report
Visual Communications and Design Unit 2
The main purpose of this unit is to enable
students to develop and refine practical skills by
generating images and developing them through
freehand drawing, instrumental drawing and the
use of information and communications
technology. In the development of visual
communications, this unit enables students to
develop an awareness of how the design process
facilitates exploration and experimentation and
how information and ideas are communicated.
OUTCOMES
Outcome 1: On completion of this unit the
student should be able to use freehand and
instrumental drawings to develop images that
represent and communicate form.
Outcome 2: On completion of this unit the
student should be able to use freehand drawings
in the development of rendered threedimensional
images.
Outcome 3: On completion of this unit the
student should be able to apply a design process
to develop a visual communication solution to a
set task.
Outcome 4: On completion of this unit the
student should be able to describe and analyse
contemporary and historical examples of visual
communications and explain how they
communicate ideas, present information and
reflect influences.
ASSESSMENT
• a folio of instrumental drawings of objects
• a folio of freehand drawings of objects
• a folio of visual communication solution/s to
set task/s.
• a written response, or
• a PowerPoint presentation supported by visual
material and speaker’s notes.
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