This course requires 2 options.
11 Design & Visual Communication
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Lyndon Sheehan.
This course focuses on nurturing a more mature and independent approach that will level up your design and drawing skills in a creative nature. Through two engaging real-life scenarios, students will tackle the "Life-Saving Tower" brief, designing and creating a 3D model of the structure, and the "Classic Kiwi Beach Bach" brief, where they'll design a beachfront dwelling and produce a 3D CAD representation. The year concludes with students selecting their favourite project and crafting a promotional product to showcase their best work. Assessments cover design drawing skills, freehand sketching, CAD drawings, Graphics Practice, design thinking and presentation techniques such as 3D modelling, video fly-throughs and design boards.
Course Overview
Term 1
Assessment 1 (Weeks 1-4):
• Focuses on cultivating your design drawing skills. The aim is to equip you with the ability to convey your ideas logically and clearly through visual means.
Assessment 2 (Weeks 5-10):
• Building on the foundation established in the first assessment, you'll use your developed graphics practice skills to navigate the design process and develop a concept for a life-saving tower.
Term 2
Assessment 2 (Weeks 1-4):
• Your journey continues as you refine your life-saving tower concept, working it into a finalized design.
(Weeks 5-6): To conclude this assessment, you'll construct a physical model to represent the final outcome of your life-saving tower design.
Assessment 3 (Weeks 7-10):
• In this next assessment, using graphics practice, you will engage with the design process to develop a logical layout and creative outcome of a Classic Kiwi bach.
Term 3
Assessment 3 (Weeks 1-6):
• Using Computer Aided Design (CAD), you'll bring your Classic Kiwi Bach design to life on software utilized by architects called "Archicad." The workflow will involve creating a 3D model and subsequently generating a set of 2D working drawings, comprising floor plans, site plans, elevations, and intricate sectional views.
Assessment 4 (Weeks 7-10):
• The final assessment is a Level 2 NCEA Achievement Standard, where you'll use visual communication techniques to compose a presentation of a design. This will earn you 4 Level 2 credits. Your presentation will showcase your polished skills and creative accomplishments of your best work from the year in a promotional format.
Term 4
Assessment 4
• Weeks 1- 3: Completing Achievement Standard: Use visual communication techniques to compose a presentation of a design.
Prerequisites
Open Entry - 10 DVC preferred
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
$30 materials
Pathway
Advertising, Animation, Architecture, Building/Construction, Boatbuilding & design, Cabinet Maker, Carpenter, Clothing & Textiles, Computer Aided Design, Designer, Draughting, Engineering (degree or technical) Environmental Study, Graphic Design, Fabrication Engineer, Illustration, Industrial Designer, Interior Designer, Landscape Architecture, Marine Engineer, Marketing, Multi Media, Packaging, Product designer, Quantity Surveyor, Sign maker, Surveying, Teaching, Technologist.
Assessment Information
Year 11 Tauranga Boys College CertificatePaper | Description | Type | Weighting |
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Paper 11DVC1 | Design drawing skills | Internal | 10.00% |
Paper 11DVC2 | Graphics Practice - Spacial/Product design | Internal | 20.00% |
Paper 11DVC3 | CAD - 3D Modeling and 2D Working Drawings | Internal | 20.00% |
Paper 11DVC4 | Presentation (A portfolio of your best work) | Internal | 50.00% |
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
Total Credits Available: 4 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 4 credits.
External
NZQA Info
Pathway Tags
Advertising, Animation, Architecture, Building/Construction, Boatbuilding & design, Cabinet Maker, Carpenter, Clothing & Textiles, Computer Aided Design, Designer, Draughting, Electrician, Engineering (degree or technical) Environmental Study, Graphic Design, Fabrication Engineer, Illustration, Light Technician, Industrial Designer, Interior Designer, Landscaping, Marine Engineer, Marketing, Mechanics, Multi Media, Naval Architect, Packaging, Plumber, Product designer, Quantity Surveyor, Retailing, Salesmanship, Science, Sign maker, Surveying, Teaching, Technologist, Transport.,