The Exam paper will contain a Design Brief and Design Criteria that you will need to read carefully. The Design Brief will start off with a general introduction providing some context to the problem and you will then be 'challenged' to design a solution.
In order to do this successfully you will need to ensure that you address the following Assessment Objectives:
Devising |
devise ideas using divergent thinking strategies in response to a HCD problem in the develop phase |
5 |
Evaluating |
evaluate the strengths, limitations and implications of ideas against design criteria to make refinements. |
5 |
Synthesising |
synthesise ideas and HCD information to propose a HCD concept |
Representing and communicating |
represent ideas and a design concept using ideation and/or schematic sketching |
5 |
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15 |
You will be given a 'mock exam' to complete. This will help you to refine your design sketching and help you to get use to the amount of time available to you.
Planning Time
You will have 15 minutes of Planning Time before you start the 60 minutes of Exam time. Planning time is:
"time allocated in an assessment to planning how to respond to items and tasks and associated assessment materials; students may make notes but may not commence responding to the assessment in the response space/book; notes made during planning are not collected, nor are they graded or used as evidence of achievement."
