Graphics Package Presentation
| Grade | Work Samples |
|---|---|
| End of Stage 5 (end of Year 10) | |
| Grade B | Tracy |
| Grade C | Shannon |
Description of activity
Students will present their graphics to the class. These will include a company logo, a location map, a website banner, link buttons and an animated graphic. Students may use a presentation software package such as PowerPoint to present and display their graphics package. Students will make a list of evaluation criteria and use it to provide peer feedback to other students' graphic solutions. They will evaluate the best features of their design including annotated points about structure, style, colour, appropriateness of text and graphics. They will provide justification for their choices of images and chosen software applications. Drawing on peer feedback, students will identify areas for improvement, and suggest suitable modifications.
Context
This is the final activity in a project to create and present a range of media. Students have already completed four of the five challenges or activities involved in this unit of work, including designing and producing a company logo, a location map, a website banner, link buttons and an animated graphic. In this fifth activity, students use previously created components to produce their graphics package for the online publishing company 'Creative Publishing' and present their solutions to the class. Peer evaluation is used, to assist students with their appreciation of the relevant design principles and with using evaluation to improve their final product. The teacher will introduce evaluation criteria, including appropriateness and relevance of the graphics to the design brief, design consistency and visual quality of the images in the package. This presentation is the culmination of the project and provides the materials to be used later in the creation of a website.
Areas for Assessment
Outcomes
A student:
5.1.1 selects and justifies the application of appropriate software programs to a range of tasks
5.2.1 describes and applies problem-solving processes when creating solutions
5.2.2 designs, produces and evaluates appropriate solutions to a range of challenging problems
5.3.2 acquires and manipulates data and information in an ethical manner
5.5.2 communicates ideas, processes and solutions to a targeted audience.
Criteria for assessing learning
(These criteria would normally be communicated to students with the activity.)
Students will be assessed on their ability to:
- describe and apply a set of evaluation criteria for the evaluation of the graphics package solution
- incorporate effective design considerations (such as structure, simplicity, consistency of elements, colours, textures and effects)
- import and manipulate graphics into a presentation software package
- use feedback from peer evaluation to identify weaknesses and suggest appropriate modifications
- describe and justify the appropriateness of the graphics package to the design brief and target audience.