Graphics Technology – Areas for Assessment
- Graphics principles and techniques
- Activities: Presentation Drawings - CAD, Engineering Drawing - Item and Assembly Drawings, Design an Outdoor Area, Product Illustration, Australian Architecture - Design a House
- Graphics Technology, industry and society
- Activities: Engineering Drawing - Item and Assembly Drawings, Australian Architecture - Australian Architectural Styles
- Computer-based drafting technologies
- Activities: Presentation Drawings - CAD, Engineering Drawing - Item and Assembly Drawings, Product Illustration
- Design, planning and construction
- Activities: Presentation Drawings - CAD, Engineering Drawing - Item and Assembly Drawings, Design an Outdoor Area, Product Illustration, Australian Architecture - Design a House
- Presentation and communication
- Activities: Presentation Drawings - CAD, Engineering Drawing - Item and Assembly Drawings, Australian Architecture - Australian Architectural Styles, Design an Outdoor Area, Product Illustration, Australian Architecture - Design a House
Areas for assessment provide a framework for structuring an assessment program, and may be used for reporting student achievement. They are derived from the course objectives, so they are linked to the course outcomes. Areas for assessment can be used as organisers for assessment of student achievement.
Good assessment practice involves designing quality assessment activities that enable students to demonstrate their achievements. Teachers can use the areas for assessment when designing an assessment activity, to ensure it is assessing performance in relation to a grouping of outcomes.
In designing the assessment schedule for a course, teachers may find it useful to map each planned assessment activity to one or more of the areas for assessment. This allows teachers to ensure that assessment in relation to outcomes can occur across the year in a manageable way.