Course Title: Develop and extend design skills and practice
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2012
Course Code: VART5936C
Course Title: Develop and extend design skills and practice
School: 345T Media and Communication
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5218 - Diploma of Interactive Digital Media
Course Contact : Program Administration
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4815
Course Contact Email:mctafe@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Teacher: Kieran Doolan
Phone: 9925 4110
Email: kieran.doolan@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 30
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
This course looks at the skills and knowledge required by a practising interactive digital media designer. Through the exploration of photography, image editing tools and graphic design techniques, you develop your skills and complete a series of printed and screen based projects.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
BSBDES403A Develop and extend design skills and practice |
Element: |
1. Acquire and develop technical skills |
Performance Criteria: |
1. Acquire and develop technical skills Performance Criteria: 1.1 Plan strategies to ensure the development of appropriate technical skills in design practice |
Element: |
3. Develop own voice |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Explore and experiment with new ideas in making and/or interpreting design work |
Element: |
4. Evaluate own work |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Seek and apply constructive criticism from others to improve own work |
Element: |
5. Research work opportunities |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Correctly identify sources of information relating to work opportunities for designers |
Element: |
2. Develop conceptual skills and ideas |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Engage in ongoing experimentation and exploration of different ideas and techniques |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will have developed design skills appropriate for interactive digital media design.
Details of Learning Activities
In-class learning activities include, but are not limited to:
• lectures
• lab work
• peer teaching and class presentations
• group discussion
• online research
• independent project based work
• teacher directed group activities/projects
• workshopping of students’ own projects
Out-of-class activities include, but are not limited to,
• research
• work shopping
• independent project based work
Teaching Schedule
Week | Class Content | Elements |
1 | Intro to Develop and Extend Design Skills – Passport Photos | 1,2,3 |
2 | Elements and Principals of Design – Photoshop - Basic selections – A01 | 1,2,3 |
3 | Subject, content, form – 24 Exposures – Photoshop - Contact sheet - A02 | 1,2,3 |
4 | Photoshop - Quick masks, channels & layer masks – A03 | 1,2,3,4,5 |
5 | Photoshop - Clone stamp, retouch & heal - Concept presentations – A04 |
1,2,3,4,5 |
6 | Photoshop - Levels and curves colour adjustments – A05 |
1,2,3,4,5 |
7 | Studio Class | 1,2,3,4,5 |
8 | Summative A06 - Micro Macro World |
1,2,3,4,5 |
9 | Photoshop – Non destructive workspaces and workflow – A07 |
1,2,3,4,5 |
10 | Photoshop – Paths, masks and blend modes – A08 | 1,2,3,4,5 |
11 | Photoshop – Perspective editing, gradients and vignettes – A09 | 1,2,3,4,5 |
12 | Summative assessment concept presentations – Old Man image repair – A10 | 1,2,3,4,5 |
13 | Photoshop – Advanced colour & tone edit – Studio/location composite – A11 |
1,2,3,4,5 |
14 | Studio Class | 1,2,3,4,5 |
15 | Studio Class | 1,2,3,4,5 |
16 | Summative A012 – The Revolution Will Be Posterised | 1,2,3,4,5 |
17 | Assessment | |
18 | Assessment |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Galer & Andrews, 2010, Photoshop CS5 Essential Skills, Focal Press |
References
You are expected to make full use of University library facilities, in researching and developing photographic, digital imaging and graphic design techniques. |
Other Resources
Other required resources include suitable digital media storage such as a portable hard drive or USB flash drive, with at least 4Gb capacity.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment for this course is ongoing throughout the semester. Your knowledge course content is assessed through ongoing class exercises and construction of a high-resolution photographic document.
Assessment Tasks
Assessment tasks in this course are either formative or summative. Formative tasks provide the basis for ongoing feedback and can be considered as essential building blocks for the more substantial summative assessment tasks.
To demonstrate competency in this course, you will need to complete each one of the following pieces of assessment to a satisfactory standard. You will receive feedback on all assessments and a grade for the summative assessments.
Formative Assessments
1. Basic Selections
Demonstrate your ability to make basic selections in Photoshop. Due in class week 2
2. Contact Sheet/24 Exposures
Demonstrate your ability to illustrate subject, content and form via a 24 exposure contact sheet in Photoshop. Due in class week 3
3. Quick Mask
Demonstrate your ability to make accurate selections with Quick Mask and layer masks in Photoshop. Due in class week 4
4. Concept presentations & retouching exercise
Present initial concepts for the Micro Macro World assessment. Complete the image retouching exercise. Due in class week 5
5. Levels & curves adjustments
Demonstrate your ability to adjust tone and correct colour casts in Photoshop. Due in class week 6
7. Non-destructive workflow
Demonstrate your ability to apply non-destructive editing techniques in Photoshop. Due in class week 9
8. Paths, masks and layer blends
Demonstrate your ability to edit paths and apply layer blend techniques in Photoshop. Due in class week 10
9. Perspective editing, gradients and vignettes
Demonstrate your ability to work with perspective, gradients and vignette techniques in Photoshop. Due in class week 11
10. Concept presentations & Old Man image repair
Present initial concepts for the Revolution Will Be Posterised assessment. Complete the image retouching exercise. Due in class week 12
11. Advanced colour, tone and composite
Demonstrate your ability to apply advanced colour, tone and compositing techniques in Photoshop. Due in class week 13
Summative Assessments
6. Micro Macro World
Produce a high-resolution printed image, illustrating a surreal world formed from microscopically tiny or monstrously large elements. Due week 8
12. The Revolution Will Be Posterised
Produce a high-resolution printed image, illustrating a revolutionary concept or ideal. The image will emulate the revolutionary propaganda style of any 20th century socialist society. Due week 16
Grades used in this unit are as follows:
CHD Competent with High Distinction
CDI Competent with Distinction
CC Competent with Credit
CAG Competency Achieved - Graded
NYC Not yet Competent
DNS Did Not Submit for Assessment
For further information on the grading system and criteria used, please refer to the course blackboard site.
Assessment Matrix
The assessment matrix demonstrated alignment of assessment tasks with the relevant Unit of Competency. These are available through the course contact in Program administration
Other Information
Feedback:
You will receive feedback from your teacher on your work. This feedback also includes suggestions on how you can proceed to the next stage of developing your projects.
Late Submissions
Please refer to the course blackboard site for policy information including information on late submissions and plagiarism
Plagiarism
RMIT has a strict policy on plagiarism. Please refer to the website for more information on this policy.
Special consideration Policy (Late Submission)
All assessment tasks are required to be completed to a satisfactory level. If you are unable to complete any piece of assessment by the due date, you will need to apply for an extension.
Please refer to the following URL for extensions and special consideration:
http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=qkssnx1c5r0y;STATUS=A;PAGE_AUTHOR=Andrea%20Syers;SECTION=1;
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