Course Title: Plan and build visual presentations for a range of merchandise categories
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2015
Course Code: MKTG7852C
Course Title: Plan and build visual presentations for a range of merchandise categories
School: 320T Architecture & Design
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5325 - Diploma of Visual Merchandising
Course Contact: Sam Falanga
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4819
Course Contact Email: sam.falanga@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Justin Compton - 9925 4678
Sue Robinson
Maree nelson
Nominal Hours: 90
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
In this unit you will develop the skills and knowledge required to produce comprehensive working plans and safely build a range of displays, selecting styles and compositions that best promote the merchandise category. It involves the application of design, planning and construction skills and knowledge in retail settings to accepted work health and safety standards.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
SIRXMER407 Plan and build visual presentations for a range of merchandise categories |
Element: |
1. Produce comprehensive working plans. |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1.Identify relevant product categories in merchandising and presentation plans, according to store merchandising policy and image. 1.2.Produce photographic evidence of specific retail stores or spaces to be merchandised. 1.3.Develop plans, including presentation sketches, showing alternative developmental designs that support the photographic image where relevant. 1.4.Distinguish product placement, style and methods of presentation on working plans. |
Element: |
2. Produce colour blocked presentations of store interiors. |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1.Develop colour blocked visuals of store interiors for wall fixture systems, floor racks and floor gondolas. 2.2.Ensure visuals include a rationale for arrangement decisions and reflect monitoring and evaluation of customer responses and sales results. |
Element: |
3. Produce strategically designed visual presentations for a range of merchandise categories. |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1.Approach relevant store personnel for product for use in displays according to store procedures. 3.2.Produce rendered concept sketches for proposed visual presentations to industry clients or to meet store requirements. 3.3.Apply industry standard visual presentation techniques according to store visual merchandising policy and work health and safety requirements for displays. 3.4.Evaluate finished visual presentations in conjunction with relevant team members. |
Element: |
4. Dress merchandisers. |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1.Select and assemble male, female and child torso or bust, or abstract display forms according to the planned product presentation. 4.2.Dress and accessorise fashion merchandisers to store standard, considering different seasonal directions and styling points. |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course, you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate your competency in the above elements.
Details of Learning Activities
You will be able to apply outcomes, skills and knowledge required to produce comprehensive working plans and safely build a range of displays, selecting styles and compositions that best promote the merchandise category. It will involve the appliation of design, planning and construction skills and knowledge in retail settings to accepted work health and safety (WHS) standards.
Methods of assessment used to access practical skills and knowledge will include a range of the following:
- observation of performance in the workplace
- a simulated retail merchandising in-store design project
- third party reports from a supervisor
- a folio of personally developed ideas
- an illustrated report on the process of remerchandising a store’s product
- client feedback
- answers to questions on standard procedures for the care maintenance and storage of mannequins
Teaching Schedule
SEMESTER 2 - 2014
TEAM V2A
Week 1 - Week 9
Front Window Brief
Week 10 - Week 13
Retail Branding Internal Window Brief
Week 14 - Week 15
Sale Brief in Display Bay
Week 16
External Window Project
TEAM V2B
Week 1 - Week 2
Sale Brief in Display Bay
Week 3 - Week 13
Front Window Brief
Week 14 - Week 16
Retail Branding Internal Window Brief
TEAM V2C
Week 1 - Week 11
Front Window Brief
Week 10 - Week 12
Sale Brief in Display Bay
Week 13 - Week 16
Retail Branding Internal Window Brief
TEAM V2D
Week 1 - Week 4
Retail Branding Internal Window Brief
Week 5 - Week 16
Front Window Brief
Week 7 - Week 8
Sale in Display Bay Brief
TEAM V2E
Week 1 - Week 9
Front Window Brief
Week 10 - Week 13
Retail Branding Internal Window Brief
Week 14 - Week 15
Sale Brief in Display Bay
SEMESTER 3 - 2015
Mannequin Brief
Flat Lay Brief
Front Window Brief
Free Choice Brief
All dates will differ for each team, notification will be presented to students in class
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Pinterest Google Images Blogs Inside Retail Magazine Rag Trader VMSD magazine Inspiration magazine Pantone Colour charts |
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment is on-going throughout the course. Assessment will incorporate a range of methods to assess performance and the application of knowledge and skills.
Assessment tasks are:
1 x VM manual
1 x installation
Please note: All Assessment tasks need to be completed before competency is achieved. A number of tasks will be formative to show your progress and development of skills and knowledge throughout the semester. The final task will be summative to provide a level of performance in addition to your competency.
The RMIT assessment charter summarises your responsibilities as a student as well as those of your teachers.
Assessment Tasks
SEMESTER 2 - 2014
Front Window Installation - formative assessment
Retail Branding Window - summative assessment (graded)
Sale Display in Bay - formative assessment
SEMESTER 3 - 2015
Competency based assessment
You will receive feedback with verbal and/or written evaluation of your progress within class time.
The submitted projects will be assessed with written feedback as well as a quality indicator that relates to separate components of the project and the overall outcome.
Assessment Grading: Your final level of assessment for this course will be graded as follows.
CHD Competency with High distinction
CDI Competency with Distinction
CC Competency with Credit
CAG Competency achieved Graded
CA Competency ungraded
NYC Not Yet Competent
At the completion of the course, grading will be offered in addition to, and after, competency based assessment.
Assessment Matrix
The assessment matrix demonstrates alignment of assessment tasks with the relevant Unit of Competency. These are available from the course contact person (stated above).
Other Information
Attendance:
The major learning experience involves studio based exercises, demonstration and production. It is strongly advised that students attend all sessions in order to engage in the required learning activities, ensuring the maximum opportunity to gain the competency.
Feedback:
You will receive verbal and written feedback by teacher on your work. This feedback also includes suggestions on how you can proceed to the next stage of developing your projects.
Student feedback at RMIT :
http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=9pp3ic9obks7 (unresolved)
Student Progress:
Monitoring academic progress is an important enabling and proactive strategy to assist you to achieve your learning potential. Student progress policy :
http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=vj2g89cve4uj1 (unresolved)
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.
www.rmit.edu.au/students/specialconsiderations/online
Submissions
When submitting work for assessment you are required to complete a declaration of authorship. This must be done for every summative assessment task. This statement acknowledges that you are aware of the plagiarism implications. For non-digital submission use the printed form provided.
http://mams.rmit.edu.au/s1llva641yxuz.pdf
For digital online submission please use e-Submission process. Information regarding the e-Submission process can be located e-submission
http://www.rmit.edu.au/teaching/technology/esubmission
Academic Integrity and Plagiarism:
RMIT University has a strict policy on plagiarism and academic integrity. Please refer to the website for more information on this policy go to Academic Integrity :
http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=kw02ylsd8z3n (unresolved)
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