Y11 Product & Digital Design

The course starts with ten weeks of learning skills through your chosen software i.e. Blender, Fusion360, Inkscape etc. This is an opportunity to develop all the skills that you'll need without any assessment or risk and have some fun. 

After you have an idea of your own capabilities and the capabilities of the software, you'll decide on what you'll make for your project and then design it. This will help you create your Design Portfolio for AS92007,  that will be held once you have completed the design phase in Term 2.

After you finish the design you get to create what you have designed. This will be around 12 weeks of work where you will plan and develop what you designed, testing and getting feedback along the way to make it better. This will be assessed by your teacher in AS92005 - Develop a digital technologies outcome, for 5 credits.

By the end of term 3 you'll have your outcome finished. 

At the end of Term 3 you will move on to study for your 92006 Exam - Demonstrate understanding of usability in human computer interfaces. Instead of AS92006 you could always work though the other internal AS92004 - Create a Computer Program. The content and knowledge for this is all contained in the unit shown further down . HCI is a computer science concept is seen throughout all digital technologies and will help you get a much better understanding of interfaces as you move on to further study in digital technologies in following years. Each of the DCATs are worth 5 credits.