Y11 Product & Digital Design

The course starts with nine 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 design work will the the bases for the AS92007 exam at in November.

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 for AS92005 - Develop a digital technologies outcome, 5 credits.

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

During Term 3 you will study for your two externals, and sit a school derived grade exam. You revisit your design work for AS92007 and then start learning the content for AS92006 - Demonstrate understanding of usability in human computer interfaces. 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.

If you are not sure about sitting two externals then instead of AS92006 you could always work though the other internal AS92004 - Create a Computer Program. You would need to be motivated to learn the basics of programming to be sucessful, and this is definately achievable.