This report requires you to discuss the design for a digital technologies outcome you have completed this year. You should already have worked through a design stage/phase before undertaking this external assessment.
When designing none of the content create during this phase should be used for 92005 Develop a digital techologies outcome and vice versa. If you are 'designing' in the software you will be using to develop your outcome then you are actually creating the outcome.
the need or opportunity being met
the potential users and their requirements
the design ideas generated
the completed final design created
an explanation of how the candidate used or applied manaakitanga or kaitiakitanga in their design or during the design stage / phase
the use of feedback to improve their design
how the design decisions made improved the quality of their completed design for a proposed digital technologies outcome
how the decisions made during the design stage / phase contributed to the design’s fitness for purpose.
Candidates will be required to provide evidence that they created a design for a digital technologies outcome. They must include in their mini portfolio a minimum of three different images (JPG or PNG), including:
one image showing their completed final design (if the final design has multiple pages, such as a website / app, then more than one image is recommended; a collage may be created)
at least one image showing their design ideas
at least one image showing examples of refining their design.
*** DO NOT PUT IMAGES FROM YOUR OUTCOME DEVELOPMENT!!!! ***
If you are not sure how to write about what you have done then this might help you unpack what you have done.
Everything you need to know and understand about how to talk about your design can be found in this textbook L1 DT 92007 Textbook
This is an example of what your Mini Portfolio could look like.
Even though last year was an exam the content you will use in your mini portfolio is no different.
Great example of sketching not being high quality but the writing is succinct
Had a clear understanding of what she had designed and why. Great example of authentic practice allowing students to succeed at a high level.
Great design process, clearly generated ideas, refined and then produced a final drawing
*** This NZQA Digital Submission will be in TERM 2 WEEK 6 ***
You will sit the Digital Submission for 92007 during class time over 4 lessons
You will have access to any work you have complete leading up to this assessment. You are not able to create any of the 'designs' during the assessment time, but you can write responses.
Once you have completed the assessment you are to save as a pdf and submit on NZQA.