Graphic Communication - National 4

Vale of Leven Academy

On completing the Course, learners will have developed skills in 2D and 3D graphics, as well as pictorial graphics. They will be able to apply these skills in order to produce graphics that require relevant visual impact and graphics that transmit information.

Units are statements of standards for assessment and not programmes of learning and teaching. They can be delivered in a number of ways.

The Course consists of three mandatory Units including the Added Value Unit. Each of the Units of the Course is designed to provide progression to the corresponding Unit at National 5.

2D Graphic Communication (National 4)

This Unit helps learners develop their creativity and skills within a 2D graphic communication context. It will allow learners to initiate, develop and communicate ideas using graphic techniques in straightforward and familiar contexts. Learners develop 2D graphic spatial awareness.

3D and Pictorial Graphic Communication (National 4)

This Unit helps learners develop their creativity and skills within a 3D and pictorial graphic communication context. Again, it will allow learners to initiate, develop and communicate ideas using graphic techniques in straightforward and familiar contexts. They will develop 3D graphic spatial awareness. In both of the 9-credit Units, learners will develop an understanding of how graphic communication technologies impact on our environment and society.

Added Value Unit: Graphic Communication Assignment (National 4)

This Unit adds value by introducing challenge and application. Learners will be able to extend and apply their knowledge and skills through the assignment They will draw on their range of graphic communication experiences from the Units in order to produce an effective overall response to the assignment. The assignment brief will be sufficiently open and flexible to allow for personalisation and choice.

All Units are internally assessed against the requirements shown in the Unit Specification.

They can be assessed on an individual Unit basis or by using other approaches which combine the assessment for more than one Unit.

They will be assessed on a pass/fail basis within the school. SQA will provide rigorous external quality assurance, including external verification, to ensure assessment judgments are consistent and meet national standards. The assessment of the Units in this Course will be as follows.

2D Graphic Communication (National 4)

For this Unit, evidence will be required that the learner can produce a variety of simple 2D graphics, to a given standard, in familiar contexts. Knowledge will also be assessed.

3D and Pictorial Graphic Communication (National 4)

For this Unit, evidence will be required that the learner can produce a variety of simple 3D and pictorial graphics, to a given standard, in familiar contexts. Knowledge will also be assessed.

Added Value Unit

Courses from National 4 to Advanced Higher include assessment of added value . At National 4, added value will be assessed in an Added Value Unit. The Added Value Unit will address the key purposes and aims of the Course as defined in the Course Rationale. It will do this by addressing one or more of breadth, challenge and application. In the National 4 Graphic Communication Course, the Added Value Unit will focus on challenge and application.

The learner will draw on, extend and apply the skills and knowledge they have developed during the Course. This will be assessed through an assignment requiring application of skills and knowledge from the Units to produce an effective overall response to the brief. The brief for the assignment will be sufficiently open and flexible to allow for personalisation and choice.