ACG703 - Design and Digital Skills
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online Trimester 3: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Tonya Meyrick Trimester 3: Colin Trechter |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ADD105, ACG103, ADD102 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
This unit will begin with exploring and understanding the creative process and how it applies to Visual Communication Design. Students will develop techniques to apply and manipulate design from hand to digital format. Focus will be on the design elements and principles, developing skills in vector based image making, digital symbols and patterns and creative thinking techniques while working with the Adobe publishing suite.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Discuss and interpret visual communication design using written and oral methods | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication |
| ULO2 | Demonstrate design and analysis skills for creating design solutions | GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO3 | Understand and apply design elements and principles using appropriate design process and idea generation techniques | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO4 | Display self-directed learning, with attention to detail and ability to work to deadlines | GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO5 | Demonstrate and apply information technology skills and theory as it relates to the practices, forms, materials, technologies and techniques in the discipline of Visual Communication Design | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication |
Assessment
Trimester 1:| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Design Project | 30% | Information not yet available | |
| Assessment 2: Research Project | 30% | Information not yet available | |
| Assessment 3: Design Project | 40% | Information not yet available |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for ACG703 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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