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Please provide the Assessment Task Types table for the new unit combinations and how any duplication of content will be addressed.
Reasons for Adoption of the course
For V courses indicate the certificate the college will award.
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Contents Page
Course Name 8
Course Classification 8
Course Framework 8
Course Developers 8
Evaluation of Previous Course 8
Course Length and Composition 10
Subject Rationale 11
Goals 11
Student Group 12
Content 13
Teaching and Learning Strategies 14
Assessment 15
Student Capabilities 19
Moderation 23
Bibliography 24
CAD Introduction A/T Value 1.0 29
CAD 2D Introduction A/T Value 0.5 31
CAD 3D Introduction A/T Value 0.5 33
CAD Industrial Design A/T Value 1.0 35
CAD Architecture A/T Value 1.0 37
CAD Advanced A/T Value 1.0 39
CAD Engineering Design A/T Value 1.0 41
CAD Manufacturing A/T Value 1.0 43
CAD Introduction to 3D Animation A/T Value 1.0 45
CAD 3D Animation Mesh Modelling A/T Value 0.5 47
CAD 3D Animation Environments A/T Value 0.5 49
CAD Advanced 3D Animation A/T Value 1.0 51
Course Name
CAD & 3D Animation
A/T
Course Framework
This course is presented under the Design and Technology 2012 Course Framework.
Course Developers
Name
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Qualifications
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College
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Stewart Clode
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Bachelor Education (Industrial Design)
Dip. Teach (Industrial Arts)
Cert II Creative Industries (Multimedia)
Cert II Building Information Management
34 years Teaching Experience
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Lake Tuggeranong
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James Clode
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Bachelor Industrial design
Grad. Diploma in Education
Cert II Creative Industries (Multimedia)
5 years Teaching Experience
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Canberra College
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The developers acknowledge the assistance and input received from Mr Grahame Dickson, initial developer of both the CAD and the 3D Animation courses, and present Manager of the Academy for Interactive Entertainment.
Evaluation of Previous Course
This CAD and 3D Animation course has been developed from the original Lake Tuggeranong College Type 1 course that has been presented over the last 15 years. 3D Animation was then developed as a dedicated Type 1 course at Lake Tuggeranong College about 7 years ago. The 3D Animation course grew out of the original CAD course. Now because of the introduction of the new IT (Information, Digital Media and Technology) course, a decision has been made to combine the CAD and 3D Animation Type 1 courses into a Type 2 course. The ‘gaming’ stream of units have been dropped from the Type 1 CAD course while the original ‘environment and effects’ units have been retained. The decision behind this is that the IT Type 2 course has picked up ‘gaming’ direction with a focus on coding and has not incorporated the creative ‘environment and effects’ direction in its course.
The Lake Tuggeranong College courses have been widely regarded as the leaders in developing CAD and 3D Animation skills in the ACT College system over the last 15 years. After extensive professional discussions with colleagues, with outside RTO’s and also employers, a decision not to consider the adoption of the Design and Graphics Type 2 as a replacement has been made. This is due to a number of factors.
The first is that employers want students who have technical skill proficiency in the CAD environment and associated workspaces. This is best facilitated by students being able to maximise the number of units to complete a major (or major minor) course of study with this discipline rather than in a ‘taster’ type course. The second is that the Design and Graphic Type 2 course does not address new and emerging technologies, such as animated walk-throughs and Augmented Reality applications in the CAD domain.
The graphic design content of the previous accredited course (CAD Graphics and Alternatives unit) has been dropped as it presented overlap with the existing Visual Arts course Graphic Design stream. A number of students elect into both CAD and Graphic Design courses at Lake Tuggeranong College and Canberra College, in particular female students. It is pointless to have duplication of unit content between two different courses.
This CAD course will cater for the needs of students who are seeking entry into either Tertiary study in the associated fields of Architecture, Industrial Design or Engineering, or furthering a career path through further education such as CIT or TAFE courses.
The 3D Animation stream of this course will cater for students wishing to enter the creative studies area of animation as offered by courses at the Academy for Interactive Entertainment (AIE)
The evaluation procedures which have been found valuable have included:
oral and written feedback from students
informal discussions at intra- and inter-college teacher level
discussion at Moderation days
discussion with representatives from ACT BSSS
discussion with previous students
discussion with local businesses working in related fields
Based on the evaluation, the aims and directions of the course have been optimised to….
devolve the responsibility for instruction of graphic design to the Visual Art course
allow increased contact time for students to develop CAD skills more thoroughly
continued the incorporation of 3D Animation as a separate stream of instruction
introduce new units to enable emerging technologies to be introduced
fine tune the content of the units offered to better align developing skills with current trends and technologies
introduce teaching strategies which address gender equity and extensions in specific focus areas in order to meet the interest of the clientele and offerings to the local community
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