13th October, Written Assignment Details and Design Process

13th October, Written Assignment Details and Design Process

https://www.surrey.ac.uk/learningandteaching/strategy/University_Grade_Descriptors-Short_Guide.pdf

In the morning lesson with Caz we were looking over the grade descriptors of the University of Surrey. We then related this to our Graphic Design course and the assignments that will follow. This gave us a strong understanding of what we need to include in our work in order to achieve the highest grade we can.

Below I have listed the points I need to consider when I am writing and producing my assignment

-  Use evidence to support your opinions and arguments
- Compare different evidence and conclude on this
- Markers are looking for originality within thoughts
- Make new unique conclusions

Harvard Referencing

When listing the source make sure to mention

- The Author
- When it was said
- What it was in
- Who published it
- Which edition if there are multiple

Internet Source

- URL of page and date it was accessed

E-Books

- Set-up like a book but also reference what URL its also from

YouTube can be referenced

Images need to be referenced
  
- Artist/Originator 
- Year of production
- URL Reference

Referencing in Text

-  Use name of author and year
- If it is a direct quotation put it in brackets
- Paraphrasing is better than direct quotations
- Good for breaking down a quote to a more simplistic level

Reference layout

- Alphabetical order
- If there is a picture reference list lay that out separately

The assignment will need to have double spacing and a reasonable point size in order to help with the marking process

Afternoon Lesson

Design Process

Visualising Ideas

- How sketching down images can help develop an idea

Not sketching could result in;

- Bypassing important development stages
-  Ideas may not reach full potential
- You may worry about design choices rather than the concept, this would be problematic in future creative design roles

Don’t limit yourself in design aspects

The Design Process that I am incorporating is:

Thumbnails – Roughs – Digital Roughs

This will help me effectively develop my ideas giving me the opportunity to really develop an idea by adding and taking away components throughout the process.  


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