ARCT20570 Enhancing Digital Drawing Skills

Academic Year 2020/2021

This module will provide the opportunity to enhance and develop digital drawing skills for those designing the built environment. The global objective of the module is to teach participants a spectrum of drawing skills across a number of computer programs: AutoCAD, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Integration of these applications and their file formats while maintaining file image quality, integrity and scale will be demonstrated. Teaching will consist of instructional lectures in the computer lab followed by individual/small group tutorials.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module, students will be able to communicate their design ideas using a variety of computer software packages. They will illustrate the skills learned throughout the module by producing a brochure which will contain varied original content generated by the participant. Although the module is designed to instruct the student on the use of computer drawing packages and understand their relationship to each other, participants will be expected to consider the audience to whom this document is directed. This will move their focus from purely learning software tools to actively designing for a specific audience. They will create and develop Computer Aided Design (CAD) drawings, maps, illustrations and visualisations. Comprehension of digital drawing skills will also allow them to analyse and evaluate drawings created by those working in other disciplines.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Specified Learning Activities

24
Autonomous Student Learning

52
Total

100
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
- task-based learning;
- case-based learning 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Recommendations:

ARCT20130 - Imagining Architecture


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Submission Week 4 n/a Graded No

15
Assignment: Submission Week 8 n/a Graded No

15
Portfolio: Final Portfolio Submission Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded Yes

70

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Group feedback after the first two submissions.