Summative Assessment
In 2017 SEJ101 assessment will consist of nine tasks that will develop a portfolio of your assessed work. Throughout the trimester you will have the opportunity for feedback on all nine tasks before final submission. Some of the tasks will be quite straight forward others will be more complex. This assessment accounts for 50% of your entire grade for SEJ101, so it is well worth spending time on this task each and every week.
The challenge for you is to design a physical artefact that is related to your discipline. So for civil engineers it can be a structural item like a concrete slab as part of a building or a road intersection, for mechatronic students it can be an electro-mechanical device.
The product you design must have a minimum of five components. You will need to research the user of the product, materials and manufacturing technologies to produce the product and also apply professional standards such as dimensioning and tolerances.
Design Brief and proposal
Brief description of assessment task This individual assessment task is a design challenge, which requires students to progressively develop and submit a design portfolio. Students are required to showcase their design skills and abilities over the entire period of the trimester using the Moodle, in particular their design strategies and approaches in developing a unique product as a contribution to the outcomes of the proposed project. Each student must present artefacts that demonstrate their technical and creative skills in design.
Detail of student output This individual assessment task requires students to develop and present a design portfolio using the Portfolio tool in Moodle. The design portfolio must emphasise approaches used in designing and developing a unique product and comprise of the follow items:
- Concept Sketch
- Pin Board
- Mind Map
- Information Sketch
- Story Board
- 2D Technical Drawings
- 3D CAD Generated Models
- 3D Rendered Images
- Info-Graphic
Portfolio Task 1 - Idea/Concept Sketch
Developed at a personal level to communicate an idea/concept quickly and effectively using simple shapes and lines. Can also be known as a napkin or back-of-the-envelope sketch. Details are minimal; the focus is on the image, just simple key words to list major features.
Your portfolio should include:
- 1 - 2 Concept sketches of each part in your design
- 1 - 2 sketches of the entire product assembled / layout
- To be scanned and uploaded to the portfolio in JPEG / PNG / PDF format
Portfolio Task 2 - Pin / Mood / Inspiration Board
Helps expand thoughts during the design process. It is a collection and curation process to organise and integrate ideas and thought through images. It is a technique used by many professionals to refine thoughts and look at interesting features that other people have developed and be expanded upon. Applications such as Pinterest are a good digital version of a Pin / Mood
/ Inspiration Board.
Your board should be a collection of no less than 25 ideas about your individual design; you also need to write a summary on why these images have influenced you design.
Portfolio Task 3 - Mind Map
Helps expand thoughts during the design process. It is a brain storming session on paper that is used to visually outline information. It is generally created around a single word / concept to which further words / concepts / implications of your design is added around. Your portfolio should include:
- Rough (1st Draft) of Mind Map - scanned and uploaded in JPEG / PNG / PDF format
- Final Version of Mind Map - saved and uploaded in JPEG / PNG/ PDF format
Portfolio Task 4 - Information Drawings
Combines the idea sketch and the mind map together to have a well-considered concept; using the information and preliminary research that has been gathered a multi-perspective drawing listing key features, functions and materials. It effectively communicates features, functions and materials through annotations and supporting graphics.
Your portfolio should include:
- 1 drawing per part - scanned and uploaded in JPEG / PNG / PDF format
- 1 drawing of the entire assembly / layout - scanned and uploaded in JPEG / PNG / PDF format
- Each drawing should have annotations highlighting features, materials and other important data
Portfolio Task 5 - Story Board
Describes the interaction between your product and the user as well as putting it into a context. It is a series of small images that can be created via a variety of means (Bitstrips, Xtranormal or hand drawn). Concepts to be explored are why is there a need for your product? How will your product be used? What is the implication of your product and how will it benefit the user?
Your portfolio should include:
- Rough (1st draft) of story board with 6-8 cells - scanned and uploaded in JPEG / PNG / PDF format
- Final version of story board with 6-8 cells - saved and uploaded in JPEG / PNG / PDF formats
Portfolio Task 6 - 2D Detailed Engineering Drawings
Formative assessment - Week 6 Tutorials
There are several aspects to this task and needs to be done for your product assembly and each individual component:
- A Perspective Drawing - a descriptive three-quarter view produced using a perspective drawing technique (CAD). It is a line drawing without the application of colour or tone.
- General Arrangement Drawing - exterior view of all components using lines only and with sufficient details. This is usually drawn in third angle projection.
- Detail Drawing - contains details of components for the manufacturing of your product. Can be known as a technical, production or construction drawing. Things like material specifications, surface finish, standards and tolerance will be addressed in these drawings.
Your portfolio should include:
- For each part a 3rd angle projection - All drawings will be properly:
o Titled blocked
o Dimensional tolerances
o Material selections
o References where needed
- 2 - 3 drawings that include:
o Assembly views
o Plan views
o Exploded views
- All drawings to be uploaded in pdf and native CAD formats
Portfolio Task 7 - Detailed 3D models for Visualisation and Manufacturing
Formative assessment - Week 7 Tutorials
There are several aspects to this task and needs to be done for your product assembly and each individual component:
- Technical Illustration - communicates technical detail with a high degree of realism that is sometimes supported with symbols and includes exploded views.
- Design Development Model - simple mock-ups (virtually) used to explore and visualise the relationships between components, cavities, interfaces and structures. Things like component interferences can be analysed in this model.
- Appearance model - accurate virtual representation of product appearance, e.g. colour, surface finish, material selection.
Your portfolio should include:
- All native CAD files used to create your product
- A pdf upload of each part and assembly file
Portfolio Task 8 - Rendered 2D / 3D CAD models
Formative assessment - Week 8 Tutorials
Contains a high level of visual realism to fully define the product appearance as a perspective of view. Concepts like augmented reality and superposition can be explored; this task is especially useful for decision makers who are not designers
/ engineers in exploring products and concepts. Your portfolio should include:
- A minimum of 3 views of assembly or plan of your design with colour and texture added to highlight the features / aspects / context of your design
- To be uploaded in JPEG format
Portfolio Task 9 - Info graphic
With basic research that was done in Task 2 combined with images produced in Task 7 an information graphic (info-graphic) is to be developed. The main purpose of the info-graphic is a visual representation of information or data in an easy to digest format for the non-designer or lay person. It generates context and situational awareness of the product. "A good info- graphic is worth a thousand words"
Your portfolio should include:
- Rough (1st draft) version of your infographic - scanned and uploaded in JPEG / PNG / PDF format
- Final version of your infographic - saved and uploaded in JPEG / PNG / PDF format