1DArt

L1 Digital Art

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Miss N. Patterson, Mr M. Hill.

L1 Digital Art

This course will introduce fundamental techniques and conventions associated with graphic design and photography. This course will be timetabled in a computer lab so that students have access to Adobe applications Photoshop and Illustrator. 

Students will be tasked with exploring their own identity through significant objects and portraiture. They will use the work of established artists to help them develop their own unique ideas and outcomes that reflect who they are. 

It is expected that students engage with taking images outside of school time, phones can be used for this and their will be a booking system for a small number DSLR cameras. 


Contributions and Equipment/Stationery

$40. This covers the cost of the Adobe license unique to each student as well as large format printing costs.

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

Total Credits Available: 10
Internal Assessed Credits: 5
External Assessed Credits: 5
Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91913 v3
NZQA Info

Visual Arts 1.2 - Produce resolved artwork appropriate to established art making conventions


Level: 1
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91915 v3
NZQA Info

Visual Arts 1.4 - Create a sustained body of related artworks in response to an art making proposition


Level: 1
Internal or External: External
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 10
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Disclaimer


  • Some students’ courses may not fit the timetable when it is prepared so you may be contacted and asked to re-choose. 
  • If you do not make sufficient progress in the remainder of the year (i.e. in your entrance exams, course work and end-of-year exams), you may not be accepted into the subject of your choice