AS 91623 Annotated exemplars

This annotated exemplar is intended for teacher use only. Annotated exemplars are extracts of student evidence, with commentary, that explain key parts of a standard. These help teachers make assessment judgements at the grade boundaries.

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For Excellence, the student needs to efficiently implement complex procedures to create an applied design for a specified product.

This involves undertaking the procedures in a manner that economises time, effort and materials.

The specified product is a child’s backpack.

This student has interpreted a complex screen printed design which requires careful registration of multiple screens and colours. Trialling of two different screen printing techniques was used to determine the equipment, materials and complex techniques required to create the complex design (not shown). The student has also undertaken testing to demonstrate that the applied design enhances the aesthetics of the product as specified (not shown).

Evidence of economy of time (1) when implementing the complex procedures can be seen as the student efficiently organised their workspace, tools, equipment, and wrote a flowchart to guide their process and use of the hairdryer to cut down drying time between layers.

Evidence of economy of effort (2) when implementing the complex procedures can be seen, as the student used prior knowledge when trialling the complex techniques.

Evidence of economy of resources (3) when implementing the complex procedures can be seen, as the student was careful of not wasting resources during trialling and implementation of the applied design.

To secure Excellence, the assessors could make a judgement about the ways in which procedures were implemented, as well as the quality of the applied design for the product. Annotating an assessment schedule is one way for the assessor to confirm judgements around if the student has worked in a manner that economises time, effort and materials. These annotations could be derived from classroom observation and/or discussions with students.

For Merit, the student needs to skilfully implement complex procedures to create an applied design for a specified product.

This involves showing independence and accuracy in undertaking the procedures.

The specified product is a jacket for a formal occasion.

The student has interpreted a complex design which requires careful registration, definition and multiple coloured threads. Trialling (1) has been used to determine the equipment, materials and complex techniques required to create the complex design.

Merit requires the skilful implementation of the chosen techniques and evidence of independence and accuracy. The student has undertaken testing which ensured the accurate registration and quality finish of the machine embroidered motifs.

The duplicate testing also meant the student could independently (2) determine the equipment, materials and complex techniques required to create the design. As a result, each of the floral motifs were skillfully and accurately (3) applied on the fabric.

The assessor has also annotated the assessment schedule (4) with comments that confirm the student has worked independently and accurately. These annotations came from observations made in the classroom.

To reach Excellence, evidence of how the student undertook the procedures in a manner that economised time, effort and materials is needed.

For Merit, the student needs to skilfully implement complex procedures to create an applied design for a specified product.

This involves showing independence and accuracy in undertaking the procedures.

The specified product is a decorative dice tray with inlays.

Trialling (1) has been used to determine the equipment (drum sander, band saw), materials (rimu, pine, linseed oil) and complex techniques required to create the complex design.

Merit requires the skilful implementation of the chosen techniques and evidence of independence and accuracy. The student has undertaken testing (2) to ensure an accurate depth for the router for inlay. The testing also meant the student could independently determine the equipment, materials and complex techniques required to create the design. As a result, each of the inlays was skillfully applied to the tray.

The final applied design enhanced the aesthetics of the product (3).

To secure Merit, additional evidence that demonstrates how the applied design met specifications is required. While some evidence can be deduced from the student’s work, additional evidence of the student working accurately and independently could also be included. For example, it could be noted in the assessment schedule how the student wore PPE without reminders, or tested the settings on the CNC after other students had been using it to ensure the carve was accurate (4).

For Achieved, the student needs to implement complex procedures to create an applied design for a specified product.

This involves:

• interpreting a complex design to determine an applied design medium suited to the product
• trialling to determine the equipment, materials and complex techniques required to create the design
• undertaking appropriate tests to demonstrate that the applied design enhances the product as specified
• applying complex techniques that comply with relevant health and safety regulations.

The specified product is a jacket for a formal occasion.

The student has undertaken appropriate trialling (2) of Cricut cutting machine, hand embroidery and freehand machine embroidery (not shown) to determine the most suitable medium for their product.

The student tested the combination of techniques (3) and undertook visual checks of alignment, colour and finish. They have also used stakeholder feedback (4) to ensure the applied design suits the product. The final product and evaluation demonstrate that the applied design enhances the product aesthetically and meets specifications (5).

Safe practices in the classroom were followed (not shown).

To reach Merit, the student could undertake further testing to ensure the applied design is applied skilfully and with accuracy. Teacher annotation on an assessment schedule, giving evidence of what they were seeing to show independence, is another way to confirm judgements of Merit.

For Achieved, the student needs to implement complex procedures to create an applied design for a specified product.

This involves:

• interpreting a complex design to determine an applied design medium suited to the product
• trialling to determine the equipment, materials and complex techniques required to create the design
• undertaking appropriate tests to demonstrate that the applied design enhances the product as specified
• applying complex techniques that comply with relevant health and safety regulations.

The specified product is a cheese board.

The student has undertaken appropriate trialling (2) of resin inlay, timber inlay and laser etching to determine the most suitable medium for their product.

Tests included visual checks (3) of size, alignment, depth of cut and feed rates to ensure the applied design suited to the product.

The final product and evaluation demonstrate that the applied design enhances the product aesthetically and meets specifications (4). The student followed safe practice in the classroom (5).

For a more secure Achieved, the student could have shown further evidence of the trialling undertaken to determine the equipment, materials and complex techniques required to create the design, for example trialling of the resin and inlay techniques and different timbers.

For Achieved, the student needs to implement complex procedures to create an applied design for a specified product.

This involves:

• interpreting a complex design to determine an applied design medium suited to the product
• trialling to determine the equipment, materials and complex techniques required to create the design
• undertaking appropriate tests to demonstrate that the applied design enhances the product as specified
• applying complex techniques that comply with relevant health and safety regulations.

This student has interpreted a complex design of a cherry blossom flower (1) to determine an applied design medium suited to a fashion top.

They have undertaken appropriate trialling of a Cricut cutting machine, digital printing (outsourced) and screen printing to determine the most suitable medium for their product (2). The student has tested to establish that the design enhances the product (3) and applied the chosen medium to fabric to create an applied design (4).

For Achieved, evidence is needed of further trialling to determine the equipment, materials and techniques required that will enhance the product. For example, alignment, viscosities and colour of the ink.

Attestation of how the applied design enhances the product aesthetically and meets specifications requires either a conceptual design to be communicated or the actual garment to be manufactured from the fabric.