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Title
Produce design ideas and images using computer graphics
programs
Level
2
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and
prepare graphics programs for the production of design ideas
and images; use draw functions and paint functions to produce
design ideas and images; and print and save files.
Classification
Design > Design - Computer Graphics
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
This unit standard may be used to award credit for the achievement of learning
outcomes consistent with Technology in the New Zealand Curriculum (Learning
Media Wellington, 1995).
2
The term ‘graphics program’ refers to any computer application that contains drawing
and painting tools which can be used to meet the evidence requirements.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Select and prepare graphics programs for the production of design ideas and images.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Graphics programs selected and loaded are suitable for the design task.
1.2
Graphics program which has been set-up suits the design task in relation to
rulers, grid, graphics tools, and page size.
Outcome 2
Use draw functions to produce design ideas and images.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Ideas and images created using program drawing tools suit the design task.
Range
tools - line, circle, rectangle, polygon, text.
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Transformed and manipulated ideas and images conform to design
requirements.
Range
examples of transformations and/or manipulations are - move,
resize, reshape, rotate, modify lines and layers.
Outcome 3
Use paint functions to produce design ideas and images.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Use of program paint tools produces ideas and images which suit the design
task.
Range
3.2
examples are - brush, pencil, spray, colour section.
Transformed ideas and images conform to design requirements.
Outcome 4
Print and save files.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Printing requirements selected are suitable for the design and images in terms
of page size, orientation, quantity, and quality of print.
4.2
Printed copy is verified, and corrected where necessary, to suit design
requirements.
4.3
Graphics file is saved in accordance with site requirements.
Replacement information
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
This unit standard, unit standard 7490, and unit standard
7507 have been replaced by AS91337.
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
31 August 1996
31 December 2014
Revision
2
8 October 1998
31 December 2014
Revision
3
18 February 2002
31 December 2014
Revision
4
15 January 2004
31 December 2014
Review
5
17 November 2011
31 December 2014
Rollover
6
16 May 2013
31 December 2014
Reinstatement
7
19 March 2015
31 December 2017
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0226
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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SSB Code 130301
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