GRADE 10 TERM 1 COURSE OUTLINE FOR DIGITAL DESIGN
UNIT TITLE: HOW MAY I INTEREST YOU?
TIMELINE
CONCEPTS/UNITS/
PROJECTS
Week 1
Unpacking the Unit
Week 2-3
Week 4 -5
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students should be able to relate to what they are going to learn in
this unit and the design cycle.
Sound
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Add, change or delete a sound clip to Audacity
Get a sound track to repeat
Deleting part of a sound track
Fade sounds in or out
Mute sound track and changing voice pitches on a sound track
Changing the volume of a sound track
Add and delete a blank audio track
Zooming in and zooming out of a sound track
Exporting the audacity project as a .wav
use a microphone to record speech
Mix recorded sound and downloaded sound files into a
professional sounding advertisement
Images
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Insert images
Insert an action or buttons
Add hyper links
Create their own images using graphics software
ASSESSMENT – DESIGN CYCLE
(Monday, 16th Sept – Friday, 4th Oct 2019)
Week 5-6
Week 7-8
Week 910
Movie Clips
Evaluating
Week 1112
Week 1316
A&B
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Add a sound track and consistent transitions between slides
Add a movie file into the slides
Make the music fade in/fade out
Have a completed movie which contains their horror radio advert,
appropriate graphics and other sounds which enhance the
atmosphere of the movie
 A complete an interactive story with appropriate graphics,
customised sound and video clips
 Do peer assessments
 Analyse finding from peers using charts
 Provide comments about the work they have seen and provide
sensible and constructive suggestions
 Suggest how the movie could be improved
ASSESSMENT – DESIGN CYCLE
(Friday, 1st Nov – Friday, 15th Nov 2019)
Review/Reflection on
Unit Work Covered
During the Term
CRITERIA
ASSESSED
 Class discussion and or demonstration on skills learnt in the unit
 Share best practices and good assessments done
C&D
A, B, C, &
D