First year Visual art unit: FSA112 1A Core studies in Art and Design: an art/design work using a fundamental concept
Developed by Bill Hart, Neil Haddon, Lucy Bleach and Moira Cordiner
The criteria for this task were developed from the original learning outcomes. These outcomes now need to be revised to match the new criteria more closely. This
example illustrates that you can develop criteria sheets even if the original outcomes require revision because they are too specific and/or too numerous or
unassessable.
Synopsis of the task and its context
This is the final task in the unit and is weighted 45%. Students are required to make an art/design work that uses a fundamental concept (such as light, space, time).
They are prepared for the task through lectures, studio workshops, group work, one-on-one with tutors and through experimenting and exploring with materials and
techniques.
The task comprises four components:
 a visual journal that provides evidence of the student’s exploration of the qualities of the fundamental concept and the development of an idea
 a proposal that presents an idea for the art/design work with a rationale for choice of materials and processes (250 words)
 a work that expresses the idea
 a reflection on the work (about 150 words)
Match between learning outcomes and criteria
Learning outcomes (unrevised)
Task specific criteria
On completion of this unit, you should be able to:
 Utilise a journal as an aide to developing and exploring ideas and of documenting
strategies and development of practical projects. (Problem Solving)
 Employ a diversity of visual and conceptual problem solving strategies through
developing their projects. (Problem Solving)
To complete this task, you should :
 Explore the fundamental concept to develop an idea
 Discuss and analyse the formal and conceptual properties of Time, Light and Space in
an individual and group studio context. (Knowledge and Communication)
 Have gained a greater awareness of the strategies and concepts artists/designers use
in solving problems and developing art and design projects that work with the
properties of Time, Light and Space. (Knowledge)
 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of the fundamental concept
 Gain the confidence to present their work for critique and make use of feedback.
(Communication and Problem Solving)
 Express the idea through the work
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Student name
Student number
weighting 45%
Task 3: an art/design work using a fundamental concept
Criteria
HD
DN
To create the work you:
Explore the
fundamental
concept to develop
an idea
Weighting 40%
To create the work you:
 explored and experimented in
 explored and experimented
depth with the multiple formal
with the multiple formal
qualities of the specified
qualities of the specified
fundamental concept, to
fundamental concept to
effectively develop the idea for
effectively develop the idea for
the project by:
the project by:
 proposing and considering a range of key questions relevant to
your idea
 locating relevant examples
of art/design works using the
fundamental concept
 annotating the connections
these have to your idea
 locating relevant examples
of art/design works using the
fundamental concept
 partially annotating the
connections these have to
your idea
 identifying and using suitable media and processes
 provided meaningful evidence
of your explorations in your
journal that showed how you:
 developed and refined the
idea
 made clear connections
between form, content and
context
 developed a clear and concise
proposal in response to the
task that:
 presented a compelling idea
that moved ‘beyond the
obvious’ synthesised from a
range of sources
 was achievable within time
constraints and resources
 provided a convincing
rationale for choice of
materials and techniques,
and how these promote the
idea
 provided meaningful evidence
of your explorations in your
journal that showed how you:
 developed and partly refined
the idea
 made connections between
form, content and context
 developed a clear and concise
proposal in response to the
task that:
 presented an idea that
moved ‘beyond the obvious’
synthesised from a range of
sources
 was largely achievable
within time constraints and
resources
 provided a rationale for
choice of materials and
techniques, and how these
promote the idea
CR
NN
PP
To create the work you:
To create the work you:
To make the work, you:
 explored and did some
experimentation with formal
qualities of the specified
fundamental concept to
develop the idea for the
project by:
 proposing a range of
questions relevant to your
idea OR
 proposing and considering a
question relevant to your
idea
 locating examples of
art/design works using the
fundamental concept
 annotating these
 explored at least one formal
quality of the specified
fundamental concept to
present the idea for the project
by:
 used at least one formal
quality of the specified
fundamental concept
 identifying and using mostly
suitable media and
processes
 provided evidence of your
explorations in your journal
that showed:
 some development of the
idea
 connections between
aspects of form and/or
content and/or context
 developed a concise proposal
in response to the task that:
 presented an idea partly
synthesised from a range of
sources
 proposing a question
relevant to your idea
 described an outcome
 locating at least one
example of art/design work
using the fundamental
concept
 located an example of
art/design work
 using media and a process
 used media
 provided evidence of
exploration in your journal
 provided some documentation
of the project
 developed a proposal in
response to the task that:
 presented an idea that
overtly referenced obvious
sources
 presented an idea
 considered time constraints and resources
 provided a rationale for
choice of materials and
techniques how these
related to the idea
 described materials and
techniques that have some
relation to the idea.
 listed some materials and
techniques.
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weighting 45%
Task 3: an art/design work using a fundamental concept
Criteria
Demonstrate and
apply knowledge of
the fundamental
concept
Weighting 25%
Express the idea
through the work
Weighting 35%
Comments
HD
DN
CR
NN
PP
To create the work you:
To create the work you:
To create the work you:
To create the work you:
To make the work, you:
 insightfully demonstrated and
applied thorough knowledge
of:
 the fundamental concept
and how it is used in
different contexts
 its formal qualities
 effectively communicated the
concept/idea through:
 demonstrated and applied
knowledge of:
 the fundamental concept
and how it is used in
different contexts
 its formal qualities
 demonstrated and applied
some knowledge of:
 the fundamental concept
and how it is used in at least
one context
 some of its formal qualities
 demonstrated some
knowledge of:
 the fundamental concept in
a context
 at least one formal quality
 referred to the fundamental
concept itself rather than
demonstrating knowledge of it
 effectively communicated the
concept/idea through:
 communicated the
concept/idea through:
 communicated the
concept/idea through:
 an innovative interpretation
of the task that ‘moved
beyond the obvious’
 integrating:
 formal qualities
 content
 presentation strategies
 weaving it throughout the
journal, proposal, the work
and the reflection
 concisely reflected on the work
by:
 an interpretation of the task
that sought to ‘move beyond
the obvious’
 integrating one or more of:
 formal qualities
 content
 presentation strategies
 weaving it throughout the
journal, proposal, the work
and the reflection
 concisely reflected on the work
by:
 objectively analysing and
evaluating all obvious
strengths and weaknesses
 deciding whether and how to
act on feedback, based on a
judgment of what was the
most accurate and relevant
to the task
 making a considered
judgment about how
effectively the work used the
fundamental concept
 objectively analysing and
evaluating obvious strengths
and weaknesses
 deciding whether and how to
act on feedback, based on a
judgment of its accuracy and
relevance to the task
 partially analysing and
evaluating obvious strengths
and weaknesses
 reporting and judging
feedback, then deciding
whether to act on it
 describing some of its
strengths and weaknesses
 making an informed
judgment about how
effectively the work used the
fundamental concept
 making a judgment about
how well the work used the
fundamental concept
 making a connection to the
fundamental concept
 an interpretation of the task
that used:
 formal qualities
 content
 presentation strategies
 the journal, proposal, the
work and the reflection
 reflected on the work by:
 an illustration of the task that
used:
 at least one formal quality
 some content
 a presentation strategy
 the journal, the proposal, the
work and the reflection
 reflected on the work by:
 reporting feedback and
giving it some consideration
 used some content and
materials
 wrote about the work by:
 stating that you were or
were not happy about what
you had made
 making a broad
generalisation about
feedback
 mentioning the fundamental
concept
Grade
3