Introduction

Learning intentions

• learn what this unit is about and what you will be doing
• familiarise yourself with the choices of brief available
• understand what the AS92005 standard requires you to do
• learn the expectations around what will be taught and what you will self-learn
• look at some exemplars from 2025

About this unit

In this unit, you will develop a project to develop a digital outcome of your choice.

You can choose one of the briefs available. Each brief describes an outcome you can create.

There are four briefs:

• Develop a website
• Develop a video or video series
• Develop an interacting experience (such as a game, virtual tour, walkthrough, presentation, etc.)
• Develop a graphics series (such as online graphics for social media, posters, etc.)

Assessment

You are assessed on the process of developing the outcome, not just on the quality of the outcome itself.

Time management is vital, so the project will be split into five phases:

• Research: choosing a brief, your outcome's purpose, end users, and the tools you will use
• Sprint 1: designing the initial version of the outcome
• Sprint 2: building the outcome using your chosen tools
• Sprint 3: refining the outcome based on feedback
• Sprint 4: putting the final touches on your outcome before submission

In each phase, you will record evidence of your work in a Google Docs portfolio.

Assessment: Paetae/Achieved

According to the standard, for a Paetae (Achieved) grade, you must:

• describe the purpose, potential users, requirements, and specifications of the outcome
• use appropriate tools or techniques of a digital technologies domain to produce an outcome that addresses the requirements and specifications
• test the outcome to ensure basic functionality

Your portfolio document contains a marking schedule that you can use to measure how well you are meeting these criteria.

Assessment: Kaiaka/Merit

According to the standard, for a Kaiaka (Merit) grade, you must meet the requirements of Paetae/A, and:

• follow conventions relevant to the tools or techniques of a digital technologies domain
• use information from testing to make improvements to the outcome's fitness for purpose

Next week, we will examine what a digital convention means and how you can apply these to the design of your outcomes.

You must also peform regular testing to ensure that the outcome meets the requirements of the brief.

You are expecting to undertaking testing at all times in every sprint.

Assessment: Kairangi/Excellence

According to the standard, for a Kairangi (Excellence) grade, you must meet all the requirements of Paetae/A and Kaiaka/M, and:

• apply tools or techniques optimally in the production of a fit-for-purpose outcome
• use information from trialling the outcome with others to improve its fitness for purpose

Next week, we will look at how to choose and apply tools optimally (in the most efficient way).

You must also trial your outcome. This means you should let people from your target audience use the outcome and suggest improvements, then adjust your outcome accordingly.

You will have opportunities to trial your outcome in each sprint.

Briefs

As mentioned before, you will choose a brief to address.

A brief is a statement of what the outcome is required to do. It contains:

• What the outcome should be
• What the outcome must do
• Any other requirements of the outcome (how it looks, feels, etc.)

Let's take a look at the four briefs available this year.

Brief 1: Website

Develop a website promoting a tourism destination of your choice.

A website must have:

• at least 5 pages
• pages contain images and text
• a consistent means of navigation
• consistent styles (colours, fonts)
• high readability and understandability

Your website will need to be optimised for both mobile devices (phone, tablet) and desktop/laptop.

Brief 2: Video series

Develop a video series promoting a tourism destination of your choice.

A video series can be either:

• 1x 5-minute video
• 2x 3-minute videos that are related
• 5x 1-minute reels/shorts/TikToks that contain a narrative

Your videos can contain live action recording, animations, or even screen recordings. The videos must tell a story.

Brief 3: Interactive experience

Develop an interactive experience (game, virtual tour, etc.) that lets a person experience the key locations of a tourism destination of your choice.

An experience must be graphical, not text-based.

You will need to investigate:

• what makes an interactive experience fun
• victory and loss conditions (for games)
• world or level design conventions
• controls conventions

Brief 4: Graphics design

Develop a series of graphics (posters, social media pictures, or even appropriate memes) promoting a tourism destination of your choice.

You must create a series. At minimum, this would be 5 different designs, although they can share some design elements in common such as colours, fonts, logo, etc.

These graphics can be used for social media, display (i.e. the school TVs), or print (posters, pamphlets). You can incorporate scanned drawings, computer drawings, and/or 3D models