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C1): The Course Collections

The Course Collections

For this course, you will create and submit four graphic collections. Each collection is intended to
engage you in research on a topic related to the material presented in the course units, with the aim
of developing your skills in relating key theoretical concepts to site analysis.

Create your Collection using your imagination and software, such as Adobe Illustrator, which allows
you to combine text and images in a well-designed graphic layout. Remember that you are not
limited to an 8.5″ × 11″ format. Save your Collection as a pdf, and submit the pdf according to the
instructions included with each Collection assignment. Using a combination of text and supporting
images, present the essential information to “tell the story” of the site/design project.

Tips for Making a Great Collection

Here are some tips for creating your first (and subsequent) Collections:

1. Collections should include images and drawings all of which should be numbered
(Figure 1, 2,…), captioned, cited (see below), and referenced. In addition, you should
work to make strong links between the image and the discussion in the text
(i.e., connective phrases and/or annotations of the images).
2. Look at sources beyond the course texts and general sources.
3. Part of your mark is for the “Clarity of the Graphic Layout.” Use this as an opportunity to
receive feedback and build your graphic skills. Experiment with colour, techniques, and
formatting to develop your own graphic style.
4. For all collections, use the APA style of references and in-text citations. A citation is a
brief acknowledgement of the source of the material that points to the full information
about the source, which must be included in your list of references. For example, if you
use a quote or specific facts, details, ideas, then you must state where they come from;
this is a citation. You must also list the source of that quote in your list of References at

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the end of your Collection. That list is your bibliography for all text and image sources. A
useful site is https://www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/integrity/pages/cite/.

Every item that is cited must appear in your list of references, and every item in your list
of references must be cited in your Collection. AU’s RAIC program encourages the use of
the APA style of citation and referencing. The OWL Purdue Online Writing Lab, hosted by
Purdue University, will be useful here.

For clarity on what to cite and reference, please watch AU’s Academic Integrity
(Video Tutorial).

5. Do not send all your Collections together for marking. Submit them one at a time as you
work through the course; the feedback you receive will help you improve your work and
correct any mistakes you might be making. Students who send all their Collections at
once are often unsuccessful in the course.

Marking Rubric

The evaluation for each required task will be based on the following grid, except for the final task,
the case study, which is worth more marks.

Grading Guidelines

Evaluation
Elements Distinguished (A) Proficient (B) Emerging (C) Not Evident (F) Points
Content Text includes all of Includes most of Includes some of Does not 20
the main elements the main the main include any of
and requirements elements and elements and the main
contained in the requirements. requirements. elements and
assignment; all the (13–16) (8–12) requirements.
material presented is (0–7)
relevant.
(17–20)
Support All of the visual Most of the Some of the Visual material 12
Material material supports the visual material visual material is is irrelevant to
text; content linkage supports the supportive or the text, or
to text is strongly text; linkage to weak (poor there is no
evident. text is evident. quality) visual visual material.
(10–12) (7–9) material. (0–3)
(4–6)

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Clarity of The presentation of The The graphic Absence of 10

Graphic the text and visual presentation of layout does not design thinking
Layout material is strongly the text and support the text in the graphic
supported by the visual material is and the visual layout of the
graphic layout. supported by material. text and the
(9–10) the graphic (4–5) visual material.
layout. (0–3)
(6–8)
Notation All sources for the Most sources for Some sources for Total or 8
and material are clearly the material are text and visual significant
Sources indicated and text clearly indicated material are absence of
and visual material and text and absent and/or sources; no
are linked. visual material visual material is linkage
(8) are linked. not linked to between visual
(6–7) text. material and
(4–5) text.
(0–3)
Total Points Possible 50

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