Applying conventions to a design (internal)
Internal 3 credits Conventions End users Ideation Modelling FeedbackAS 91891, 3 credits. The standard is fundamentally about GENERATING A RANGE of design ideas, MODELLING them, and using FEEDBACK to refine one — not producing a single design and annotating its conventions. Achieved → "informed" (Merit) → "refined" (Excellence), tracking exactly that iteration.
1 Reading the notation
This standard is about a RANGE of ideas, modelled and refined by feedback — not one design with conventions applied.📖 Terms the schedule grades you on
3 terms- Apply conventions (Achieved)
- Purpose/end-users, investigate+apply conventions, generate+model a RANGE of ideas, select+explain, explain implications.
- Informed (Merit)
- Use feedback from modelling to improve; explain how conventions are used; address implications/end-user considerations.
- Refined (Excellence)
- JUSTIFY how the design addresses implications, end-user considerations, AND conventions — together.
2 Generating and modelling a range of ideas
Multiple distinct concepts, modelled, before one is selected — the step generic write-ups skip. ✕One design with variants, mistaken for a range
Three colour schemes of the same layout is not a "range of design ideas" — the standard wants conceptually DIFFERENT approaches (e.g. a tab-based navigation vs a single scrolling page vs a card-grid layout) modelled and compared before one is selected.3 Applying conventions
A closed list spanning UI, print, electronics schematics and data modelling.What the design has to show
- The purpose of the outcome, in one clear statement.
- End-user requirements, gathered rather than assumed.
- An INVESTIGATION: two or three comparable outcomes and what they share.
- Any convention deliberately broken, with the reason.
4 Feedback and justification
A traceable change made because of real feedback — the Merit-to-Excellence engine.What strong feedback evidence looks like
- WHO gave the feedback, and how many.
- WHAT specifically they said or struggled with.
- The SPECIFIC change made in response.
- For Excellence: a justification covering implications, end-user considerations AND conventions together.
Practice
Recall it first, then use it — testing yourself builds the memory, where rereading the notes above only feels easier.
Recall and application shuffled together — you have to work out what each item wants before you can answer it, which is the part the exam actually tests. Both kinds feed the same spacing schedule, so anything you miss comes back sooner.
Say the answer out loud before flipping — that attempt is where the learning happens, even when you get it wrong.
Exam-style only. Instant feedback, shuffled each attempt, best score saved on this device.