Assessment Guide
Design Journal – 20 %
Task
A design journal serves as a logbook for your design project work. Design journals serve many purposes:
• Creativity and communication: An aid for inventiveness in the design process and a valuable
source to collect material to communicate the design.
• Legal: Keeps an official record of information that can be used as evidence in legal disputes,
such as intellectual property, safety incidences, and academic integrity.
• Operations: Tracks the process for convenient monitoring and handover of important
information.
• Reflection: Reflects design decisions, challenges faced, and lessons learned , fostering
personal and professional growth throughout the design journey.
It is a place where you can discuss your design ideas, reflect on your experiences, collect research
findings and much more. There is no exact way to write a design journal. However, a good rule of thumb
on what to include is:
If it is related to your design project work, then it's okay to include in your journal
Here is a long (but non-exhaustive) list of things you could include: meeting minutes, project schedules
(i.e. Gantt chart), screenshots of your team’s planner, scrum board, team task assignments, annotated
concept sketches, desk research findings, pictures, case-study analysis, mind maps, moodboards, new
design ideas, diagrams, tables, infographics, referenced screenshots with source links, share links of
ChatGPT, screenshots of Midjourney, results of team discussions, personas, user journey, etc.
In your design project, you are allowed to harness the capabilities of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT
and Midjourney to support your conceptual design process. In your design journal you can document
your interactions with the AI tools. This includes, but is not limited to, the question/prompt you posed,
the insights you gained, how the output from AI influenced your design decisions, and the utility and
limitation of AI tools. Moreover, always make it a point to reflect on the interplay between AI outputs and
your idea formation. By doing so, you not only chronicle your design evolution but also provide a critical
perspective on the integration of AI tools in the design process.
Keep in mind that this is a professional document, so do not include funny photographs of your dog or
diary entries of what you had for breakfast. Also, do not copy in-class materials. If required, link to those
and reference them appropriately.
The rest of this document provides further instructions and guidance, while Table 1 summarises key
assessment details.
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Type Individual submission
Submission Submit to Moodle (PDF format generated from the software or platform you
prefer: word, Canva, Miro, One Note, etc.)
Due date Monday Week 7 – 9:00 AM
Weighting 20%
Marking Marked by the demonstrator and moderated by coordinators
Late entries Flat -5% penalty per day
Marking
The assessment will be marked by a course demonstrator and moderated by course coordinators. This
marker may not be your workshop demonstrator to avoid bias in marking. The submission is worth 20%
of your final grade. Marks and feedback will be returned within two weeks of submission. The marking
rubric outlines how your journal will be marked. Please read it and the rest of this guide carefully.
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Design Journal – 20 %
Task
A design journal serves as a logbook for your design project work. Design journals serve many purposes:
• Creativity and communication: An aid for inventiveness in the design process and a valuable
source to collect material to communicate the design.
• Legal: Keeps an official record of information that can be used as evidence in legal disputes,
such as intellectual property, safety incidences, and academic integrity.
• Operations: Tracks the process for convenient monitoring and handover of important
information.
• Reflection: Reflects design decisions, challenges faced, and lessons learned , fostering
personal and professional growth throughout the design journey.
It is a place where you can discuss your design ideas, reflect on your experiences, collect research
findings and much more. There is no exact way to write a design journal. However, a good rule of thumb
on what to include is:
If it is related to your design project work, then it's okay to include in your journal
Here is a long (but non-exhaustive) list of things you could include: meeting minutes, project schedules
(i.e. Gantt chart), screenshots of your team’s planner, scrum board, team task assignments, annotated
concept sketches, desk research findings, pictures, case-study analysis, mind maps, moodboards, new
design ideas, diagrams, tables, infographics, referenced screenshots with source links, share links of
ChatGPT, screenshots of Midjourney, results of team discussions, personas, user journey, etc.
In your design project, you are allowed to harness the capabilities of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT
and Midjourney to support your conceptual design process. In your design journal you can document
your interactions with the AI tools. This includes, but is not limited to, the question/prompt you posed,
the insights you gained, how the output from AI influenced your design decisions, and the utility and
limitation of AI tools. Moreover, always make it a point to reflect on the interplay between AI outputs and
your idea formation. By doing so, you not only chronicle your design evolution but also provide a critical
perspective on the integration of AI tools in the design process.
Keep in mind that this is a professional document, so do not include funny photographs of your dog or
diary entries of what you had for breakfast. Also, do not copy in-class materials. If required, link to those
and reference them appropriately.
The rest of this document provides further instructions and guidance, while Table 1 summarises key
assessment details.
Page 1 DESN2000 – 2023, Term 2
, Table 1 Summary of crucial assessment details
Type Individual submission
Submission Submit to Moodle (PDF format generated from the software or platform you
prefer: word, Canva, Miro, One Note, etc.)
Due date Monday Week 7 – 9:00 AM
Weighting 20%
Marking Marked by the demonstrator and moderated by coordinators
Late entries Flat -5% penalty per day
Marking
The assessment will be marked by a course demonstrator and moderated by course coordinators. This
marker may not be your workshop demonstrator to avoid bias in marking. The submission is worth 20%
of your final grade. Marks and feedback will be returned within two weeks of submission. The marking
rubric outlines how your journal will be marked. Please read it and the rest of this guide carefully.
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