Unit Outline

This unit focuses on participatory and inclusive design practices to engage diverse audiences in the co-creation of projects. Co-design is an increasingly popular practice that is used in a wide range of contexts to foster inclusion, to identify opportunities, and to ensure that outcomes align with needs. Through research, critique, and debate you will evaluate participatory design frameworks in relation to power and agency. You will be introduced to a range of collaborative design methods and explore how these can be used in different situations. Employing a divergent design thinking approach, you will develop and test collaborative design methods for a specified context. You will also develop and apply skills of peer critique, negotiation, and self-reflection in collaborative projects. The major output of the semester is a design report documenting the processes and design outputs of the semester.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1.	Develop a range of collaborative design tools and toolkits to involve users in co-design
2.	Use Design Thinking to adapt approaches to co-design
3.	Lead and participate in collaborative design processes.
4.	Apply teamwork approaches and techniques to the collaborative design process

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Pre-requisite	(ZAD121 AND KDA144 AND KDA104) AND (ZAD122 OR KDA103)

Alterations as a result of student feedback

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Workshop & Presentation	Week 5	20 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 2:	Collaborative Design Pilot	Week 13	40 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 3:	Design Report	Week 14	40 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Workshop & Presentation

Task Description:

The task has four distinct phases:

Phase 1: Before the stakeholder roundtable [working as a whole studio group]:
- Carry out background research - on stakeholders and the project domain more generally.
- Set aims and outcomes.
- Propose thought-provoking question(s) to focus the roundtable discussion.
- Establish a session plan and script (including tools/activities as appropriate).

Phase 2: During the stakeholder roundtable [working as a whole studio group]:
- Facilitate/moderate the session informed by your background research and planning.
- Build relationships and trust with stakeholders.
- Ask questions and draw out insights.
- Record/note salient information to analyse afterwards.

Phase 3: Following the stakeholder roundtable [working in design teams]:

- Synthesise background research.
- Analyse input from stakeholder participants (from roundtable)
- Present your insights back to the whole studio group for feedback in a short video format.

Phase 4: Following the presentation [working individually]:
- Provide feedback to all other design teams.

Peer evaluation will be a component of this assessment.

Task Length:

short video presentation (5-7mins)

Due Date:

Week 5

Weight:

20 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Test and Iterate collaborative design tools and toolkits for use co-design	LO1
2	Adapt precedent and examples of co-design or participatory design approaches	LO1
3	Distinguish between the interests of stakeholders and the needs of users to define a primary user group for co-design	LO1
4	Analyse examples and precedents of co-design in a range of contexts	LO2
5	Present stakeholder interests and user needs using designerly communication practices and techniques	LO2
6	Plan a workshop for stakeholders and users	LO3
7	Facilitate a workshop for stakeholders and users	LO3
8	Analyse the outcomes of stakeholder and user workshops	LO3
9	Perform a peer evaluation	LO4

Assessment Task 2: Collaborative Design Pilot

Task Description:

Each allocated team will develop and run a Participatory Design Workshop Pilot that responds to the project Scenario and Context.

You will be assessed on your workshop planning and design, facilitation, analysis, and deliverables. Your workshop should address a clear goal statement that you develop to set out the focus and scope of your exploratory design-research. Your workshop should be developed iteratively and trialled and tested in the weeks prior to the official (assessed) scheduled sessions. Your workshop should be informed by and demonstrate engagement with relevant Participatory Design and Co-Design theories, tools, toolkits, techniques, and approaches

Peer Evaluation will be a component of this assessment.

Task Length:

3-5 page illustrated workplan; 1.5 hour Pilot workshop facilitation; 1.5 hour active participation in peer’s workshops.

Due Date:

Week 13

Weight:

40 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Test and iterate collaborative design tools and toolkits for user co- design	LO1
2	Analyse examples and precedents of co-design in a range of contexts	LO2
3	Present stakeholder interests and user needs using designerly communication practices and techniques	LO2
4	Plan a workshop for stakeholders and users	LO3
5	Facilitate a workshop for stakeholders and users	LO3
6	Analyse the outcomes of stakeholder and user workshops	LO3
7	Perform a peer evaluation	LO4
8	Adapt precedent and examples of co-design or participatory design approaches	LO1
9	Distinguish between the interests of stakeholders and the needs of users to define a primary user group for co-design	LO1

Assessment Task 3: Design Report

Task Description:

In AT1 you are required to submit a design report capturing and reflecting on the semester’s design work. As the other two ATs are team-based this report (worth 40%) will provide an opportunity to articulate your personal insights and engagement with the project and process.

The audience for this report is your design ‘office’ (manager and team). Its intent is to feed what you have learned throughout the process back to your office/team to help plan and execute similar projects in the future.

Task Length:

approx. 10‐14, A4 pages

Due Date:

Week 14

Weight:

40 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Distinguish between the interests of stakeholders and the needs of users to define a primary user group for co design	LO1
2	Analyse examples and precedents of co-design in a range of contexts	LO2
3	Present stakeholder interests and user needs using designerly communication practices and techniques	LO2
4	Analyse the outcomes of stakeholders and user workshops	LO3
5	Document the role and contributions to the team during the collaborative process.	LO4

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Academic integrity

Academic integrity is about acting responsibly, honestly, ethically, and collegially when using, producing, and communicating information with other students and staff members.

In written work, you must correctly reference the work of others to maintain academic integrity. To find out the referencing style for this unit, see the assessment information in the MyLO site, or contact your teaching staff. For more detail about Academic Integrity, see Important Guidelines & Support.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.