{"id":483,"date":"2025-08-25T02:20:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T02:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/assessment2030\/assessment-design-studio\/interactive-oral-assessments-2\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T19:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T19:37:14","slug":"inquiry-based-visual-artefact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/assessment2030\/assessment-design-studio\/inquiry-based-visual-artefact\/","title":{"rendered":"Inquiry-based Visual Artefact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Inquiry-based visual artefacts have students collect, synthesise, and transform qualitative data into a defendable visual representation that responds to participant ideas and feedback, interrogates unit theories, and demonstrates their personal disciplinary philosophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key features<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lane 2: Non-secure assessment&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provides hands-on research experience through interviews with real people, allowing students to practise approaching individuals and engaging in dialogue with them to share and seek expertise<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The visual artefact\u2019s creative and flexible approach makes learning engaging and caters to individual student strengths through visual, hands-on, and written components<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increases student motivation through creative freedom and personal choice&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prevents academic integrity issues through unique, personalised creative outputs&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adaptable for face-to-face, online, and hybrid teaching modes&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Functions well for both individual work and collaborative team projects with shared visual representations&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linking with Curtin\u2019s Makerspace and Adobe Express provides university-supported design materials, guidance and software&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How it works<\/h3>\n\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"accordion\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"Accordion content\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n                \n\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Set-up-\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Set-up-\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Set-up-\">Set-up <\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Set-up-\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <ul>\n<li>Educators prepare resources on qualitative research practices and a sample consent letter to guide and support students in their preparation to undertake research<\/li>\n<li>Students review qualitative research methods, create interview questions, and prepare consent and ethics forms if required<\/li>\n<li>Previous assessment examples are shared with students to demonstrate flexible format and submission options (digital tools, hand-drawn, multimedia, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Progression\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Progression\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Progression\">Progression<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Progression\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"19\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Students conduct structured or semi-structured interviews, recording conversations (with permission) and transcribing key insights<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"19\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Using collected data, theories explored in the unit, and where desired, additional scholarly sources, students create visuals to represent their ideas, innovations, and individual perspectives or philosophies relating to their discipline<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"19\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Students write clear explanations to accompany their visual representations, defending their creative choices. Explanations can be presented in multimodal formats, including reports, reflective pieces or webpages<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"19\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Regular check-ins throughout the process keep students on track<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Submission\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Submission\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Submission\">Submission<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Submission\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"27\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Students submit their visual representation as a Word Document or PDF, together with a rationale and appendices containing consent forms and interview transcripts. Students are encouraged to integrate visual representations throughout the writing, with the vision of creating a visually rich resource.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n        \n<\/mimas-block>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Curtin snapshot&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n    <mimas-block \n        block-name=\"articles\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"articles content\"\n        data-segment=\"all\"\n        data-bg=\"gray\">\n\n        \n\n                    <div class=\"article\">\n                                                                \n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/assessment2030\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Madeleine-Dobson-150x150.jpeg\"\n                     alt=\"Madeleine Dobson\"\n                     srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/assessment2030\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Madeleine-Dobson-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/assessment2030\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Madeleine-Dobson-570x370.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/assessment2030\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Madeleine-Dobson.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/assessment2030\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Madeleine-Dobson-570x500.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/assessment2030\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Madeleine-Dobson.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/assessment2030\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Madeleine-Dobson.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/assessment2030\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Madeleine-Dobson-480x240.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/assessment2030\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Madeleine-Dobson.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/assessment2030\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Madeleine-Dobson.jpeg 570w\"\n                     sizes=\"(min-width: 2560px) 2560px, (min-width: 1920px) 1920px, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px, (min-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 768px) 768px\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\n                <article class=\"article__content\">\n                                            <mimas-eyebrow>Case Study <\/mimas-eyebrow>\n                    \n                                            <h2 class=\"h3\">A\/Prof Madeleine Dobson<\/h2>\n                    \n                                            <p><p>\u201cThere is a great diversity of ideas, and the students do wonderful work at imagining this in creative ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faculty of Humanities <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n                    \n                                \n                        <\/article>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/mimas-block>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Madeleine&#8217;s example assessment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About my unit:<\/strong> Faculty of Humanities | 50-100 students | Hybrid | Individual work&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I use the inquiry-based visual artefact assessment to give students a lot of creative flexibility to respond to data and represent who they are as teachers and how they envision play in their future teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The task is for students to have a reasonably brief, informal conversation with children aged 5-8 and use their ideas to design a play environment to support the learning, development, and wellbeing of all children. Students will create a detailed map of their play-based learning environment using the ideas and images collected from their interviews and unit readings. They are encouraged to integrate a range of visual elements \u2013 for example, photos or illustrations of particular resources, or features of the play environment they wish to illuminate in greater depth and detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A strong rationale defending the value of the environment should accompany the representation, explaining how the environment supports different thinking skills, considers the ideas of the children interviewed, and addresses how the play-space meets six key elements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Welcomes and creates a sense of belonging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flexible and open-ended<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engages the children\u2019s senses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provokes wonder, curiosity, and intellectual challenge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engages children in symbolic representations, literacy and the visual arts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Considers barriers and quality standards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My advice<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s important to emphasise conceptual understanding over artistic ability; the marking focus should be on theoretical application and communication effectiveness rather than aesthetic perfection. I also encourage students to consider including this in their Digital Professional Portfolio, as it\u2019s a beautiful way to demonstrate their expertise about play in education settings, and their readiness to engage with and respond to children\u2019s perspectives. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Suggested marking criteria<\/h3>\n\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"accordion\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"Accordion content\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n                \n\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Quality-of-design-(40%)\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Quality-of-design-(40%)\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Quality-of-design-(40%)\">Quality of design (40%)<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Quality-of-design-(40%)\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>Creative, innovative, relevant and highly appropriate design that could be easily adapted in an authentic environment. Addresses all key elements with detailed description and justification, effectively demonstrating an ability to extend and apply theory. The environment is fully inclusive and supports higher-order learning.<\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Evidence-of-unit-literature-(20%)\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Evidence-of-unit-literature-(20%)\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Evidence-of-unit-literature-(20%)\">Evidence of unit literature (20%)<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Evidence-of-unit-literature-(20%)\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>Comprehensive, relevant and insightful links to a wide range of unit readings and other relevant literature.<\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Visual-representation-of-design-(map)-(10%)-\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Visual-representation-of-design-(map)-(10%)-\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Visual-representation-of-design-(map)-(10%)-\">Visual representation of design (map) (10%) <\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Visual-representation-of-design-(map)-(10%)-\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>Map is comprehensive and detailed, showing clear labels and appropriate symbols where needed. The map is neat and comprehensible, and anyone can easily translate it.<\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Use-of-data-(10%)\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Use-of-data-(10%)\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Use-of-data-(10%)\">Use of data (10%)<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Use-of-data-(10%)\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>Selected data are highly comprehensive, relevant and appropriate, ensuring the participant\u2019s design is included in a meaningful way.`<\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Assessment-of-the-environment-(10%)\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Assessment-of-the-environment-(10%)\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Assessment-of-the-environment-(10%)\">Assessment of the environment (10%)<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Assessment-of-the-environment-(10%)\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>Comprehensive, relevant and creative assessment of the environment, with comprehensive links to readings. Demonstrates an outstanding ability to be reflective and a very confident grasp of key unit concepts.<\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Transcriptional-elements-(5%)\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Transcriptional-elements-(5%)\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Transcriptional-elements-(5%)\">Transcriptional elements (5%)<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Transcriptional-elements-(5%)\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW129822838 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-AU\" xml:lang=\"EN-AU\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW129822838 BCX0\">F<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW129822838 BCX0\">ree from spelling, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW129822838 BCX0\">grammar<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW129822838 BCX0\"> and punctuation errors. Fluent sentence and paragraph construction.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW129822838 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Referencing-and-integrity-(5%)\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Referencing-and-integrity-(5%)\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Referencing-and-integrity-(5%)\">Referencing and integrity (5%)<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Referencing-and-integrity-(5%)\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>Acknowledges sources appropriately using the required style<\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n        \n<\/mimas-block>\n\n\n<p>Note: Marking criteria and weighting are suggested guidelines. 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