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ARCT20570

Academic Year 2025/2026

Enhancing Digital Drawing Skills (ARCT20570)

Subject:
Architecture
College:
Engineering & Architecture
School:
Architecture, Plan & Env Pol
Level:
2 (Intermediate)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Mr James Rossa O'Hare
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
Blended
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module will provide the opportunity to enhance and develop digital drawing skills for those designing the built environment. The global objective of the module is to teach participants a spectrum of drawing skills across a number of computer programs: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop and Rhinoceros and Revit. Integration of these applications and their file formats while maintaining file image quality, integrity and scale will be demonstrated. Teaching will consist of instructional lectures and video tutorials as well as individual/small group tutorials.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module, students will be able to communicate their design ideas using a variety of computer software packages. They will illustrate the skills learned throughout the module by producing a portfolio which will contain varied original content generated by the participant. The module is designed to instruct the student on the use of various computer drawing and image-making packages and understand their relationship to each other and to the design process. This will move their focus from purely learning software tools to actively designing for a specific audience and. They will create and develop Computer Aided Design (CAD) drawings, illustrations and visualisations and animations.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

24
Autonomous Student Learning

52
Lectures

24
Total

100

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
- task-based learning;
- case-based learning

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Recommendations:

ARCT20130 - Imagining Architecture


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Portfolio: The portfolio is a collated pdf file as well as a collection of animation files which gathers the assignments submitted over the course of the semester. Week 15 Graded Yes
100
 Yes

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Group feedback after the first two submissions.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Spring Computer Aided Lab Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Thurs 09:00 - 12:50
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