Level 3 Design and Visual Communication

The content of this programme leans heavily towards understanding and applying the design process and relies on the ability of students to generate ideas and then solve design problems. 

The focus for Level 3 is generating design ideas from the local environment and developing a product design from those ideas. Students will present their evidence for assessment as separate portfolios of work for each brief. These will be marked for internal assessment before being sent for external assessment. 

Students will use a wide range of visual communication techniques including sketching, rendering, instrumental drawing, and CAD (computer aided design).

External Assessment is achieved using a portfolio process and will contain best examples of work completed throughout the year. Students will choose which pieces of work will be submitted in consultation with their teacher. Please note credits for the portfolio will not be given until the end of the year. 

The final date for external submission is the end of October unless otherwise notified.