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Interior Design Technology

Results of Assessment

2001-2002 (submitted 05/17/02)

What Was Assessed:

Student Outcome #2:  Students will demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively using oral, written, visual and technological methods.

Method Used to Gather Data:

  • Written exams
  • Oral presentations
  • Student critiques
  • Instruction evaluation
  • Critiques
  • Professional input

Data Used for Assessment:

  • Design statements
  • Class projects
  • Exams
  • Oral critique
  • Professional input
  • Oral presentations

Assessment Outcomes - Instructor’s Observations:

  • Criteria for writing project statements
  • Criteria for determining space priorities
  • Student advisement.  Students must have taken CDGT 1350, Architectural Drafting and IDT 1203, Presentation Techniques

Assessment Results by Professional Designers:

  • Develop a higher level of drafting and presentation skills:  line quality, symbols identification, keying, and legends
  • Develop a creative method for presentation
  • Develop fundamental design/art skills

Instructional Changes to be Adopted:

  • Students will complete CDGT 1050, Basic Drafting and IDT 1203 Presentation Techniques, before entering IDT 1213, Residential Design
  • Create short activities dealing with drafting and identification of concept
  • Suggest an adjunct to teach IDT students CDGT 1050
  • Create short projects on methods of presenting concepts
  • Encourage students to take fundamental art courses
  • Develop practical exams instead of written answer type
  • Track student attendance by recording method
  • Develop "lighting" problems

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