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Unit 3 Module Support Pack 11
Unit 3 Module Support Pack 11
Unit 3 Module Support Pack 11
Unit 3 Professional and Contextual Studies 1 FdA Art, Design and Media Pathways Pack 4 Module Support Pack
Pack 1 Pack 2 Pack 3 Module Handbook (Brief) VRF Reader Module Support Pack
Section 1
Welcome to Contextual and Professional Studies Year 1 at a glance and programme and schedule details Good Academic Practice and VRF Guidance Information Booklists Units 3 and 6
Section 2
Introducing the Online Lectures for Unit 3 (on Moodle) Accessing Moodle (for the Online Lectures) Online Research: Virtual Learning Resources Portal Plagiarism & Detection Software: Turnitin (Unit 6) Turnitin: How to register and submit work
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Contextual Studies has four principal aims: 1. 2. 3. 4. To develop your visual, cultural and intellectual awareness. To locate your work culturally, historically and within a broader context To hone your critical and analytical abilities To deliver contextual studies tailored to meet your needs and the needs of your course.
Important: All Contextual Studies Units are Mandatory As an integral part of your course, no matter how it may first appear to you, all your Contextual Studies assignments must be passed if you are to complete your Foundation Degree course. You will be denied the opportunity to graduate if you have not completed all of your Contextual Studies work. Read carefully: Successful art and design students understand that their work develops and flourishes in an atmosphere that encourages and supports an understanding of the history, contexts and current thinking that surrounds their practice as artists and designers intellectual curiosity and creative endeavour go hand in hand. Contextual Studies is a part of your course and it will make you a better performing student.
Mike De-Vere
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At A Glance
Semester 1 Semester 2 Assessment Sessions Venue: Unit 3: Unit 6: -
Assignments: Semester 1: Visual Reference File with writing on a contextual issue Semester 2: Contextual Studies Investigation (the Manchester project) Online: Moodle for access to Unit 3 online lectures Turnitin for plagiarism checking Tumblr for updates/reminders/contacting Mike/link to Scribd Scribd to download spare packs and handouts LC portal site for search engines, study skills and MMU site
Online Lectures: a modified version of the six lectures informing the VRF
assignment. It includes specialist features for deaf, dyslexic and late start students but its mix of images, text, video clips and audio commentary make it an excellent resource for those who need to become familiar with the material before or after the lectures. However, it only supports L1 L6 and you must attend all the classes and its other lectures (see the schedule).
This pack includes information to help you access and use Moodle, Turnitin and the college Website/LC Portal. You will be briefed on how to access Tumblr (and its link to Scribd) in your class sessions. For the record: http://www.tumblr.com/tumblelog/mikedev http://www.scribd.com/ContextualStudies
Mike is only in college on a Wednesday and so these online resources are set up so that you do not have to wait until a Wednesday for packs, advice or information. It is important, therefore, that you can use them and consult them regularly, especially Tumblr. Mike
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Unit 3 and Unit 6 each have their own distinct assignments both involve different kinds of short writing and careful time management there is an online, customised version of the modernism lectures
(The second year programme supports research which contextualises a chosen aspects of your specialist course area and career goals: it brings to bear the skills and knowledge developed in your first year onto your creative work. Initially you will write about Postmodernism as it relates to your specialism and then you will produce a diagnostic essay that sets out and justifies your direction and goals. Finally you are to produce a long essay that contextualises your final work and this will involve personal research guidance, oral presentation, feasibility reports and training in academic procedures, A major emphasis will be on self-direction and good time management.)
Most Contextual Studies skills are transferable skills and these are highly valued by employers in the cultural and media industries, particularly because the skills of writing, communications, time management and research can be poor in art and design graduates such as yourself. You need, therefore, to make the most of this opportunity to improve these transferable skills: consider screening sessions identify your writing strengths and weaknesses you can work with our in-class Learning Support tutor Online Study Skills will improve your communication skills the colleges dyslexia support services can be accessed in the LC you can consult with Mike, one to one, on a Monday afternoon
Assessment Procedures in Contextual Studies will be clearly explained in the sessions and briefs. Viva: in particular we can insist on a Viva Voce, an oral presentation and discussion of your assignment, where your first language is not English (to help you get the best grade) or where we suspect plagiarism (see separate note on this). All students, however, can (with appropriate notice) request a viva if they think that it will support the assessment of their written work.
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Each Wednesday; room 303, Chatham Building, MMU. All Saints/Oxford Rd Two sessions (1.00 pm and 2.30 pm) examining two themes in parallel Themes: 1. Modernism and design/media and 2. selected contextual issues Assignment: Visual Reference File (VRF) with writing on a contextual issue
occasional sessions not at MMU lecture presentations the six styles covered by the VRF assignment to Manchester with digital camera (for your VRF) modernist clips and your selections (for your VRF)
Weeks (WED)
01: 28/09 02: 05/10 03: 12/10 04: 19/10 05: 26/10 06: 02/11 07: 09/11 08: 16/11 09: 23/11 10: 30/11 11: 02/12 12: 07/12
NOTES
V: Orientation Tour of City Centre Manchester L: Past Art and Analysis Introductions / Writing Summaries th L: 19 C Origins+Preview Student Services L1: CuboFuturism Online Material: Demonstrations L2: Abstract Styles Captions/Screening of Clips No Class: Sample Exercise (dps) for next week Feedback on Writing Stereotypes 1 L3: Dada Stereotypes 2 L4: Surrealism Peer Review and Captions L5: Pop Art Screening of Films L6: Expressionism Semiotics 1 Prof David Crow L Modern Design Semiotics 2
Speaker: MMU LC Speaker from MMU Speaker from LC Summary Writing in Exercise in
Screening of Clips L: Postmodern Design L: High & Low Culture 2 V: Visit or Case Study No Class: Assessment
Research/Plagiarism/Referencing High & Low Culture 1 Recaps, Assess. Criteria, Support Delivery of Assignment
Draft work in
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A good Art and Design student is one who realises that Contextual Studies is a part of their full-time course, putting their work in touch with modern practice and inspiring their work. They also realise that future Art & Design related interviews, for courses or jobs in the cultural industries sector, will want to know about your work in Contextual Studies to be confident that your academic and communication skills are both reasonable and appropriate. Consider these points carefully, therefore:
Study Skills Support: CCM offers a range of support for those aspects of your study skills that might need to improve and there is no denying that, each year, there are always students in art and design who need to make use of these you must come forward if you suspect that you are in this situation you must honour your commitments to receive support
Notice on Plagiarism Plagiarism is passing of the writing of others as your own. In simple terms it is the act of copying. It is a serious offence and in the era of the Internet it is a growing problem. You must resist temptation because it is easy for us to spot that your work that has been plagiarised. Note that plagiarism can happen by accident when students include chunks of texts that they have collected in their research but forget to mention their sources or use of quotations. You must avoid this and use the legitimate methods of quoting the writings of others set out in our materials. Students found guilty of plagiarism will have their work referred and their case will be brought to the attention of the Exam Board for further action. The College will use Turnitin software to check for plagiarised material and the briefs for Units 6 and 10 will require a copy of your assignment on disc
Good Academic Practice equip yourself: file, storage box, planning diary, back up files attend classes: problems snowball once you start missing sessions be prepared: read the topics in advance, consult the online lectures be honest: front up and explain your problems (they grow in the dark!) persevere: acknowledge that these units are difficult, give them the respect that they deserve and dont give up: they have to be completed.
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GUIDANCE FOR THE VRF & ISSUES ASSIGNMENTS 1. Contextual Studies VRF Grid: Record your image discoveries here
include maker, title, date and media
The alternative names for the six styles are in italics: use them as search engine key words
STYLE CUBISMFUTURISM Art Deco Rayonnism Section D`Or ABSTRACTION De Stijl Suprematism Bauhaus Design DADA Cabaret Voltaire Punk Fluxus SURREALISM New Look Metaphysical School POP ART USA & UK Memphis Postmodernism EXPRESSIONISM Die Brucke. Lo Fi, Abst Expressionism Der Blaue Reiter New Media Design Jewellery Photography Animation Graphic Design
Design found in Manchester Design found in Manchester Design found in Manchester Design found in Manchester Typographic Design found in Manchester
design found in Manchester
Original Website Design Contemporary Metal Work Iconic Photographic Images Animation Stills/Screen Grabs Original Website Design
this can include graphics, interiors, architecture and street furniture
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2. General Methodology and Time Management Detailed and specific guidance is available in your two Readers for this unit
Your lectures on twentieth century Modernism will introduce you both to different modern styles and to their interdisciplinary tendency that brings together and synthesises different medias and cultural activities. This VRF assignment, which is customised to the medias employed within your course, asks you to explore in more depth this convergence and interplay of art and design activities. You will find the appropriate visual evidence for these designated styles and media by consulting with staff, using your initiative and by employing research skills (see Reading and Resources below) This assignment is intended to enlarge your visual and cultural awareness by a continuous process of exploration, discovery, decision making and discussion. It is a dialogue, as it were, between the lectures and your personal exploration and understanding. Therefore;- this assignment follows up the weekly lectures and is difficult to undertake just before the deadline, and - your research, therefore, follows up the lectures each week.
Methodology and time management, therefore, are valuable skills that you need to develop during this assignment. You are advised to use and follow the advise given in this booklet and, as an initial step, consider and act upon these important strategies asap: - plan a fixed, weekly research session, min.30 minutes - prepare and follow up with the online lectures and their self-marking exercises - purchase a file and six wallets, labelled, to organise the images and material collected - record your discoveries in the grid at the back of this booklet to plot your progress - continuously record the source of each image (write on the back)
Summary Exercise: the first semester will begin with a review of the major styles to be studied and, with the aid of a Summaries Exercise found in the VRF Reader, you will be asked to write six short summaries of the six styles in your own words. These will be submitted and reviewed so that - you have early feedback on your understanding and writing - you are clear about the styles to be investigated - you have the six introductions in draft form for your VRF
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VRF Presentation Guidance Presentation of a high standard is important for the VRF (see the Assessment Criteria). Check the finished examples to get an idea of the finished product and read this checklist carefully: 1. The VRF should begin with a cover and the completed grid (or Contents) 2. Ensure that your examples are organised to follow exactly the order of the grid/contents. You will be penalised if they are not properly ordered. 3. Use dividers (or similar) and bold headings to clarify your organisation 4. Every style section must begin with a clear title and a short summary of the style (based upon your earlier Summary writing) 5. Every image must have a three-part caption/attribution as explained below 6. Add to the back of your VRF (your Appendix): 1. A collection of your own material, either left over or collected at your own initiative (extra effort or originality will be rewarded) 2. Your last page needs to be a comprehensive source list (a Bibliography) from which you have obtained your research material 7. Design your cover include your name, course and the date. 8. Customisation of your VRF is not compulsory, but credit is given for initiative and originality in your presentation.
Time Management Unit 3, unlike the other three Contextual Studies units, involves two briefs. Both require short pieces of writing but they are all due in at the end of January. Therefore many students find it hard to manage their time successfully. This problem, of course, is magnified if you tend to leave you work until just before the deadline The following points may help you through this unit: Write up/format one VRF style section asap and see how long it takes (and get feedback from Mike) Set yourself a December deadline to complete one of the titles (and lessen the January panic) Keep your tutor informed dont own up to problems when it is too late for help.
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UNIT 3
BOOKS
Author Surname Antonelli Austin & Doust Barthes Bhaskaran Bignall Bonnici Branczyk Conway Corran Crow Demos Dormer & Turner Druckery and Stone Dyer Faber & Walters Fiske Furniss Gant Green Hughes Lugli McQuiston Paul Saunders Schuyler Strinati Author First Name P. T. R. R. L. J. Peter Alexander et al Lloyd Morgan S. D. T. J. P. R. T and A.R Liz L. H. M. M. C. (introd) R. R. A. L. C Dave N. D. Date Book Title Publisher ISBN
2003 2007 1957 2005 2002 1999 2001 1999 2001 2003 2007 1994 1996 1988 2004 1989 2006 2005 2004 2005 2006 1995 2003 1996 1995 2006
Objects of Design New Media Design Mythologies Designs of the Times Media Semiotics Visual Language: the Hidden Medium of Communication Emotional Digital: A Sourcebook of Contemporary Typography Logos, Identity, Brand, Culture, Pro-Graphics Motion Graphics Visible Signs: An Introduction To Semiotics New Perspectives in Photography The New Jewellery Electronic Culture: Technology and Visual Representation Advertising As Communication Animation Unlimited Understanding Popular Culture The Animation Bible New Directions in Jewellery Internet Art Shock of the New Handmade Graphics Graphic Agitation: Social & Political Graphics since the sixties Digital Art Shock in Advertising The Business of Multimedia An Introduction to Theories of
MOMA Portfolio Vintage Rotovision Mancheste r U. P. Rotovision Thames & Hudson Rotovision Rockport AVA Phaidon Thames & Hudson Aperture Routledge Laurence King Routledge Abrams Blackdog Publishing Thames & Hudson Thames & Hudson Gingko Press Phaidon Thames & Hudson Batsford Allworth Press Routledge
0870706969 97807148465 6 0099972204 28800468167 0719045010 2 88046388 2 0500 019258 2880463289 1564968383 2884790357 97807148465 6 0500277745 0893816779 0415027810 1856693465 0415078768 97818566955 03 1904772196 05002033768 0500275823 97815842322 30 0 714834580 0500203679 0713479043 0500019258 041512700
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M. & L. K. J. A. J. A. & S. J.
Popular Culture Practices of Looking: An introduction to Visual Culture Modern Art and Popular Culture: Readings in High and Low Art Design History and the History of Design Visual Culture: An Introuduction Advertising Now.Online
FILMS
Bunuel Disney Eisenstein Fischinger Kubrick Lange Lye Ray Smith Various Wiene L. W. S. O. S. F L. M. H. R. 1940 1925 1934 1947 1999 1926 1935 1980 1923 1940 1923 1991 1946 1950 1920 Collected works Fantasia The Battleship Potemkin Volumes 1 & 2 Clockwork Orange Metropolis Rhythms Man Ray Films Early Abstractions Film Noir Classics The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
WEBSITES www
artcyclopedia.com artlex.com google.com newmediadesign.co.uk dandad.org.uk designcouncil.org.uk bbc.co.uk/photography/ genius/ photodir.net Series: the genius of photography Links to photography sites Graphic design Go to google images
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UNIT 6
BOOKS
Author Surname Engels Hartwell Haslam Kidd Lee Lee Middles Peck & Ward Robertson Savage Wilson Author First Name F. C. D. A. C.P. C.P. M. J. K. M. J. (ed) T. Date Book Title Publisher ISBN
(1845) 1987 2002 2000 2006 2005 2007 2002 2002 2006 1992 2002
The Condition of the Working Class in England Manchester Manchester, England Manchester: A History Shake, Rattle and Rain When We Were Thin Music, Madness and M/cr From Joy Division to New Order City of revolution Re Structuring Manchester Factory Records The Complete Graphic Album The Hacienda Must Be Built Twenty Four Hour Party People
Penguin Classics Yale Univ Press Fourth Estate Carnegie Publishing Hardinge Publishing Hotunpress Virgin Books Manchester U. Press T&H Int. Music Publishing Channel 4 books
9780140444865 0300096666 1841151467 1859361285 1843820498 9780955625701 9780753506387 0719058880 0500286361 863598579 9780752220253
FILMS
Winterbottom Corbjin Joy Division M. A. 2002 2007 2006 24 Hour Party People Control Shadowplayers: Factory Records 1978 - 81
WEBSITES www
cids.co.uk the toolkit.net manchester.com manchesterdigital.com thesite.co.uk digital-manchester.com images of the city and its people
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Online Lecture Support Support for this work is provided in a series of online lectures they give you a summarising narrative for each style that is supported by selected images and video clips along with an audio commentary and various useful links. - Cubo-Futurism, Abstraction, Dada, Surrealism, Pop and Expressionism - each style lecture has 10 pages to outline the main elements - each page uses five sentences/five images to each cover a separate aspect - the final page for each style lists practitioners to follow up in your research - the words in bold link you to the glossary for a fuller explanation of terms - numerous links are provided on the left of the screen to support your work:
glossary technical terms/styles explained, artist careers summarised keywords characteristic style features for each style explained modified text a translation is offered here deaf and dyslexic students video trans a transcription of the words spoken in the clips film archive a selection of films made by practitioners from each style site links useful art/design sites are provided, incl.www.artsigns feedback contact the site manager with suggestions or problems exercises confirm your understanding by taking these self-marking questions and extend your learning via the research tasks set
Online Users: Primarily, but not exclusively, this material is to support specific learners: dyslexic students: audio commentary/images/self-marking exercises/modified text deaf students: signer box/images/modified text/self-marking exercises late start students: text pages/images/audio commentary All students can use this resource to prepare for their Contextual Studies lectures, catch up on missed lectures or to revisit and better understand the material that has been covered but it is not a substitute for our classes (which you must attend).
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The MOODLE Platform (for online lectures) How to Log in, Enrol on a Course and Log out
1) Logging in to Moodle
a) Go to the College Homepage: http://www.themanchestercollege.ac.uk Click on the Learning Resource Centres (LRCs) link - (left of page)
A new page should now open.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page to the Moodle Learning areas: b) Click on the relevant Moodle area that hosts your course:
(ask your teacher if unsure)
c) Enter your Username and Password and click on the Login button
Your Moodle Username and Password are the same as your College Username and Password.
The Manchester College Homepage for your Moodle area should now open.
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2) Accessing/Enrolling on a Course
a) Click on the Course Category link, select the Sub Category and then click on the Course name you want to enrol on or the one you are already enrolled on and now want to access (for example, Computing, Networking, and Information Technology > IT Applications > IT.L1.FLT.ICT
b) If the message below pops up, click on the Yes button to enrol yourself on the course
b) If the system asks for an ENROLMENT KEY (as below), enter the course enrolment
key A06029 and click on the Enrol me in this course button (ask your teacher if
unsure)
c) Congratulations! Youve now joined the course! 3) Logging out of Moodle Always remember to log out of Moodle when finished. To do this: Click on the Log out link next to your name (top-right corner of page)
The next time you log in to Moodle, the list of courses youve enrolled on will be displayed on your home page. Click the course name to enter.
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Turnitin Detection Software The assignments in Units 6 and 10 assignment require you to research into a range of sources and so we will be using the detection software to confirm that you are not plagiarising others work. Turnitin is a widely used plagiarism prevention system which uses industry standard search technology checks your work against current and archived internet content checks against millions of previously submitted student papers searches books/newspapers /journals not available on the public internet produces a customized and graded Originality Report for your work employs a Direct Source Comparison that matches passages of your text with those of original source
Actions Cite then write know how to cite others material (see the L C website: go to the PORTAL address scan your work to see if you have plagiarized material in Learning Centre: see the guide in the Support Pack supply a Word or Text (Notebook or Text Edit) version only supply the digital version on a memory stick or as an attachment in the last resort, and with good reason.
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2. Click on
New User
find to the right of the Sign In button: this gets you onto the SIGN UP PAGE find under Sign Up, on the left, to access the ENROL AS A STUDENT PAGE middle of the page, above Training, you have CREATED A NEW TURNITIN PAGE
3. Click on
Enrol As Student
4. Click on
Click here
Class Id number: 257012 (yr 1 student) or 257014 (yr 2 student) Class Enrolment Password: mike (nb. all lower case) Your First and Last Names Email Address User Name Password Confirm Secret Question I Agree
* The Home Page contains many useful links for you to check out and use. The Training link includes a number of instructional film clips to guide you through registration and the submission of your work for checking
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you are now on your CLASS PAGE either Fd Second Years or Fd First Years
5. Click on
6. Click on
Submit
Submit paper: step 1 (by file upload) 7. 8. 9. Enter 10. Click on 11. Click on first name last name submission title Browse Submit this should already be showing this should already be showing title of your assignment locate assignment from your computer and open
Submit paper: step 2 Preview, if correct article to be checked 12. Click on Yes, submit (After your submission, a digital receipt will be shown and will be emailed to you). 13. Click on go to portfolio to check submission
You Have a Checked Report Your portfolio page will show a) title b) submitted c) contents
of your assignment submitted for checking date assignment submitted report of checked assignment
14. Click on
box under contents to open report. Box greyed out indicates that the report is still being processed.
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