Design & Technology

Establish the vocabulary, elements, principles, process, and influences that make a design decision defensible rather than decorative.

454 min · 19 published activities

1. Introduction to Design readiness 12 min
2. Key design terminology 22 min
3. Form and function in a solution 24 min
4. Ergonomics and anthropometrics 26 min
5. User experience and safety 22 min
6. Selling point and viability 24 min
7. Environmental impact of a choice 26 min
8. Applying the elements of design 22 min
9. Applying the principles of design 24 min
10. Principles serving a stated purpose 26 min
11. Stages of the design process 22 min
12. Tracing a design decision 24 min
13. Writing a design brief 26 min
14. Planning design research 22 min
15. Design thinking and innovation 24 min
16. Factors influencing development 26 min
17. Comparing industry influences 22 min
18. Value of design to industry 24 min
19. Introduction to Design review 36 min

Apply industry design approaches from a client need through problem definition, ideation, and prototyping to evidence-based evaluation.

430 min · 18 published activities

1. Design Approaches readiness 12 min
2. Approaches used by industries 22 min
3. Selecting an approach 24 min
4. Interpreting the client's need 26 min
5. Surfacing unstated needs 22 min
6. Outlining the client's problem 24 min
7. Bounding a design problem 26 min
8. Ideation and the creative process 22 min
9. Generating and narrowing options 24 min
10. Comparing prototyping approaches 26 min
11. Matching fidelity to a question 22 min
12. Benefits of testing prototypes 24 min
13. Planning a prototype test 26 min
14. Evaluating a design 22 min
15. Making a trade-off explicit 24 min
16. Benefits of evaluation techniques 26 min
17. Choosing a technique 22 min
18. Design Approaches review 36 min

Move a concept through iterative rapid prototyping, two- and three-dimensional communication, fabrication, and controlled testing.

382 min · 16 published activities

1. Rapid Prototyping in Design readiness 12 min
2. Benefits of iteration 22 min
3. Reading a failed test 24 min
4. The rapid prototyping process 26 min
5. Sequencing prototype stages 22 min
6. Creating a 2-D sketch 24 min
7. Reading a scaled drawing 26 min
8. Creating a 3-D sketch 22 min
9. Choosing a projection 24 min
10. Creating a 3-D prototype 26 min
11. Working to tolerance 22 min
12. Developing a test plan 24 min
13. Selecting participants 26 min
14. Testing the prototype 22 min
15. Acting on test findings 24 min
16. Rapid Prototyping in Design review 36 min

Relate design technologies, creativity, and CAD/CAM capability to what a Caribbean producer can actually design and make.

336 min · 14 published activities

1. Design Technologies readiness 12 min
2. Impact of design in the region 22 min
3. Design across borders 24 min
4. Technology and design evolution 26 min
5. Judging an emerging technology 22 min
6. Factors influencing creativity 24 min
7. Protecting an original design 26 min
8. Uses of CAD and CAM 22 min
9. From model to toolpath 24 min
10. Advantages and disadvantages of CAD/CAM 26 min
11. Justifying a production route 22 min
12. Creating solutions with CAD/CAM tools 24 min
13. Simulating before manufacture 26 min
14. Design Technologies review 36 min

Develop a product or service from customer evidence through protection, scheduling, pricing, research, and a marketing plan.

430 min · 18 published activities

1. Product/Service Development and Marketing readiness 12 min
2. Approaches to targeting customers 22 min
3. Building a customer profile 24 min
4. Selecting development resources 26 min
5. Planning around capacity 22 min
6. Developing from feedback 24 min
7. Deciding what to change 26 min
8. Methods of protecting designs 22 min
9. Choosing a protection route 24 min
10. Applying management tools 26 min
11. Reading a critical path 22 min
12. Determining a price 24 min
13. Break-even reasoning 26 min
14. Designing marketing research 22 min
15. Judging research quality 24 min
16. Developing a marketing plan 26 min
17. Choosing channels 22 min
18. Product/Service Development and Marketing review 36 min

Evaluate opportunity, funding, and value, then prepare a commercialisation proposal whose assumptions can be tested.

264 min · 11 published activities

1. Design and Technology Entrepreneurship readiness 12 min
2. Characteristics of an entrepreneur 22 min
3. Risk taken deliberately 24 min
4. Evaluating entrepreneurial opportunities 26 min
5. Testing an opportunity cheaply 22 min
6. Determining sources of funding 24 min
7. Funding and cash flow 26 min
8. Value of design entrepreneurship 22 min
9. Preparing a commercialisation proposal 24 min
10. Projecting finances honestly 26 min
11. Design and Technology Entrepreneurship review 36 min