| **VCE Software Development: School-assessed Task 2026** | | | | | | | |
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| **Assessment Criteria** | **Indicators** | **Levels of Performance** | | | | | |
| **Not shown** | | | **1–2 (very low)** | **3–4 (low)** | **5–6 (medium)** | **7–8 (high)** | **9–10 (very high)** |
| **Unit 3 Outcome 2**<br><br>**4. Skills in** **generating design ideas and developing evaluation criteria.** | · Generates design ideas for the software solution. | Insufficient evidence | Lists design ideas for the software solution. | Illustrates design ideas for the software solution using one of the following ideation tools and techniques:<br><br>· mood boards<br><br>· brainstorming<br><br>· mind maps<br><br>· sketches. | Generates design ideas for the software solution using two of the following ideation tools and techniques:<br><br>· mood boards<br><br>· brainstorming<br><br>· mind maps<br><br>· sketches.<br><br>Uses annotations to identify the appearance of the software solution. | Generates design ideas for the software solution using three or more of the following ideation tools and techniques:<br><br>· mood boards<br><br>· brainstorming<br><br>· mind maps<br><br>· sketches.<br><br>Uses annotations to explain the appearance and functionality of the software solution. | Generates feasible, original and distinctive design ideas using ideation tools and techniques that fully represent the software solution.<br><br>Uses annotations to describe and justify the appearance and functionality of the software solution. |
| · Develops evaluation criteria with reference to design ideas and the efficiency and effectiveness of the software solution. | Identifies measures to evaluate design ideas or the software solution. | Outlines criteria to evaluate the design ideas and the software solution, with reference to the functional and non-functional requirements. | Develops and applies evaluation criteria to determine which elements of the design ideas should be further developed into detailed designs. | Uses the evaluation criteria to explain which elements of the design ideas should be further developed into detailed designs. | Uses the evaluation criteria to justify which elements of the design ideas should be further developed into detailed designs. | | |
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