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33255f jeremy 2026-04-12 19:06:26
Add curated learning resources for C01-C10 SAT criteria Wiki pages with external resources mapped to VCAA key knowledge/skills, covering gap criteria (C04, C06, C07) and well-resourced criteria (C01-C03, C05, C08-C10). Each page identifies gaps where custom content creation is needed. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# C04 Resources — Design Ideas & Evaluation Criteria
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**Criterion scope:** Ideation techniques (mood boards, brainstorming, mind maps, sketches), annotations, evaluation criteria for efficiency and effectiveness.
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## C4-1: Design Ideas & Annotations
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### Existing Materials (CriterionXX/)
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The Criterion04/ folder is reasonably well-stocked with step-by-step tasks (mood boards, brainstorming, mind mapping, design sketches) and Nelson textbook activities on ideation techniques. The gap is in **video/interactive content** — everything is text-based.
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### External Resources
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| Resource | Source | Format | VCAA Mapping | Why It's Useful |
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| [Miro — Free Brainstorming Tool](https://miro.com/brainstorming/) | Miro | Interactive (free tier) | Brainstorming, mind mapping, mood boards | Students can collaborate in real-time on digital brainstorming boards. Far more engaging than paper-based brainstorming. Supports mood boards, mind maps, and sticky-note brainstorming. |
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| [Milanote — Creative Techniques](https://milanote.com/product) | Milanote | Interactive (free tier) | Mood boards, brainstorming, visual design ideas | Purpose-built for mood boards and visual brainstorming. Better for visual/design-oriented students than text tools. |
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| [How to Use Mind Mapping for Better Thinking](https://www.designorate.com/how-to-use-mind-mapping/) | Designorate | Reading + visual examples | Mind mapping technique | Clear explanation with visual examples of mind mapping process. Good reference for students who haven't done mind maps before. |
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| [13 Productive Brainstorming Techniques](https://creately.com/guides/visual-brainstorming-techniques/) | Creately | Reading + visual guide | Brainstorming, divergent thinking | Covers multiple brainstorming techniques with visual examples. Helps students go beyond basic brainstorming into structured techniques. |
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| [UX Ideation Techniques](https://www.justinmind.com/ux-design/ideation-techniques) | Justinmind | Reading | Ideation techniques, design ideas, convergent/divergent thinking | Professional-grade overview of ideation techniques including SCAMPER, crazy 8s, brainwriting. Extends beyond the basic four techniques in the study design. |
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| [VCAA Advice for Teachers — Software Development](https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/curriculum/vce/vce-study-designs/computing/advice-for-teachers/Pages/Unit3SoftwareDevelopmentOverview.aspx) | VCAA | Reading | All C4 topics — official guidance | The authority. Teachers should read this to understand VCAA expectations for ideation and design ideas. |
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### Gaps — C4-1
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- **No good VCE-specific video on ideation techniques.** TSSM has a paid video series but no free VCE-targeted video walks through mood boards/brainstorming/mind maps in a software context.
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- **Mood boards for software** (not fashion/interior design) are under-represented online. Most mood board tutorials are for visual design disciplines. May need to create our own.
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- **Annotation examples** — difficult to find good examples of annotated software design sketches online. The Nelson textbook is the best source here.
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## C4-2: Evaluation Criteria
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### Existing Materials (CriterionXX/)
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Good coverage of evaluation concepts (efficiency-and-effectiveness-factors.md, evaluation templates, AI-assisted evaluation). The gap is in **concrete examples of evaluation matrices** and **video content explaining the concept**.
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### External Resources
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| Resource | Source | Format | VCAA Mapping | Why It's Useful |
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764b19 lisa 2026-04-26 08:07:23
Source material C02-C05: 6 new DRAFT pages, verified external rows YouTube-first priority sourcing per CXX-WIKI-VIDEO-guide §7. All external resources verified rigorously (oEmbed for YouTube, browser DOM check via playwright-cli for Isaac CS); no curl-200-only links. New DRAFT wiki pages (6): - C02: Excalidraw Diagram Starters - C03: Analytical Tools Template Guide - C04: Efficiency vs Effectiveness; Evaluation Criteria and the SRS - C05: Annotated Mock-up in Excalidraw; Plan B Contingency Table Verified external rows added across CXX-Resources.md (MPT YouTube, NNgroup, VCAA Teaching and Learning, Isaac CS prog_cwk_evaluation_ocr, Ryan's Tutorials). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| [VCE Computing Key Terms Part 1 — Effectiveness vs Efficiency](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UMjbzj9LTI) | YouTube (MPT / MichaelPokeTeacher) (AU) | Video | Efficiency and effectiveness factors, evaluation criteria | AU teacher explains effectiveness vs efficiency as distinct VCE Computing concepts — the exact distinction the C4-2 evaluation matrix requires students to hold. Short and directly on-topic. |
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| [VCAA Teaching and Learning — Applied Computing](https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/curriculum/vce-curriculum/vce-study-designs/applied-computing/teaching-and-learning) | VCAA (AU) | Reading — official guidance | Design annotations, evaluation criteria, SRS requirements | Official VCAA advice for teachers: covers annotation requirements ("text notes that demonstrate … ability to use data visualisation software"), evaluation rubric construction, and linking criteria to SRS requirements. The authoritative source for rubric language. |
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| [Evaluation (OCR) — Isaac Computer Science](https://isaaccomputerscience.org/concepts/prog_cwk_evaluation_ocr) | Isaac CS (UK) | Concept page | Evaluation criteria, SRS-linked criteria, justification | UK A-level concept page covering: evaluate against success criteria from analysis, annotated evidence of usability testing, justifying usability features, discussing limitations. Maps well to VCE C4-2 evaluation structure. Requires free Isaac CS account (sign-up at isaaccomputerscience.org). |
33255f jeremy 2026-04-12 19:06:26
Add curated learning resources for C01-C10 SAT criteria Wiki pages with external resources mapped to VCAA key knowledge/skills, covering gap criteria (C04, C06, C07) and well-resourced criteria (C01-C03, C05, C08-C10). Each page identifies gaps where custom content creation is needed. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| [ATARNotes Forum — Efficiency and Effectiveness Criteria](https://archive.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php?topic=146265.0) | ATARNotes | Reading (forum discussion) | Evaluation criteria, efficiency, effectiveness | VCE-specific discussion of what counts as efficiency vs effectiveness criteria. Real student questions with community answers. |
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| [VCAA Assessment Page — Software Development](https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/curriculum/vce-curriculum/vce-study-designs/applied-computing-software-development/assessment) | VCAA | Reading | Evaluation criteria — official requirements | Official VCAA guidance on what the SAT assessment expects for evaluation criteria. The authority on what "develops and applies evaluation criteria" means. |
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| [Farrell's VCE Software Development — SAT Overview](https://farrellv0.wixsite.com/softwaredevelopment/sat) | Teacher resource (Wix site) | Reading | Design folio, evaluation criteria | Overview of SAT expectations including design folio and evaluation criteria. Useful for understanding context. |
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| [VCAA Sample Project Plan (Gantt Chart)](https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/curriculum/vce/vce-study-designs/computing/advice-for-teachers-appliedcomputing/Pages/SampleProjectPlanGanttChartImageDescription.aspx) | VCAA | Visual example | Links evaluation criteria to project planning | Official VCAA example showing how evaluation connects to broader project methodology. |
530bd6 lisa 2026-04-25 22:54:52
Add C04 wiki content (DRAFT) — landing page, Resources rows Light first pass: C04-home, 1 key-concept page marked DRAFT (Evaluation vs Testing), 4 external resource rows in C04-Resources.md (Isaac CS: testing/evaluation, design evaluation, wireframe annotation, evaluation criteria). Excalidraw template and teacher-recorded videos remain un-ticked in backlog. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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### Wiki pages for C4-2
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| [Evaluation vs Testing](/sd/C04/Evaluation%20vs%20Testing) | Why passing all tests does not mean passing evaluation; concrete worked example; the most common rubric mistakes at 5–6, 7–8, 9–10 (DRAFT) |
764b19 lisa 2026-04-26 08:07:23
Source material C02-C05: 6 new DRAFT pages, verified external rows YouTube-first priority sourcing per CXX-WIKI-VIDEO-guide §7. All external resources verified rigorously (oEmbed for YouTube, browser DOM check via playwright-cli for Isaac CS); no curl-200-only links. New DRAFT wiki pages (6): - C02: Excalidraw Diagram Starters - C03: Analytical Tools Template Guide - C04: Efficiency vs Effectiveness; Evaluation Criteria and the SRS - C05: Annotated Mock-up in Excalidraw; Plan B Contingency Table Verified external rows added across CXX-Resources.md (MPT YouTube, NNgroup, VCAA Teaching and Learning, Isaac CS prog_cwk_evaluation_ocr, Ryan's Tutorials). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| [Efficiency vs Effectiveness](/sd/C04/Efficiency%20vs%20Effectiveness) | Side-by-side scenario showing a fast-but-unusable app vs a slow-but-usable app; how each term maps to evaluation matrix factors; why the distinction matters at 7–10 (DRAFT) |
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| [Evaluation Criteria and the SRS](/sd/C04/Evaluation%20Criteria%20and%20the%20SRS) | Worked counter-example of floating vs SRS-anchored criteria; step-by-step derivation of a criterion from an SRS requirement; checklist for submission (DRAFT) |
33255f jeremy 2026-04-12 19:06:26
Add curated learning resources for C01-C10 SAT criteria Wiki pages with external resources mapped to VCAA key knowledge/skills, covering gap criteria (C04, C06, C07) and well-resourced criteria (C01-C03, C05, C08-C10). Each page identifies gaps where custom content creation is needed. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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### Gaps — C4-2
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8a788a lisa 2026-04-26 07:31:12
Replace fabricated Isaac CS URLs in C03/C04/C05 Resources with verified ones Prior agents passed curl HTTP-200 checks on Isaac CS slugs that were actually 404s (SPA returns 200 for all paths). Verified via browser eval: replaced 2 rows with real concept URLs (soft_design_algorithms, prog_pas_pseudocode), stripped 9 with no good match. Affected un-✅ adjustments in WIKI-VIDEO.md handled in applied-computing-au repo. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- **No video explaining efficiency vs effectiveness** in a VCE Software Development context. No verified external resource covers this cleanly; a 2-min side-by-side scenario video (fast app with wrong output vs slow correct app) would close it. Teacher-recorded.
530bd6 lisa 2026-04-25 22:54:52
Add C04 wiki content (DRAFT) — landing page, Resources rows Light first pass: C04-home, 1 key-concept page marked DRAFT (Evaluation vs Testing), 4 external resource rows in C04-Resources.md (Isaac CS: testing/evaluation, design evaluation, wireframe annotation, evaluation criteria). Excalidraw template and teacher-recorded videos remain un-ticked in backlog. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- **Evaluation matrix worked examples** — no external resource shows a complete filled-in matrix for a school software project. The Criterion04/ templates are the best available. A blank Markdown template (stripped of the travel-planner example) is the highest-priority teacher-created asset.
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- **Writing a justification paragraph** — no external resource walks through the design justification section step by step (score → SRS ID → decision). Teacher-recorded walkthrough needed.
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- **Annotating design sketches (video)** — no confirmed video walks through Excalidraw annotation from naming layer to functionality layer to justification. Teacher-recorded.
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- **AI disclosure log worked entry** — no external resource models a specific, checkpointable log entry. Teacher-recorded.
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- **Excalidraw mood-board starter template** — no `.excalidraw` file available from external sources. Teacher-created asset needed.
33255f jeremy 2026-04-12 19:06:26
Add curated learning resources for C01-C10 SAT criteria Wiki pages with external resources mapped to VCAA key knowledge/skills, covering gap criteria (C04, C06, C07) and well-resourced criteria (C01-C03, C05, C08-C10). Each page identifies gaps where custom content creation is needed. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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## Recommended Actions
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530bd6 lisa 2026-04-25 22:54:52
Add C04 wiki content (DRAFT) — landing page, Resources rows Light first pass: C04-home, 1 key-concept page marked DRAFT (Evaluation vs Testing), 4 external resource rows in C04-Resources.md (Isaac CS: testing/evaluation, design evaluation, wireframe annotation, evaluation criteria). Excalidraw template and teacher-recorded videos remain un-ticked in backlog. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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1. **Blank evaluation matrix template** — strip the travel-planner example from C042-Evaluation-Template.md and publish as a blank Markdown/Typst file. Highest-priority asset.
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2. **Teacher videos (in order of impact):** (a) efficiency vs effectiveness side-by-side scenarios (2 min); (b) annotating a design sketch in Excalidraw (3–4 min); (c) writing a justification paragraph (3 min); (d) AI disclosure log entry (2 min).
33255f jeremy 2026-04-12 19:06:26
Add curated learning resources for C01-C10 SAT criteria Wiki pages with external resources mapped to VCAA key knowledge/skills, covering gap criteria (C04, C06, C07) and well-resourced criteria (C01-C03, C05, C08-C10). Each page identifies gaps where custom content creation is needed. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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3. **Miro or Milanote** could be adopted as classroom tools for the ideation tasks — both have free tiers and are far more engaging than paper.