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Target Learning VCD.

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Target Learning VCD is an integrated online textbook, course and assessment program for VCE Visual Communication Design.  Scroll down and discover how Target Learning VCD will give your class the edge.

How target learning vcd works

Illustration of a person at a laptop, with multiple user icons and magnifying glasses above the keyboard. Text reads: Step 1. Teachers purchase a multi-membership. They log in and send a join-up link to their class.
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What People say

"Target Learning VCD offers a comprehensive curriculum that supports both students and teachers new to Visual Communication. Each unit provides a scope and sequence that is easy to follow and navigate. I have been using this website (helveticamediuma.com) for the past five years and my students have thoroughly enjoyed solving each design brief."

Jeremy, Teacher - MacKillop College, Swan Hill.

"Starting as a new teacher to VCD, and Australia, the comprehensive curriculum offered by Target Learning VCD supported me to ensure my learning programs were dynamic and engaging. The practical activities offered have a fantastic scope and sequence that ensures the critical skills required for students to succeed in VCD are met."

Siobhan, Teacher - St Aloysius College, Melbourne.

What you get with Target Learning VCD

Join over one hundred schools that use Target Learning VCD multi-memberships with all of the students in their VCE VCD classes.

Over forty information pages with tasks to embed the learning and understanding of each skill and concept in VCD

  • Information in well-researched and easy-to-understand language
  • How-to videos and step-by-step instructions on drawing systems
  • Detailed designer case studies to support Unit 3 Areas of Study 1 and 2
  • Links to a curated group of professional designers

Guided learning program pages for each Area of Study in VCE VCD

  • Blank Learning Intentions and Success Criteria section
  • Content chunked into easy-to-manage sections that address the Key Knowledge for each Area of Study
  • Introduces concepts and learning
  • Embedded videos
  • Cross-links to information pages constantly repeat knowledge
  • Brilliant examples of relevant student work
  • Task sequences for students to practice and embed the learning for each group of Key Knowledge points. Embraces the ‘I do’, ‘We do’ science of learning model

Guided Assessment Task pages for each Area of Study in VCE VCD

  • Clearly articulated Brief where appropriate
  • Detailed high-scoring model answers show what success looks like
  • Blank Learning Intentions and Success Criteria section
  • Content chunked into easy-to-manage sections that address the Key Skills for each Area of Study
  • Brilliant examples of relevant student work
  • Task sequences for students to practice and embed the learning for each group of Key Knowledge points. Embraces the ‘I do’, ‘We do’ science of learning model
  • Detailed assessment criteria derived from the Key Skills

Target Learning also offers constant quick and personal email support for all members.

A graphic titled Guided Programs displays colorful icons representing different Visual Communication Design course pages, including U101 to U402, each with a brief course focus and illustrated symbol.
Every Area of Study is covered in sequence.
A group of large, colorful airline logos on the tails of parked Boeing 747 jets at Boeing Field, Seattle, viewed from behind. Airline logos include recognizable red, blue, and orange designs.
Each page is referenced to the outcome statement and divided into sections accessed by quick links.
Screenshot of an educational webpage titled The Brief and IP, explaining the importance of design briefs and intellectual property in visual communication design, with a key knowledge box and an example Honda brand slogan image.
Each learning stage is referenced to the Key Knowledge for the Area of Study.
A storyboard-style page shows hand-drawn sketches of vintage magazine ads featuring women and lipstick, with annotations and comparisons for further research on 1950s ad layouts. Text boxes provide analysis and research notes.
High-scoring student examples are used to illustrate each task and outcome.
A step-by-step isometric drawing guide showing how to create three stacked blocks using a constructed crate, grid lines, and color overlays.
Separate pages unpack every technical and pictorial drawing method required for VCD. They are linked to each Area of Study page.
A webpage section with icons for Fields of Design Practice, Discover, Divergent Thinking Strategies, and Human-Centred Design & Ethical Research. A green TASK box and text instructions are shown below.
Every concept discussed in the Key Knowledge and Study Design terms has its own separate page.
A sample presentation slide shows branding materials for Society Melbourne, including logos, color palettes, and package designs. Below are navigation buttons and a green section outlining learning intentions for a branding project.
Model answers are give for each assessment task making success clear for students.
A diagram of the Double Diamond design process model showing four phases: Discover, Define, Develop, Deliver. Each phase includes icons and arrows indicating divergent and convergent thinking, from problem to solution.
The Double Diamond Design Process is illustrated clearly.
Infographic showing four intersecting spheres labeled Human-Centered Design, Finance, Environment, and Form and Function, each describing its influence on design decisions with related icons and keywords.

Human-Centred Design is at the core of the study.

A diagram illustrating the technical cycle in a circular economy: extraction, assembly, use, reuse, re-manufacture, recycle, and maintain, with icons representing each stage and arrows showing the cycles flow.
Learning is illustrated with simple graphics.
A green infographic titled TASK features a paint sprayer icon and steps for a design assignment: identifying design factors, using thinking routines, writing answers, exploring good design principles, and creating annotated diagrams.
Tasks for each learning activity are included. They increase in their levels of complexity. Each is numbered so teachers can jump in and out of the course.
A graphic titled “Summative Assessment” for VCE Visual Communication Design. It highlights assessment pages for units U101 to U203, each with its own icon and brief description. A large dollar symbol and “2024 Assess.” appear at the top.
Each Area of Study is assessed with a separate assessment task page. These are flexible and allow teachers to swap out briefs from year to year.
A section of a curriculum guide shows the title Understand a Brief and Generate Ideas with a purple “Key Skills” box, instructional text, and example brand research images at the bottom.
Assessment tasks are all mapped against the Key Skills for each Area of Study.
A branding package brief for society details the client, target audience, communication needs, key expectations, and constraints. A blue sidebar displays a logo of a sailboat and wave, with the text, BRIEF: What I am designing.
Assessment tasks are driven by clear and relevant briefs.
Screenshot of a webpage showing two sections: Task with steps for a design critique, analysis, and delivery; and Assessment Criteria with grading expectations for a visual design language assignment.
Assessment criteria is provided and based on the Key Skills points for each Area of Study.

    What’s not included

    Additional support materials such as exams, trial examinations, pdf documents, Theory Reference Kits, classroom posters and assessment task rubrics are available for purchase from Targetlearning.com.au.

    MEMBERSHIPS

    Explore the range of different packages. Memberships are for one year from the date they are created.
    (Trial Membership is for three days).

    3 Day Trial

    $0

    Price includes GST

    SINGLE MEMBERSHIP

    Sign up and try it. Find out how this amazing resource will support your learning and power improved performance in VCE Visual Communication Design.

    Complete access to Target Learning VCD on-line textbook for three whole days!
    Every VCD concept in the 45 Know & Do pages with tasks to embed learning.
    Guided programs for Unit 1, 3 &4 VCD (*Unit 2 coming T1, 2024) in Learn and assessment tasks in Assess pages.
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    Student/ teacher

    $110

    Price includes GST
    Single membership for one year.

    SINGLE MEMBERSHIP

    Full access to Target Learning VCD online textbook. This gives you all the pages for Units 1 to 4 VCE Visual Communication Design.
    Learn = Area of Study programs for Units 1, 3 &4 VCD
    Know & Do = 45 separate concept knowledge pages with tasks to help students learn
    Case Studies = 3 detailed designer case study pages
    Assess = Assessment task pages for Units 1, 3 &4 VCD
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    Class

    $400

    Price includes GST
    School membership for one year.

    MULTI-MEMBERSHIP

    Full access to Target Learning VCD for up to 25 individual members. Suitable for one Year 11 or 12 class.

    (25 members at $16/ sub-account)

    All the Learn, Know & Do, Case Study and Assess pages, available in Target Learning VCD.
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    VCE

    $600

    Price includes GST
    School membership for one year.

    MULTI-MEMBERSHIP

    Full access to Target Learning VCD for up to 50 individual members. Suitable for your Year 11 and 12 classes.

    (50 members at $12/ sub-account)

    All the Learn, Know & Do, Case Study and Assess pages, available in Target Learning VCD.
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    Senior School

    $800

    Price includes GST
    School membership for one year.

    MULTI-MEMBERSHIP

    Full access to Target Learning VCD for up to 80 individual members. Suitable for your year 10, 11 and 12, or multiple VCD classes.

    (80 members at $10/ sub-account)

    All the Learn, Know & Do, Case Study and Assess pages, available in Target Learning VCD.
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    School

    $900

    Price includes GST
    School membership for one year.

    MULTI-MEMBERSHIP

    Full access to Target Learning VCD for up to 100 individual members. Suitable for your Visual Arts department or multiple Year 10, 11 or 12 classes.

    (100 members at $9/ sub-account)

    All the Learn, Know & Do, Case Study and Assess pages, available in Target Learning VCD.
    sign up now