RMITSchool of Communication & Design
Digital Design Exhibits · prototype v0.1

PACE

Pathway for Adaptive, Connected and Critically Engaged

The soft, collective, and public capabilities an exhibition builds rarely show up on a transcript. PACE records the traces they leave: you leave a trace by taking part, and deepen it by reflecting on what it built in you. Only deepened traces count. Reach the threshold in-school, and your archive becomes the evidence you write two of your Exhibits assignments from.

Connected0 / 2 deep
Adaptive0 / 2 deep
Critically Engaged0 / 2 deep
Threshold: 2 deepened points per capability, reachable through in-school participation alone. Out-of-school participation enriches your archive but is never required.
01 / earn a point

Leave a trace of what you took part in

Start with the participation. A trace is left the moment you record real involvement; it becomes evidence only once you deepen it with reflection in the next step.

Step 1 · leave a trace
trace left, now deepen it below
02 / deepen it

Turn the trace into evidence

A trace left but never reflected on stays a record of attendance. Reflection is what makes it count, and it is where your developing identity as a practitioner is recorded. Every deepen step asks one identity question.

Step 2 · reflect (deepens the trace)
What did this tell you about the practitioner you are becoming?
assistant · a question, never a score
deepened \u2014 added to your archive
03 / assessment gate
Threshold not yet met
Reach 2 deepened traces in each capability to undertake the two PACE-based Exhibits assignments. The third assignment is standalone and never depends on PACE.
04 / your archive

Your capability archive

The durable, shareable record of the traces you left. This is what you write your PACE-based assignments from, and the link you can share with a mentor or employer.

No deepened traces yet. Leave and deepen a trace to start your archive.

05 / for the pilot

Send this session to the study

No server; nothing leaves this page unless you export it. The file records every point, whether it was deepened, its capability and access category, and how you handled each assistant question. how you deepen traces is the research data

captures: traces left \u00b7 deepened vs shallow \u00b7 capability + in/out-of-school \u00b7 identity reflections \u00b7 assistant-question decisions