Documentation

Click on the link to visit the Year 11 Wiki for more information about the TVNZ project
http://y11dit.wikispaces.com/

You should now be working on creating your websites and all documentation should be complete. Any missing work must be done in your own time.

Gantt chart
You willl need to update these regularly, any changes must be justified (explain why).

Concept sketch (story board)
Please check page 5 of the US Answer book, this list what must be included. You will need to plan all of your pages (miniumum of 3) and annotate them.
Make sure you are keeping your project journal up-to-date explaining any changes you have made to your Gantt chart, describing any decisions you have made and explaining about any problems you have had.

Outcome of investigations
You should have a clear idea of your topic and be selecting the text and images for the website. You should have some design inspiration research in your clear files (can be from practice website if applicable), evidence of some thought and decisions into the choice of fonts and colours.

You should carry out your research and then add to your outcome of investigations, these should cover:

• Font
• Colour
• Layout
• Images to be used
• Text to be used

Brief
Briefs should be complete - make sure you have included the following in the specifications:
• Video
• Animation
• Downloadable file
• Table
• Pre addressed email

Web Design Project

Get a good start on this project, once you have decided on your idea - due Thursday 2nd July. You should aim to complete these 4 tasks by the beginning of term 3.

Task 1
Planning, you will need to create a Gantt chart

• Wk 1 to Wk 10 of term 3 (remember wk6 is exam week)
• Make sure that your tasks are written in full e.g. 'Research' should be explained, research into what? how?
• You need to add a column to list the resources you will need for each task
  

Task 2
Research, you have already done some research into good website design, you should add to this with your topic in mind.

Task 3
Site plan, you will need to draw a flow chart to show how your pages will link together

Task 4
Thumbnail sketches, you will need 3 ideas for the CSS design. Make sure they are annotated to show colour, effects, sound etc

TVNZ Multimedia challenge!

The Web Challenge site is now up and running. Read the website for full details.

http://www.tvnz6netguidemultimediachallenge.co.nz/Keypoints

All students must create a website for their Term 3 project.
PIT students can also work on the same website for their major project.
Entry to the competition is optional but encouraged.
Students can work in groups of 3 but documentation need to be submitted individually for each student.
Documentation for 18735 and AS1.4 must be complete by 11/9/09. Click here to look at the assessment criteria for the project http://y11pit.wikispaces.com/11DIT
Exam week is Week 6.
There is the option to take 15168 - "Enhancing webpages" during exam week.
Closing date for the Web Challenge is 25/9/2009. Time spend on the website during these 2 weeks will be at lunchtime/outside of school.

CSS

click on the link below and find some different styles, see how CSS can be used to transform a website!

http://www.csszengarden.co.uk/

Document Design

You should be building up a document which explains the different aspects of design listed below. You will need to access this in order to complete your leaflet evaluation next week.

• Images: Quality, size, file type, effects
• Colour: Colour scheme, CYMK or RGB, colour harmony, tone, colour associations, highlight
• Proximity: Layout, organisation, clutter, what should be grouped together
• Typography: Heading font, body font, font size, spacing, legibility, alignment, styles
• Contrast: Size, colour, weighting, contrast between items, stand out
• Balance: Asymmetrical or symmetrical, predictable, dynamic, hierarchy

Achieved, Merit or Excellent?

Ask yourself these questions?

Have you used a range of sources (Internet, booklets, surveys, interviews?)
Have you reworded your information (and kept evidence of this?)
Are you keeping your blog up to date?
Does your leaflet design consider the teenager audience in terms of style, content and layout?


If you can say yes to most of them you are working above Achieved standard.

Student assessment activity instructions

Research
Before you begin working on your own designs for your leaflet you should find examples of leaflets that all ready exist. Stick these into your visual diary and annotate them to highlight the good or bad design elements.

Planning
Before you begin to create your leaflet you are required to do some planning. In your visual diary, blog or similar:

• Identify the purpose of your leaflet, i.e. where and how it is to be used and who the target audience is.
• Identify all the requirements of the brief as specified by the stakeholder.
• Draw some thumbnail sketches illustrating how you will layout the pages of the leaflet. The sketches should show relative positions and sizes of both the text and graphics, identify the fonts, font sizes, text formatting and show the enhancements that will be used.

Creating
Once you have finished your planning begin creating your leaflet. The final leaflet must be saved, along wit all linked graphics, into a separate and appropriately named folder. All files must be saved with appropriate names and correct file extensions, e.g. .tiff for graphics.

Evaluating and printing
When you have finished, print proof read and evaluate an initial draft copy. In proofing and evaluating your draft ensure that:

• All specifications have been met
• All the supplied text and at least two of the graphics have been used.
• All spelling and grammar is correct (use a spell checker and get someone else to proof read it)
• All text is legible and reader friendly
• You have used at least two different enhancements (e.g. texture, borders, emboss)
• The leaflet displays balance, proportion, harmony and sequence
  

If as a result of your proofing and evaluation, you identify any chances that need to be made to the leaflet, make them. Then save and print a final copy to present to the stakeholder. You should also give your teacher the initial draft copy with proof annotations.