Unit 43 Task 3

Unit 43 Task 7

The following are screenshots of the presentation both before and after the improvements were made:

One of the amendments I was told to do was to include more colour to the slides, which I have done, along with making the page tabs more obvious. I could not however do anything with the books or angle the text around them, as this was outside of my ability to do so, while angling the text around the book may have made for a more professional looking presentation, I was unable to make such an effect look realistic as CJ had wanted me to do, despite my best attempts.

Inlaying the page turn tabs in red and adding arrows to them had made them seem more obvious, and has added more colour to the presentation as was suggested. And adding more colour has made the presentation seem livelier, and by extension has made it fit for purpose as now the audience will not be bored of it after the first page.

My first idea for an improvement would have been to include an interactive science experiment that follows the school curriculum, salt crystals for example, however I am uncertain that even if I were fully trained to use director that I would be able to make it work. As a result I would improve the presentation with more animations and colours, rather than having it as bland as it is currently. Perhaps add in a watermarked science room image as a background, or animate the logo I created.

Unit 43 Task 6

WORK EVALUATED: Multimedia product designed for Btec ICT course



ASSESSOR: CJ Milne (Peer)

WORK CREATED BY: Aiden Clark (Student)

Aiden’s multimedia project features an innovative design which

features a book layout featuring his chosen department of science.

The opening of his project has an interactive map of the department

which then leads toward the individual subjects the school teaches;

Physics, Biology and Chemistry. The project then shows highlights of

the curriculum and the interesting things one can learn from studying

it.

The project was fit for the purpose of presenting his department to

prospective parents and students, it featured simple language and easy

to see pictures which crossed the barriers a disability might cause

such as lack of sight of long/short sight. Aiden’s project includes a

massive amount of information detailing the units a student studies

whilst at the Kingswood school throughout the years. The video

included is both eye-catching and informative towards the subject. The

interactive features are suitable and fit the design specification.

The elements of media Aiden features are appropriate toward his

specification as they are workable and easy to identify especially for

younger viewers. They feature easily recognizable colour schemes and

all the images are simple and useful towards his goal. The video

placed into the used easy to understanding language and contained no

swear words or inappropriate moments. Overall Aiden’s media within his

project is very suitable and appropriate for his target audience.

Aiden’s project worked at the time I assessed it and had no broken

links or faulty videos all of his content worked and was at a good

pixel quality with all of them running at no less than 340p.

The project overall sets a professional theme as its good quality of

design and media contents run flawless within the project the colour

scheme fits well and the transitions are used correctly and are well

employed towards a professional setting being produced. I believe that

Aiden has put a massive amount of energy and effort into this project

with the goal of producing high-level professional work fit for

viewing.

Although Aiden’s work is of a high standard there are some

improvements that can be made towards the work to improve it the

little that it’s needs to become a professional and higher level of

work needed to reach better grades.

1. A larger logo which actively shows the science feature of the school.

2. The addition of more colours on most screens as it is mostly

white and lacks colour on pages.

3. The lines used to draw the book are wonky and not smooth at most points

4. The tabs used to turn the pages need to be annotated to show

they are to turn pages and to coloured accordingly.

5. The text on the ‘book’ pages does not fit and is not warped

to the ‘book’ and appear unprofessional and tacky.


I will now work to amend these problems if possible.

for CJs own work I wrote


Task 6 evaluation

Assessor: Aiden Clark

Work created by: CJ Milne

The product is fit for the purpose it was made for; it gives the necessary information on the department CJ chose to do without being overly complicated. While there are no video clips, CJ makes extensive use of images, one on every page. The logo however looks to be just a recolor of the history channel logo, which in my eyes isn’t the most professional thing CJ could have made, in regards to a professional standard, CJ could have improved his work by sticking to a singular colour scheme . I have so far been unable to find any errors and all of the links worth.

1. Keep layout consistent rather than opening the navigation menu all over the pages

2. Put the logo you made on every page

3. One of the logos ‘jumps’ slightly, find some way of stopping this

4. Unless necessary to the design, please keep to a singular colour scheme

5. make the logo look less like it was just a re-skinned history channel logo

Unit 43 task 5

Text: AQA has rights to some of the text used as it is part of their A level specification, the rest was wrote by myself.

Logos: the Kingswood logo was taken from the Kingswood website, the science department logo was made by me.

Video: Video was taken by student Giovanni Gomes with permission for me to use it.

Images:  like the video, Images were shot by Giovanni Gomes who gave me permission to use them.

Unit 43 Task 4

Home: animation works well, as it isn't jumpy and all images are shown. All buttons work and are easy to use.

Biology: Buttons work and animation is good.

Chemistry: Buttons work fine, although the home Button (Yellow) might not be obvious as to what it does, as are the next/previous page buttons (white Circle) on the books. All the text is displayed, as are the images, and the video works well.

Physics: all text and images are displayed and all buttons work.

Is the product suitable for the audience? Due to time constraints I was unable to include many of the animations and videos I would have liked to, while this saves me needing to do audio descriptions and subtitles for these videos, I was also unable to add in these details for what I did include. This leads me to believe that this document is unsuitable to those hard of hearing or the blind.

Unit 43 Task 2

Unit 43 Task 1

Science Department

for the target audience the presentation needs to provide information, while retaining some entertainment to prevent the parents and the students from growing bored of the product. The presentation should be usable no matter the users I.T. experience, and use simplified words to ensure that no matter the users literacy level they can understand the content.

Video:- An interview with subject teachers, which will give a professional insight into the topic, appeals to parents in that they know what the course will entail and whether they want to expose their children to such. gives information on the subjects, parents are the target audience. helps to promote the department.

Also considering the use of in lesson footage to give more information, and also entertain potential students if an interesting experiment is being conducted.

Text:- current student's comments on the department, should give a more 'personal' feel to the presentation, informs parents of what the pupils actually think about the subject, include subtitles for the hard of hearing, use less complicated vocabulary for those who do not understand it.

Images:- Annotated Biology diagrams, gives information, nothing too graphic to make sure not to drive squeamish students away, directed towards parents as it shows some course material, and to student for the same reason

Graphics:- considering the use of an interactive map of the department with hotpots over the class rooms, not appealing to a specific audience but allows a full tour of the department without leaving the home. informs students on the department's layout, so students are the target audience.

Audio:- audio will be tied in to video, so will give information and be aimed at parents also useful for the blind

Animation:- similar to images, use an animation of a particular experiment to show course material to parents and students

Links:- link to Kingswood homepage or science homepage if available, no specific target audience

All forms of media are multiplatform