Website Create Stage

You will now start creating your website by following your plan and the chosen design. That means you cannot finish your product earlier or later than what is shown in the plan. The website should show;
- very good use and application of website techniques and tools

- provide details on any changes to the original design. This can be shown in the process   Journal.

The process journal should be used throughout the create stage. This should be done at the end of the time you worked on the website. The process journal must show:

• Date of entry
• What you did
• a screenshot before and a screenshot after working on that section
• Changes to the plans and why?
• What you will do next.

N/B Process journal is only for create stage.

Assessment Criteria

Levels	Task Specific Descriptor
0	The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors given below.
1-2	The student considers the plan and creates at least part of a product/solution.
3-4	The student uses appropriate techniques and equipment. The student follows the plan and mentions any changes made, resulting in a product/solution of good quality.
5-6	The student skillfully uses appropriate techniques and equipment. The student follows the plan and gives very good reasons for any changes made, resulting in a product/solution of best quality using the resources available.

Process journal example. Only look at the entries for create stage.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8VAiXCgqIIbWVB2YVItR1FNX0U/edit?usp=sharing

Design Stage Summative;

Design Stage Summative

This stage is after you have finished the designs. The plan for your product will need to have the following items:

1.     Introduction

This is simple paragraph, which explains the duration available for your product development and state those who will be helpful to you in the stage(s) coming.

2.     Basic Steps;

The basic steps are brief sentences outlining the main steps in the in the plan. The basic steps do not give details about the resources required and durations. Limit the outline of steps to 8.

A Gantt chart should be used after the basic steps. The Gantt can have only one additional pieces of information of when the task will start and end.

Gantt Charts can be development using online solutions eg. www.tomsplanner.com or www.smartsheet.com

 Example of Gantt

Gantt Chart	27-29 Sept	30- 2 Oct	3-5 Oct	6-8 Oct	9-10 Oct	11-13 Oct	14-16 Oct	17-19 Oct	20-12 Oct
Step # 1 Create the website banner
xxxxxxx
Step # 6 Modify and change the format of the images to be used in the website to a suitable format.

3.       Production plan /Process Plan (plan for the creation part only)

The process plan is detailed information about process of creation. The process plan will use a table to show the step, activity in the step, the date, resources required, remarks and if possible where the task will be done.

The production plan is developed form the steps identified in the basic steps.

Plan for creating a website

Duration in Minutes	Date	Step	Activity capturing the techniques	Resources and for what	Remarks	Where the tasks will done
30	27/9/13	1	Create the website’s banner	Use flash maker - to create the flash banner, Use Photoshop- to edit the images to be used in the banner.	Adobe Flash needed to be installed. Photoshop did not create the jpeg file.	Lesson
X			X	X	X	Home
90	15/10/13	6	Modify and change the format of the images to be used in the website to a suitable format.	Use picture manager to change to suitable format	The .jif formats could not be create. So I changed to use photoshop	Free time

4.      Evaluation of the Plan

The evaluation of the plan looks at how realistic, logical, and achievable is your plan. Evaluation of the plan examines some of the steps to see if the duration or the resources assigned are sufficient and if not what are your suggestions to improve?

Example

“ the 90 minutes assigned to changing image formats was too much in my opinion. I will reduce this duration to 50 minutes since a few images formats will be used in the website. Where as Photoshop is a good software, access the software in our school is a challenge. I will therefore look for free online alternative software. One major change to my design will be the inclusion of flash images in the picture gallery or flash menu.”
Assessment Criteria

Levels	Task Specific Descriptor
0	The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors given below.
1-2	The student produces a plan that contains some details of the steps and/or the resources required.
3-4	The student produces a plan that contains a number of practical steps that include resources and time. The student makes some attempt to evaluate the plan.
5-6	The student produces a plan that contains a number of detailed, realistic steps that describe the use of resources and time. The student evaluates the plan and justifies any modifications to the design in depth.

Sample Plan Work
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Design Stage Digital Home Unit

In the design stage you are required to;

a) Generate good quality designs for your product

b) Measure each of the designs against the designs specifications

c) Justify your chosen design while evaluating it critically against the design specification

Designs 

a)     The examples in the links below show examples of designs for different product. 

http://www.coroflot.com/hankchen/design-sketch

http://nokiasaga.com/design-by-community-sketches-poll-by-nokconv

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19646188

http://bunnyfish-tamer.com/NewMIT/design/phone/

http://phandroid.com/2013/03/13/htc-one-design-sketches/

http://www.concept-phones.com/nokia/nokia-shows-sharpest-phone-sketches-pick/

 - What is your observation in all the above designs?

b)     How then do you measure each design against the design specification?

     Create a table and list some design specifications and rate each design spec for any of           design above.

Activity: Use your book or any software to draw the designs for the task below. (20 min)

Sony Company is interested in external laptop speakers for their new laptop model. You have therefore been requested to design two very good speakers designs.

a)      Use the design specs below to guide your sketching.

Design Specs

They should be two, which is one pair.

They should fit in a small case

Can be of any shape

Should not be more than 20 cms in length, width or height

The pair should be able to fit in each other when packaging.

b)     Compare the two designs using the designs specs. Which one meet most of the design specs requirements?

c)      So, which will be your final choice to submit to Sony Company and why? Prepare a detailed justification that you will use to defend your chosen design.

  

Design Stage Summative

Since your product is a website, you will design three good quality designs for your solution. The designs can be drawn and then scan for submission or students can choose to use appropriate sketching software.

a)     Each design will have at least three unique pages.

b)     Each design will be measured against your design specs stated in the investigate stage and briefly evaluate each design.

c)      You will then justify your chosen design by giving detailed reasons why the chosen design is the best.

Sample website designs link below.

 Assessment Criteria

Levels	Task Specific Descriptor
0	The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors given below.
1-2	The student generates two designs, and makes some attempt to justify this against the design specification.
3-4	The student generates three good designs, giving reasons for choice of one design and evaluating this against the design specification.
5-6	The student generates three excellent feasible designs, each measured against the design specification. The student justifies the chosen design and evaluates it fully and in detail against the design specification.