Storyboarding

The idea with storyboarding is that you plan your video, animation or presentation. There are different ways to do this, depending on what you are making and what works for you.
One possible template is provided by the Center for Digital Storytelling. This is a pdf showing ten shots on a page. It has lines for images, transitions, effects, voiceover and soundtrack. If this looks good to you feel free to print it and use it. You can also see an example of a completed storyboard and the story that goes with it.

Action Plans

To write an action plan, you need to do the following things. You can choose whether you want to use a Word table or an Excel spreadsheet or another method of organising your thoughts.

1. List all the steps you need to take a to solve the problem.
2. Put the steps into order.
3. Include testing the solution if you have not done so.
4. Include consultation with clients and stakeholders if you have not done so.
5. Decide on milestones. A milestone will occur after a group of related steps have happened. An example of a milestone might be "All resources have been located and saved".
6. Set target dates for each milestone.

Example Code of Practice: Website Design

Rules of making a good website include:

1. Homepage called index.htm
2. Images in a folder called images
3. Consistent use of colour schemes and fonts
4. Each page laid out the same way with navigation in the same place
5. Text organised with headings, subheadings and lists
6. Images all copyright free, or used with permission and acknowledged.

This list of rules came from my head, but I also looked at these websites to help me:

• http://www.articlealley.com/article_82455_4.html
• http://www.corriswebsitedesign.com/website-design-rules.html
• http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol23/rules.htm
• http://www.grantasticdesigns.com/5rules.html
• http://www.sharpened.com/web/about/rules.html

Relevance to my project

In my project I am making a website for my client XXXX. Because they are going to use this website to get people to join their organisation, it is important that it is a high quality website and I want to follow these rules which are important to me.

Screen shot of work

A screen shot of the file structure would provide evidence of rules 1 and 2.

A photo of your sketched page layout would provide evidence of rule 4 and possibly rules 3 and 5.

Evidence for rule 6 could be a screen shot of copyright policy from an image site, or permission to use from the owner of an image.

Evaluation (written after the project is finished)

I followed these rules carefully. It was hard finding copyright-free images of the ****. Breaking the content of each page up into small chunks was good because I had to make sure that I understood it all. I am pleased with my finished website, and the client says "I am thrilled with what you have done for me. It looks really professional. And I love the colour scheme!"

Screenshots for evidence

In your Code of Practice I have suggested taking a screenshot of your work. For example, when you do the survey CoP, you might screenshot your final survey. You can do this using your keyboard - find the print screen key, usually top right. You might like to use it with the ALT key, or the CTRL key, or try it on its own. What this does is put a copy of your screen (or part of it) onto the mysterious "clipboard". When you go to Word, or any other application, you then paste (CTRL+V) and it will appear. You may need to "crop" your picture - use the Crop tool under Picture Tools to cut off the parts you don't need. Then resize as necessary by dragging a corner handle.

Questions for Christchurch City Council

After writing your initial brief, you need to think about what further information you need so that you can create a good video for the Christchurch City Council. You should

1. write a list of questions that you would like to ask the Council
2. print out the questions with space between them
3. use the Briefing Paper in iNet to answer as many of your questions as you can - there are links to some resources at the bottom of this document.

Any questions that are still unanswered should be kept for when we have a person from the Council come to visit us.

Key Factors and Implications

Key factors are the "factors which have a bearing on the outcome of your project" (Camilla Reith). Another explanation is that they are "elements of a project considered more important than others". I suggest you start by brainstorming all the thigns that you can think of that affect you and your project. If you have more than seven, then group them into related ideas and give each a heading.

In the My Project Management Tools folder in iNet you will find a file called Key Factors.

• In the first column, list your key factors (the headings if you had to group your factors)
• In the next column, explain what this key factor means for your project - what you have to DO or THINK ABOUT.
• In the third column, put a number that shows the priority for each key factor, with 1 being the mots important.
• In the last column, explain why you have given this priority number to this key factor.

Codes of Practice

Remember we talked about the Road Code, and how it is the rules of how to drive well?
A lot of the things we do in the world have rules about how to do them well. These sets of rules can be called Codes of Practice.
While you are working on your project, you need to collect evidence of the Codes of Practice that you have investigated and used. You will collect evidence from two places

1. Research on what the rules are - from the Internet, a text book, interviewing an expert...
2. In your own project, you should show how you followed the rules.

There is a file in iNet that you can use to do this with, called - wait for it! - Code of Practice.
In the top left box, you put the rules in yoru own words, and where you found them.
In the bottom left box, you explain how you have used these rules in your project.
In the top right box you can put a screen shot or other picture of your work.
In the bottom right box, you write about how well you have done this part of your project.

You will need to work on Codes of Practice several times during your project. The one we started tow ork on in class was about writing a survey to collect information. Other possible topics to do Codes of Practice for are

• storyboarding
• copyright
• video editing
• credits
• file management

I suggest that you do at least three relevant Codes of Practice, and show this in your (revised) Gantt chart as happening throughout your project.

Software and Hardware

Software you may wish to use includes

• Movie Maker for making the video - we have some text books to help with this
• Audacity for recording and editing your sound track
• Adobe Premier Elements for working with video - the C3 computers may find this hard going
• Any animation software on the school system
• PhotoShop for working with photos - we have text books for this as well

Hardware available:

• Scanner
• Headphones with attached microphone
• Still and video cameras for use around the school

If you want to take your own video or still photos, you are welcome to do this with your own gear in your own time.

Key Factor Research

When you have chosen your key factors, you need to researach them. You may not need to research every key factor, and each key factor may need researching in different ways.
So, you should take one key factor at a time, ask yourself the following questions, and record the answers - probably in a Word document.

1. What information do I already have about this key factor?
2. What questions do I have about this key factor?
3. Where can I get answers to these questions?
4. What are the answers to these questions?
5. Are there any more questions about this key factor? If so, go back to Step 3!

Key factor interactions

When you have identified your key factors, you need to consider how each key factor affects each other one. You can do this by

1. Finding the Key Factor Interactions file in iNet > ICT > Mr Molyneux > My Project Management Tools.



2. Copying and pasting your key factors down the side of the table.



3. Copying and pasting your key factors across the top of the table.



4. Filling in the boxes for half of the table - see example above.

Briefs: Initial and Refined

Your initial brief should include:

• a statement of the problem in your own words
• who the client is
• who the stakeholders are
• what solution you are going to make

Your refined brief is written after you have done some research and consultation. It will include more details of what the solution will involve - these are called specifications. Also, any things that are definitely required - these are called constraints. You can do it by taking your inital brief and adding more details about the problem and solution.

Year 11 Monday 18th May

Hi everyone,

Sorry that I can't be with you today.

We are starting a new topic. We will be looking at

• methods of advertising and marketing
• techniques of designing and creating multimedia
• using DigiTech hardware and software to advertise and market
• what makes Christchurch special and different.

Today, please work throught these questions, recording your thoughts and what you find on the Internet in a Word document.

1. Define advertising and marketing.
2. What are the similarities and differences between advertising and marketing?
3. Make a list of as many different methods of advertising as you can.
4. For each method in your list, identify good and bad points.
5. Define multimedia.
6. Give examples of multimedia.
7. For each example of multimedia in your list, say what hardware and software are needed to (a)produce and (b)view.
8. Compare Christchurch to one other place where you have been or know about.
9. Find out about and report on viral marketing.

Applications

We are going to spend a couple of weeks exploring computer applications. You can choose do take an applications course in Year 11.
Applications are a type of software. They are computer programs that do specific jobs for the user.
Either in your blog, or in a Word document, make notes from this website about the different types of applications and what each one does. Remember to use formatting features to make your work easy to read.

Colour Theory

Following my visit to the Monet Exhibition at Te Papa, my interest in art has been revived. Ifeel stuck art-wise because I really love colour, but want to be able to draw well before I get into painting. So I am workign on my drawing, and also doing some reading around colour.
Today, my To Do List told me to investigate colo(u)r theory and I have spent a happy half hour exploring the following websites.

1. Artyfactory has a rainbow theme to its colour scheme and offers lessons on colour theory and colour terms. A good starting place for beginners.
2. Color Worqx is a more academic approach, and more subtly coloured.
3. The luminous landscape - use of colour theory in landscape photos.
4. Color Matters offers a lot more than I have so far explored, but has the basic colour theory well-covered.

Year 11 Wednesday 25th March

Hi everyone,

Sorry I can't be there on Wednesday. Here is you work to carry on with:

1. Complete your PowerPoint presentation (on the past, present and future of either cell phone, game system or computer) from yesterday.
2. Check that your presentation demonstrates good design.
3. Post a new blog post (by going to www.cashmere.moodle.ac.nz, logging in and clicking on your user name), attaching your presentation and explaining the good design features you have chosen to use.
4. Start Internet research on your choice of cell phones, game systems or computers. Record sources of information and look for key events and dates that show how the technology has changed over time. Record in a Word document.

Year 10 Wednesday 25th March

Hi everyone,

Sorry I can't be there tomorrow.
Here are your instructions to start on: Find file in iNet - ICT - Collections - DigiTech Booklet Collection and save it in your own home drive (H:).

1. On page 1, fill in your name and form class
2. On page 2, fill in the name of the person whose collection you are doing your project on, describe their collection in as much detail as possible, identify your stakeholders and say how they will be affected
3. On page 3, fill in what questions you need to ask your stakeholders and decide how you will ask them - you may print a one page survey, or email your questions. Do some research on similar collections and record your results.
4. On page 4, fill in what your stakeholders would like in their ideal solution.
5. On page 5, fill in the problem statement, describing your main stakeholder’s problem; under constraints, fill in due date = Thursday 9th April, solution must be on my page of the wiki ; under attributes, describe the special features of your planned solution; under resources, describe what you will need to solve the problem.
6. On page 6, think about something you have planned recently and answer the questions.
7. On page 7, write a list of all the steps you will need to take to solve the problem. Then make sure they are in a sensible order. Split up the jobs so that you know when each is to be done, remembering the due date
8. Use page 8 and 9 to plan your wiki page and any other Internet resources you will use. Add extra pages if you need to.
9. Make your wiki page and other Internet resources.
10. Link your page to and from other parts of the wiki
11. Contribute to other people’s wiki pages
12. Finally, evaluate your solution on page 10 of the booklet.
13. Print out your booklet front page and hand in.

Stakeholders

The word "stakeholders" refers to all the people (or groups of people) who are affected by a problem, an issue or a solution.

Clicke here to practise identifying stakeholders and thinking about how they are affected.

A story

A monstrous shark appeared at Sumner and attacked a surfer.
People of Christchurch were scared.
The lifeguards sent out their boat with stunguns to scare off the shark.
They chased the shark and stunned it, then collected it in a net and drag it into the beach.
Everyone on the beach crowded around to see the shark and congratulate the brave lifesavers.

Post script:
The shark was taken to Lyttelton to be sent to the Chatham Islands for release.

Publishing Your Web Site

You can publish your web site by following these instructions:

1. Make sure that your web site is working correctly inside a folder
2. Right click on the folder and Send To --> Compressed folder
3. Go to home.cashmere.school.nz/mydesktop and log in
4. Under Home Pages, click on Page Uploader
5. Browse to find your compressed folder, click to Uncompress the file, and Upload
6. Click on the name of the folder and then on your main page to view it and find the URL

Note that none of your file names are allowed to have spaces or punctuation in them.

Software

Use the Internet and your brain to help you answer the following questions about software.

1. Find a definition of software - copy and paste and say where your definition came from
2. Explain what software is in your own words.
3. Make a list of different types of software.
4. For each type of software you listed in the last question, give an example.
5. Use Start -> All Programs on your computer to add to your list of types and examples. You may choose to set it out using a table.

For example, an Internet browser is a type of software. An example of an Internet browser is Internet Explorer.

Links that may be helpful are:

• Webopedia
• Software applications
• System software