Unit 8 Notes: A Guide To Preparing Your Wix Site
Unit 8 Notes: A Guide To Preparing Your Wix Site
• IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY CREATED A WEEK BY WEEK PLAN THEN THIS IS URGENT.
• RESEARCH – LIST ALL THE RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN THIS WEEK.
• START THE TASKS AS OUTLINED IN YOUR PLAN.
• ON FRIDAY YOU MUST EVALUATE THE WEEK WITH REFERENCE TO THE WEEKLY PLAN.
• WIX MUST BE PUBLISHED EACH FRIDAY SO WE CAN SEE YOUR PROGRESS.
THE WEEK BY WEEK PLAN
• YOUR PLAN SHOULD BE AT LEAST 5 WEEKS. THIS WILL LEAVE
TIME AT THE END TO REFLECT AND COMPLETE THE WIX.
• INCLUDE AIMS, RESOURCES AND SKILLS.
• AIMS – WHAT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED THIS WEEK? (IDEAS
GENERATED? RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN? EXISTING SKILLS
DEVELOPED? FEEDBACK SOUGHT? ETC).
• RESOURCES – FROM THE INTERNET TO STUDIO EQUIPMENT TO
CANTEEN LADIES, SO YOU CAN ASK ABOUT THEIR FAVOURITE
GRIME ARTISTS - WHAT THINGS WILL YOU NEED THIS WEEK?
• SKILLS – BE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE COLLABORATIVE, TECHNICAL
AND CREATIVE SKILLS YOU WILL NEED TO COMPLETE THE AIMS
THIS WEEK.
RESEARCH
• THESE MUST BE COMPLETED EVERY FRIDAY (SUBMISSION DEADLINE FRIDAY LUNCH TIME)
• A COMBINATION OF BOTH WRITTEN AND RECORDED EVALUATIONS ARE A GOOD IDEA, AS BOTH
CAN PROMPT DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW.
• A GOOD IDEA IS TO RECORD (AUDIO OR ZOOM) A COLLABORATIVE EVALUATION. ASK EACH OTHER
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT.
• MENTION WHAT WENT TO PLAN AND WHAT DIDN’T.
• WILL THE PLAN NEED TO CHANGE FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK? IF SO, KEEP THE ORIGINAL PLAN
AND ADD A NOTE BELOW IT.
KEEP ON TRACK
• A ‘CAUSE FOR CONCERN’ OR DISCIPLINARY WILL BE ISSUED IF YOU HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE
TASKS AS SET OUT ABOVE.
• EACH WEEK WE WILL MONITOR YOUR PROGRESS.
• OTHER CAUSES FOR CONCERN WILL BE ISSUED FOR: POOR PUNCTUALITY, NOT SUBMITTING WORK
BY DEADLINES, LACK OF FOCUS OR AMBITION.
• MAXIMUM GRADE LIKELY TO BE PASS IF YOU RECEIVE A CAUSE FOR CONCERN.