End Of Module Evaluation

1.  What skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?

I believe that my writing skills have improved within this module, this may be due to the regular use of the skill and therefore developing upon them. In my paper I found my paper has read more fluently this year compared to last. And therefore this shows effective use of this skill.

Secondly, I have developed a stronger understanding about senses, and therefore this will allow me to apply these within design seamlessly. This will be beneficial in the future to make sure my work stands out from others.

2. What approaches to/methods of design production have you developed and how have they informed your design development process?

I have improved my layout skills, throughout the poster and invite I created, my understanding of difficult folds has also improves, for example double sided and knowing when to reflect the text...

Due to my exhibition been based around an already well-established brand, this was a method that I had to develop as this was something I hadn’t done before. There I had to follow the Barnardos colour scheme and apply their logo following the brand guidelines.

I believe I have also developed my skills within mocking up. This developed through the practical side of my hand-in as it required a lot of mocking up due to me not curating the exhibition, which was a downfall, as this was the result due to not grasping my practical at the right time.

3. What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these?

I am pleased that did something more practical based rather than contextual as this is something I didn’t enjoy from first and second year and I have learnt from that mistake then. I really enjoyed my subject learning about the senses and how differently people learn depending on what learning style they prefer. This will be something that will be put into good use in my future education, as I believe that these are both important factors when designing something for an audience.

4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these in the future?

I believe that my time management was not this module as I think as I spent too long in the research stage, thinking I was getting a better understanding of my subject, when I should have read about one section at a time and then produced my written element. This meant that most of my Christmas was spent on the written element when I planned to begin my practical within the second week. I don’t believe this has affected my final outcome, although if I had a good grounding in what I wanted to do then I could have produced the exhibition rather than mocking it up. This may have also led to more of a range of posters with different messages.

Another element I found that created a weakness was my lack of motivation to write my dissertation due to my mental mind reminding me that I struggled with my writing structure. Which is still a downfall overall but this led it to be a bigger problem due to the inability to be able to go over my dissertation as much as I wanted to, to make sure all the sentences flowed and made sense.

5. Identify five things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?

1.     I will make sure that I will keep to my time management plan due to spending more time on my dissertation rather than the practical side as I felt this was the main section I would struggle with.

2.     I would make sure that I decided on my outcome of my practical in time to make sure I had enough time to do things such as my exhibition etc....

3.     I feel I would have experimented with different stocks to make sure the creasing of the cranes would have been of a cleaner fold. Due to the ink sitting and therefore transferring when been creased.

4.     I need to start making more photography slot, this will not only make my work look more professional but will also build my confidence when doing photography.

5.     I would have liked to have had more replies from my contacts that I emailed therefore I should have pestered Amber to pass on the list that she said she would collate or I should have nagged for replies of the people I already contacted. Although, I had done two primary research I do wish I had more time for primary research as I really enjoyed my experiment.

6.How would you grade yourself on the following areas: (please indicate using an ‘x’)  5= excellent, 4 = very good, 3 = good, 2 = average, 1 = poor
	1	2	3	4	5
Attendance					x
Punctuality					x
Motivation			x
Commitment				x
Quantity of work produced				x
Quality of work produced			x
Contribution to the group					x
The evaluation of your work is an important part of the assessment criteria and represents a percentage of the overall grade. It is essential that you give yourself enough time to complete your written evaluation fully and with appropriate depth and level of self-reflection. If you have any questions relating to the self evaluation process speak to a member of staff as soon as possible.