PROJE

CT LO

G

MO

L LY A

TK

I NS

ON

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9

Today

, I g

ot to

grip

s w

ith th

e co

urse

outline,

whic

h incl

uded c

reat

ing th

e

rele

vant f

older

s fo

r all

my

futu

re p

ublicat

ions,

and c

reat

ing d

ocum

ents

such

as m

y so

urces

table

and g

ener

atin

g my

proje

ct lo

g. I t

hen a

lso

star

ted to

produce

my

initi

al p

lan.

I will

finis

h this

at h

ome

for n

ext l

esso

n.

13/09/1

2

Today

, I c

ontinued

to w

ork

on m

y in

itial

pla

n, finis

hing it

in th

e le

sson

. Th

en

I cop

ied a

ver

sion

of m

y pla

n onto

anot

her s

heet i

n the

sam

e doc

umen

t and

mad

e it

my

on-g

oing p

lan.

I then

sta

rted

to c

reat

e m

y dat

abas

e, h

owev

er,

this

was

don

e at

the

end o

f the

less

on a

nd so

I did

n’t get

much

don

e.

24/09

Today

I co

ntinued

to c

reat

e m

y dat

abas

e fr

om la

st le

sson, h

owev

er, I

ran in

to s

ome

difficu

lty

when

I im

ported

my

data

as n

ot all

of it i

mport

ed. H

owev

er, I

then

adju

sted

my

import

crite

ria to

allo

w fo

r more

char

acte

rs it

import

ed a

ll of m

y dat

a. I

then

rese

arch

ed n

ew

piece

s of d

ata

to im

port a

nd then

input t

hese

into

the

datab

ase.

I a

lso p

ut the

sourc

es o

f

the

info

rmat

ion in

to m

y so

urces

table

.

27/09

Follo

win

g on fr

om la

st le

sson, t

oday I

star

ted to

dev

elop m

y dat

a en

try

form

, and e

nded u

p acq

uiring n

ew

skill

s su

ch a

s ad

ding b

uttons

into

the

data

entr

y fo

rm.

I ended

up p

roduci

ng this

rath

er q

uickl

y an

d so I

was

able

to fi

nish th

e fo

rm in

the

less

on. In

ord

er to

mak

e th

e Fo

rm m

ore u

ser f

riendly

, I d

id s

ome

rese

arch

ove

r the

inte

rnet

in o

rder

to le

arn h

ow to

intr

oduce b

uttons

to th

e fo

rm a

nd how

to w

ork th

e

soft

war

e bet

ter f

or des

ign p

urpose

s. I

also

rese

arch

ed 3

new

anim

als

to p

ut into

my

datab

ase

08/10

Today

I st

arte

d wor

king o

n a n

ew p

art o

f the

proje

ct, t

he m

ember

ship

fees

. In

itial

ly it

was

chal

lengin

g to g

et m

y hea

d aro

und how

a c

ash fl

ow s

pread

shee

t work

s, h

owev

er, a

fter

car

efully

revi

ewin

g the

data

I was

able

to u

nderst

and w

hat to

do

and w

as a

ble to

sta

rt b

uildin

g the

spre

ad s

heet.

To d

o this

I m

ade

a sk

elet

on spre

ad s

heet w

ithou

t any

data

in o

rder

to fi

gure o

ut

what

cal

cula

tions

I would

nee

d to in

clude

and w

hat fo

rmula

’s I

wou

ld n

eed to

man

ipula

te.

11/10/1

2

In to

days

less

on, I

Fin

ished

my

spre

ad s

heet,

with

the

tota

l pro

fit/los

s va

lue

being +

£1. I t

hen

star

ted to

cre

ate

a Pow

erPoi

nt det

ailin

g how

I m

ade

the

spre

ad s

heet a

nd why

I did

ever

ythin

g I did

. Th

is w

as q

uite c

halle

nging a

s I h

ad to

kee

p chec

king th

e dat

a to

insu

re th

at

it w

as c

orre

ct a

nd this

mea

nt I k

ept h

avin

g to g

o bac

k an

d chan

ge al

l of t

he fo

rmula

’s s

lightly

in o

rder

to m

anip

ulate

them

to g

ive

me

the

right r

esults

22/10

In to

days

less

on, I

con

tinued

to w

ork

on m

y sp

read

shee

t, an

d spen

t mos

t of t

oday

’s le

sson

gettin

g the

balan

ce a

s cl

ose

to z

ero

as I

possi

bly c

ould

. Aft

er I

got th

e bal

ance

dow

n to £

1, I

star

ted to

incl

ude co

ndition

al fo

rmat

ting to

mak

e th

e sp

read

shee

t mor

e use

r frie

ndly a

nd

easi

er to

oper

ate.

I a

lso

finished

wor

king o

n my

Power

Point w

hich d

etai

ls h

ow I

mad

e sp

read

shee

t and th

e ra

tional

beh

ind m

y use

s of

the

form

ula a

nd form

attin

g

12/11/1

2

In to

days

less

on I

star

ted w

orki

ng on m

y re

ports

. I s

pent a

lot o

f my

time

today

tryi

ng to re

fine m

y se

arch

es

down s

o th

at th

ey w

ould o

nly re

turn

5-1

5 re

sults

. I h

ad to

spen

d a lo

t of t

ime

on this

so th

is to

ok u

p mos

t of m

y

less

on.

I then

had

to s

tart

con

sider

ing w

hat I

wan

ted m

y co

rpor

ate

Iden

tity

and s

o I h

ad li

ttle

tim

e to

act

ually

star

t refi

ning th

e re

ports

to m

ake

them

pre

senta

ble.

I als

o fo

und wor

king in

acc

ess

as a

pre

senta

tion s

oftw

are

real

ly h

ard a

s it

is h

ard to

cre

ate

the

sam

e eff

ects

that

can

be

found in

oth

er p

rogra

ms

such

as

publisher

15/11/1

2

Today

I sp

ent t

he le

sson

wor

king o

n the

aest

hetic

sid

e of

my

repor

ts a

nd mak

ing s

ure

that

they

all

looke

d as

sim

ilar a

s poss

ibly

so

that

they

wer

e al

l in li

ne with

my

brand.

Howev

er, I

found it

har

d to m

ake

them

look

as

profe

ssio

nal a

s I w

ould

like

bec

ause

I

found it

har

d to m

anip

ulate

the

softw

are

to p

roduce

the

effec

t that

I w

ould

hav

e lik

ed.

29/11/1

2

Today

I st

arte

d the

desig

ning o

f my

mem

bersh

ip c

ard.

I dec

ided

that

I w

ante

d it

to b

e re

ally

vib

rant a

nd inte

rest

ing to

the

eye,

as

it w

as g

oing to

be

used b

y a

younger

audie

nce w

ho ar

e m

ore

draw

n to c

olou

r. I

spen

t a lo

t of t

ime

fiddling

with

the

layo

ut this

less

on a

nd so

I will

nee

d nex

t les

son to

wor

k on

the

conte

nt. I

found d

oing th

is p

iece

of w

ork

rela

tivel

y ea

sy a

s th

e publis

her s

oftw

are

is v

ery

user f

riendly

and s

o it

was

eas

y to

man

ipula

te to

mak

e it

do w

hat I

wan

ted.

Howev

er, I

spen

t a lo

t of t

ime

tryi

ng to m

ake

it as

pro

fess

ional

as

possi

ble to

mak

e up fo

r my

repor

ts, w

hich I

did n

ot fe

el w

ere

up to th

e sa

me

stan

dard th

at I

wou

ld li

ke m

y public

atio

ns to

be.

10/12/1

2

Today

I finis

hed w

orkin

g on m

y m

ember

ship

car

d and s

tart

ed w

orkin

g on m

akin

g sure

that

I had

all o

f my

wor

k up to

this

poin

t com

plete

d to a

hig

h sta

ndard.

I will

con

tinue

to d

o th

is n

ext

less

on to im

prove

the

quality

of m

y des

igns.

Ove

rall

I am

hap

py w

ith h

ow m

y m

ember

ship

car

d

turn

ed o

ut as

I fee

l that

it is

appro

priate

for m

y ta

rget

audie

nce a

s it

has fu

n and v

ibra

nt

colo

urs, a

long w

ith m

eetin

g the

SOB by

incl

uding a

ll of t

he dat

a re

quired fo

r the

publicat

ion

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13/12/1

2

In to

days

less

on I

finished

per

fect

ing m

y M

ember

ship

car

d and th

en I

spen

t the

less

on

organ

isin

g my

wor

k re

ady

to h

and in

for a

mid

cours

e ch

eck

up. Aft

er th

e le

sson I

decid

ed th

at I

wou

ld li

ke to

re-v

isit

my

corp

orat

e id

entit

y in

the

next l

esso

n bec

ause

I do

not fe

el th

at th

e work

I hav

e pro

duced u

p to th

is p

oint i

s up to

the

best s

tandar

d.

7/1/1

3

In to

day’s

less

on I st

arte

d work

on m

y le

aflet

by

doing s

ome

rese

arch

into

what

oth

er

sim

ilar l

eaflet

s lo

ok lik

e so

that

I c

ould e

valu

ate

from

this

what

I nee

ded to

incl

ude in

my

own w

ork.

I then

sta

rted

work

on th

e bas

ic la

yout o

f my

leafl

et s

o that

nex

t les

son I

would

know

what

info

rmat

ion I

would

nee

d to in

put alo

ng with

what

imag

es s

hould b

e in

cluded

.

10/1/1

3

In to

day’s

less

on I

filled in

the

info

rmat

ion in

my

leafl

et, a

nd then

wen

t on to

sta

rt fo

rkin

g

on th

e ae

sthet

ic a

spec

t of t

he public

atio

n. Th

is a

gain to

ok m

e al

ong ti

me

as I

had to

mat

ch it

to m

y m

ember

ship

car

d. How

ever

, I fo

und it h

ard to

use

the

backg

round im

age

that

I had

use

d in m

y m

ember

ship

car

d and s

o I u

sed a

text

ured b

ackg

round in

stea

d.

21/1/1

3

After

hav

ing to

alte

r the

backg

round o

f my

leafl

et la

st w

eek,

I dec

ided

to

go bac

k th

is w

eek

and c

hange

the

desig

n of m

y m

ember

ship

car

d so

that

it w

ould

cre

ate

a m

ore

consi

sten

t set

of p

ublicat

ions.

This

took

me

longer

than

I ex

pecte

d as

I had

gro

uped a

ll of

the

indiv

idual

item

s in

the

mem

bersh

ip c

ard to

gether

and it

took

a lo

ng tim

e to

ungro

up them

and

then

put t

hem b

ack

the

way

they

wer

e w

ith a

diff

eren

t bac

kgro

und

24/1/1

3

In to

day’s

less

on I st

arte

d work

on m

y final

public

atio

n, the

pack

fold

er.

I found d

esig

ning th

e fo

lder

rela

tivel

y ea

sy a

s al

l I d

id w

as

copy

the

desig

n from

my

other

public

atio

ns on

to th

is o

ne. I

had

trouble

how

ever

, in c

reat

ing a

tem

plate

to p

ut this

des

ign in

to a

s I

had to

get

the

pages

into

the

right o

rder

so th

at w

hen I

printe

d

them

dou

ble s

ided

they

wou

ld p

rint t

he rig

ht way

and I

had to

desig

n my

own fl

ap to

hol

d the

other

public

atio

ns

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4/2/1

3

In to

days

Less

on I st

arte

d wor

k on

my

prese

ntatio

n. It

took

me

a

while

to fi

gure o

ut what

I nee

ded to

in s

peake

r not

es, b

ut once

I

got s

tart

ed I

wor

ked re

ally

quic

kly

and fi

nished

in th

e le

sson

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7/2/1

3

In to

days

less

on I

kept m

akin

g impro

vem

ents

to m

y public

atio

ns in

cludin

g inse

rtin

g col

oure

d

backg

rounds

to m

y te

xt b

oxes

to m

ake

them

eas

ier t

o re

ad a

nd chan

ging s

ome

of th

e fo

nt,

based

on fe

edbac

k giv

en to

me

by m

y se

cond p

roje

ct b

uddy. I

also

found th

at s

ome

of th

e

anim

als

that

I had

use

d in m

y dra

ft o

f my

leafl

et w

eren

’t in

my

repor

ts, w

hich w

as s

pecifi

ed in

the

SPB, so

I wen

t bac

k an

d chan

ged th

is.

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12/2/1

3

Today

I st

arte

d to w

rite

my

end o

f pro

ject

revi

ew.

I fou

nd it q

uite h

ard a

t

first b

ecau

se I

didn’t

know

how

to s

tart

it o

ff and w

hen I

star

ted re

view

ing

my

publicat

ions

I did

n’t kn

ow w

hat to

say

. How

ever

, once

I got

into

it I

found

it got

pro

gress

ivel

y ea

sier

and w

ill c

ontin

ue to

wor

k on

this

nex

t les

son

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28/2/1

3

Today

I finis

hed w

orki

ng on m

y en

d of p

roje

ct re

view

up

until th

e por

tfol

io, w

hich I

will

writ

e af

ter t

has

bee

n

com

plete

d. I t

hen s

pent t

he re

st o

f the

less

on o

rgan

isin

g

my

files

read

y to

put t

hem in

to m

e ep

ortfol

io.

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11/3/1

3

In to

days

less

on I st

arte

d work

on m

y port

folio

. Is

sta

rted

by

crea

ting a

min

d map

in M

atch

war

e, a

nd then

sta

rted

to c

reat

e th

e open

ing

parag

raphs

and a

ttac

hing m

y file

s to

the

vario

us pag

es.

The

rest

of m

y

eport

folio

and m

y pro

ject

log w

ill b

e co

mple

ted o

utsid

e of l

esso

n tim

e.