Certificate in Digital Applications – Level 02 Creative Multimedia – DA202

CLIENT PROPOSAL – prepared by the “In the News” production company  ‘In the News’ is an opportunity to get involved in the world of media and television. ‘In the News’ experts preview news broadcasts created by young people and arrange for the best to be shown on community television channels.  You must produce a news broadcast for the ‘In the News’ experts to preview. This will be a multimedia broadcast that features a headline story about youth achievement.  You will choose the target audience and a title for your broadcast. Within this broadcast there needs to be a range of media content to make it look and feel more professional. You will be required to produce a videoed weather forecast that will be shown during the news broadcast.  A range of youth achievements in the area will need to be highlighted, these could include community support, sport, local educational achievements or anything that requires merit. CLIENT PROPOSAL – prepared by the “In the News” production company  ‘In the News’ is an opportunity to get involved in the world of media and television. ‘In the News’ experts preview news broadcasts created by young people and arrange for the best to be shown on community television channels.  You must produce a news broadcast for the ‘In the News’ experts to preview. This will be a multimedia broadcast that features a headline story about youth achievement.  You will choose the target audience and a title for your broadcast. Within this broadcast there needs to be a range of media content to make it look and feel more professional. You will be required to produce a videoed weather forecast that will be shown during the news broadcast.  A range of youth achievements in the area will need to be highlighted, these could include community support, sport, local educational achievements or anything that requires merit. LO3 Checklist LO2 Assignment LO1LO4LO5LO6

Broadcast Overview: Your news broadcast must:  be between 3 and 4 minutes long and include: ◦ opening and closing sequences ◦ a welcome video clip ◦ a headline story ◦ a continuity sequence ◦ a weather forecast  play from beginning to end.  You must also produce a preview version that allows experts to navigate to components of the broadcast. Broadcast Overview: Your news broadcast must:  be between 3 and 4 minutes long and include: ◦ opening and closing sequences ◦ a welcome video clip ◦ a headline story ◦ a continuity sequence ◦ a weather forecast  play from beginning to end.  You must also produce a preview version that allows experts to navigate to components of the broadcast. LO3 Checklist LO2 Assignment LO1LO4LO5LO6

1 Assignment 2 LO Assignment 2 LO How the news leads from the story into the conclusion. Review by a test user of the Portfolio (P) Faults are listed (P) Review is recorded (P) Preview and Finished video are evaluated (P) Suitable Test criteria (M) Reference to additional assets (M) Assets and ePortfolio are evaluated (M) A wide range of questions (D) Feedback is commented on (D) LO6: Be able to Test and Evaluate the ePortfolio You need to complete the following tasks in order to effectively create a working proposal for your client. To achieve a pass grade: Candidates will produce a basic Test and Evaluation of your ePortfolio that includes Testing the preview assets and the finished video. Some suggested improvements are made. To achieve a merit grade: Candidates will produce a useful Test and Evaluation of your ePortfolio that includes Testing the preview assets and the finished video and additional assets. A range of suggested improvements are made. To achieve a distinction grade: Candidates will produce a purposeful Test and Evaluation of your ePortfolio that includes Testing the preview assets and the finished video and most of the assets. A good range of suggested improvements are made and commented on. 1

1 Assignment 2 LO Assignment 2 LO Length, file format, quality of footage Appeal to the target audience. Links, quality of images layout. Content (M/D) Quality of animations (M/D) Consistent layout (D) Explanation of assets (D) Inclusion of all elements (D) LO6: Be able to Test and Evaluate the ePortfolio ‘In the News’ looking to preview portfolios of production evidence to decide which proposal to work with. ‘In the News’ would like you to create a testing scenario for your ePortfolio that needs to test both parts of your completed work, the Assets and the ePortfolio. These tests should allow you to make improvements to your work before submitting the ePortfolio to the company for evaluation. 1 Task 1 (P/M/D) - Create a test table that tests the different range of Assets in your Products Folder. These tests should allow for changes to quality and content and should include: 1 What Am I testing, 2 What should happen, 3 What did happen, 5 Steps to Correct and 5 Evidence. For pass you should test 4 things, for Merit, 5 and for Distinction 6 and the language used in the evidence should be descriptive. 2 Task 2 (P/M/D) – Create a test table that tests the different range of features on your ePortfolio Website. For pass you should test 4 things, for Merit, 5 and for Distinction 6 and the language used in the evidence should be descriptive.

1 Assignment 2 LO Assignment 2 LO Browser compatibility (P) Reducing Image sizes (P) Reducing Video Sizes (P) Maintaining quality (P) Maintaining file format (P) Evidence final folder size (P) Consideration of which assets are more important. (M) LO6: Be able to Test and Evaluate the ePortfolio ‘In the News’ looking to preview portfolios of production evidence to decide which proposal to work with. Task 3 (P, M, D) Testing the ePortfolio is important but there are things that can go wrong form one version of testing to another. You will need to explain to the client which browser you have tested the ePortfolio on and evidence to them that the overall Portfolio of Assets is less than the recommended size limit set by the client of 50mb. If the entire portfolio of work is more than this size you will need to reduce down the assets within the folder. Use Format Factory or Office Picture Manager to do this. 3 Task 3 (P/M) – Explain which browser was used for testing and evidence reducing your ePortfolio to less than 50Mb. When you do this, try not to reduce the quality of the files too much, choose which files would be best to reduce and by what standard.

1 Assignment 2 LO Assignment 2 LO Open and Closed Questions (P) Limited areas (P) Suggested Improvements (P) Range of Areas (M) Comments on Quality and Timings (M) Comments on Resolution (D) Comments on Consistency (D) A range of Improvements D) LO6: Be able to Test and Evaluate the ePortfolio ‘In the News’ looking to preview portfolios of production evidence to decide which proposal to work with. Task 4 (P, M, D) Reviewing your broadcasts is best done by other people who are likely to notice things that you and your test buddy may not have noticed. The final version of the broadcast needs to be reviewed by several reviewers. The reviewers will need to comment on: 1.Opening sequence 2.The welcome video clip 3.The headline story 4.The continuity sequence 5.The weather forecast 6.The closing sequence 7.The preview files 8.The Overall look and feel of the product 9.Valid Suggestions for Improvements. 4 Task 4 (P/M/D) – Create a questionnaire that will allow users to review the Preview and Full Versions of your Broadcast. 5 Task 5 (P/M/D) – Conduct feedback from test users on your Preview and Full Versions of your Broadcast.

1 Assignment 2 LO Assignment 2 LO Comment on quality (P) Comment on Preview and Final versions (P) Comment on Improvements (P) Make valid arguments on improvements (M) Comment on how improvements might help (M) Critically argue on improvements (D) Explain how to carry out improvements (D) LO6: Be able to Test and Evaluate the ePortfolio ‘In the News’ looking to preview portfolios of production evidence to decide which proposal to work with. ‘In the News’ would like you to review the feedback given and made comments on the results. You will need to analyse the results and discuss whether they are valid or not. For the suggested improvements you will need to comment on whether they are justified and if so what benefits would making those improvements make for your final and preview versions of the files. For Merit and Distinction the suggested improvements need to be critically reviewed and commented on. 6 Task 6 (P/M/D) – Produce a Review of the feedback from your test users and comment on the suggested improvements. Save the final review and the three questionnaires in the Evidence folder for the client to read and agree with.

1 Assignment 2 LO Assignment 2 LO TaskActivities StudentStaff LO6: Be able to Test and Evaluate the ePortfolio 1 (P/M/D) Create a test table that tests the different range of Assets in your Products Folder. 4 tests 5 tests including Content and Quality 6 tests including Layout and Assets Quality 2 (P/M/D) Create a test table that tests the different range of features on your ePortfolio Website. 4 tests 5 tests including Content and Quality 6 tests including Layout and Assets Quality 3 (P/M) Explain which browser was used for testing and evidence reducing your ePortfolio to less than 50Mb. Explanation of Browser Used (P)Consideration of Assets Size reduction (M) 4 (P/M/D) Create a questionnaire that will allow users to review the Preview and Full Versions of your Broadcast. Open and Closed Questions (P) Quality and Timings (M) Resolution and Consistency (D) 5 (P/M/D) Conduct feedback from test users on your Preview and Full Versions of your Broadcast. Open and Closed Questions (P) Quality and Timings (M) Resolution and Consistency (D) 6 (P/M/D) Produce a Review of the feedback from your test users and comment on the suggested improvements. Quality and Improvements (P) Valid with Comments on How Improvements might help (M) Critical comments with explanation of how to make improvements. (D)