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Nearly the end of another week of hard work but I can really see it already paying off, the research into how different websites are set out helped me in drawing my thumbnails and designs for my template. I also researched into feedback forms and the different questions that I could include on my own; I think doing a school website has been a good choice as the sorts of designs were based school kids in mind.

The highlight of this week was certainly working with Pagemaker again. Not the most glamorous of software but making professional looking print work is something that I enjoyed doing before. Having worked with Pagemaker before I felt that some of the features came back to me and I’m looking forward to designing my template next week.

Certainly the trickiest part of this week was coming up with designs that include colours and sizes, though I suppose its all experience that will help in future work of this nature not that I will be looking forward to it. I know that in future I’m going to put more effort in my drawings as I feel that I can improve on my presentation of my drawings.

Even though I worry about the tutorial and whether the work I have got is enough or good enough I look forward to talking about the work in there and getting the feedback from the group, I was pleased that we were sat together this week as I had to talk to the people in my group more than I have at any other point on the course.

Third Week

This week was quite a good week in terms of finding out how far on with the assignment we are. I was worried that I may have been falling behind but after the meeting on Thursday I was pleasantly surprised. I’m up to date and on course to get it in on time.

The delivery requirements was the main area of the assignment that was troubling me, I was totally unsure about what was required in terms of presentation and what was needed but after the tutorial I was ok and knew what was needed. I feel that I did well with the research into the web hosting and domain names, I found quite a lot of information on this though I could probably find more into what is needed to get a website up and running learning all the Initialisms. This research was good as it will help in the future when I have to get a domain name and a web host for my own website and I will then know where to look and where I can find the best deal for me.

This week was good as I also worked with Photoshop again and tried to get to know all the functions again. All in all this week has been a productive week and I am looking forward to getting on with the more art and design side with the templates for the pages and feedback form.

Apparently I’m also on course to set a new record for filling up my sketchbook the quickest, I’m not too sure whether to be pleased with that, I’m just happy that I’m making enough notes to be able to do the work on the http://www.hnd-interactive-media.co.uk/ course.

Second Week

The second week was the real start to the course. I found the lecture on Tuesday really good about the things that go into making a good (effective) website, this included information that needs to go in and that doesn't the first assignment showed just how much work is going to be done at HE level and how much extra self study is going to have to be done. The researching for all the different tasks is something that is going to take the most time after going through a list of everything that needs to be done, with all the tasks of the assignment broken down. In our groups we had the first of the tutorial meetings with Steve this enabled us to ask questions about the assignment or course, there were several questions that I needed to ask and found it easier in the smaller group to find out the answer.

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Where you have come from?

I have come from doing the AVCE in ITC at Wakefield College. I got an interest in doing the Interactive Media course from doing this and from the year that I spent at Wakefield doing the BTEC in Media. Having previously used some of the software that we will be using on the HND in Interactive Media, I gained a decent knowledge of using Photoshop and Fireworks; this is also what gave me an interest in the Interactive Media course. Whilst also doing the AVCE we created a website for a client, although the site was very basic with very little design I found this entertaining and felt that this is an area that I would like a career in.

Where you are now?

I have just started on the Interactive media course which I believe is the best way forward for me as I would like to get into a career in design. I hope that this will give me the knowledge to go forward and study further to get a full degree or so that I have the knowledge to go and get a job in the in the design business. I chose this media course after looking at other university courses, I feel that I will get better help and better knowledge from working in a smaller environment and will learn quicker and produce high quality work.

Where are you going?

I am hoping that I will be able to get a job in web design, as my previous experience of this was very good. Although there are other areas of design that I would like to have a look at before I dedicate myself fully to looking at one career path, I’m going to look at the different assignments and the units of the course and then make decisions about what I would like to do or what I definitely wont want to do. As I feel that there may be one or two areas that I could look into without limiting myself.