Evaluating own work


Evaluating own work requires the user to pinpoint specific areas of the project, mostly in the following order – Idea, Research, Post production, Production. Research is the most crucial stage… for example what materials can be use, what techniques and if the software and hardware will support the creation of your final production. Jumping ahead a little, it is a good idea to write appendices at the end of your article and reference this information at certain points in your evaluation… For instance, when writing something about a technical error you ran into which has already been covered in an online journal, it is wise to copy and paste that text into the appendices and write a quick reference point during your evaluation pointing to it e.g. I ran into problems whilst using Dreamweaver but soon solved the problem (see appendix, 3)

Most of the time when writing a report (especially for lecturers) it is important to note that they will not be too interested in the programs and process you created the final product with, they will be more interested in why you chose to use those programs, why you used certain methods to create the product and most importantly what influences and materials inspired you to create the final piece of work – just saying you created a post card and the reason you decided it was finished was ‘because it looked good’ will not be looked upon too favourably.

I have also dug up the link for those that wish to 'Harvard reference' -

http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm