VU visit ... week 09 !

we had VU visits again this week and this time mr.luke was down to help us more on the technical aspect of the project. most of us were pretty lost about what needs to be done about the system and we had the basics to show him on the first day. i had already done the storyboard and the basic designs on the system side and i showed it to him.

this week was by far the best week because we actually had alot of guidance on our project!!! mr.luke was helpful and most of us took the advantage to ask him all the things we needed to clear out. afterall, after this week we're not too sure who's gonna be guiding us in case we need any help.

anyways, previously i was told that if i say that something is done for a touch screen, i would have to demo on one too. but good news is that mr.luke said that i could still go ahead and create my prototype for a touch screen however i could demo it using a pc.

he also mentioned certain important facts that i needed to consider such as having large buttons since its a touch screen. there are certain design rules that have to be applied since its for a touch screen. i had to change the design a bit but luckily since i havent gone too far with it, it shouldnt be a problem.

time to get going on the project..atleast now we are more clear and since he would be marking the project too, we know which advice we should be sticking with because previously we were all rather confused because we had 4 different opinions from 4 different lecturers who were involved with our system side and the proposal too! argh..

after the break - week 8

all the classes was cancelled this week. nothing was done and im not too sure why? (maybe because the lecturer was sick, im not too sure). on all the day we were informed last minute that the classes have been cancelled. for both dvd and script writing and also for the final year project subject.

worked on the overall layout and trying to decide how to fit in the content. i need to think about the game that i would be including into my package too. needs to be interactive yet should be simple since i would be creating a prototype for a touch screen.

lots of things to think about. pity that classes were cancelled because we werent abe to show our progress or get any feedback.

mr luke would be down next week and we need to get alot of work done by then so that he would be the best person to give us some feedback and help up with any technical problems. im all geared up for a tough week next week! :)

mid term break

its the mid term break and i had planned to do alot of work but unfornately im really sick. ive been given a medical leave for 10 days too! was down with fever etc. anyways, the best i could do for this week was to work on the assingment for other subjects and also relating to the final year project i just gathered up some information. i hope im not lagging too much with the work. need to catch up soooon!

week 7, VU visit

this week was supposed to be the second week of VU visit but since the last week was cancelled its going to be our first VU visit. ms megan is down as planned and she was taking over both the subjects (writing for web and this subject too). so sometimes, its a bit confusing when the same lecturer is there for two subjects.

she looked through our proposals and as for me, i wrote up more because i felt it was best to show her more of my work and do a little extra since she could check it and give a feedback. i wrote roughly half of the proposal and showed it to her, she made alot of changes and made me think about the whole project further. there were some issues that were not too clear such as the deliverables and also the target audience.

after talking with her about it, i was more confused and stressed out but just as she suggested i took a day to re-think everything and started to make changes on the proposal.

we had a class discussion (which is something i really like) but unfortunately we dont do it often during our classes usually. this was the best way to get other people's opinions and also suggestions and this would improve our work. i got alot of feedback and from the suggestions that my classmates made during the discussion, i got more ideas which was a really awesome thing.

as for the assignment, the DVD was due this week. and we were asked to hand it in directly to ms megan before she leaves. i had already finished up the DVD two weeks ago! :) because i was doing it on a friends laptop (using a mac) since i couldnt install adobe encore on my pc. i did it much earlier because my friend was free then and i figured it was best to finish that up and focus more on the final year project.

although i had finished it up, i had trouble burning the DVD because her laptop doesnt have a DVD burner!!!! it made me panick but finally she found a friend who happened to have a DVD burner so we installed the software on that and burnt the DVD. it was done on time and i was so relaxed and free because i didnt have to panick about it last minute.

most of my friends who were using adobe encore faced alot of problems burning and completing the final product. i heard it was some bug that they resolved later on. i was just glad i used DVD studio pro instead of trying to work with adobe encore because to me, DVD studio pro was much easier to handle.

after handing in the assignment to ms megan and also after completing all the classes, she made appointments with us to meet everyone individually. it was really useful because i was able to ask her so many questions that i had doubts about and clear out my project further.

overall this week alot of work was done and it was done efficiently i would say! :)

week 06

this week was supposed to be the VU visit and mr luke was supposed to be down but it was cancelled due to some unavoidable circumstances. we worked on the proposals and i really had alot of catching up to do since i got my title approved pretty late. after putting in alot more work i managed to catch up with the same level that the rest of the class was doing.

we had to do the weekly activities and it was a set of questions that we had to answer after reading through a website. i did that during the class hour itself because i didnt want to leave it for later. trying to manage my time well so that i dont get stuck in between.

i started working on the story board too.. should be shown to miss jaya sometime next week if im not wrong. theres just so much to do, so little time! hopefully everything would fall in place eventually. its the last semester afterall ! =)

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post note:

i managed to finish up the story board and i showed it to ms jaya. she gave some suggestions and i made some changes instantly. but i have to redraw some of the stuff before ms megan comes down next week!