Objective

Today I will create the WORD document that I will print as my
process journal at the end of this project.

11/7/11

I waqs unable to print out ht edocument due to some technical difficulties. The font stayed the same, but I did not know how to change the font color and I questioned the sized as well.

Q2 Vocab

Etiquette: Having good etiquette skills allows you to be liked by others.
Trolls: The common troll will usually attempt to stir up conflict by posting a hateful comment on the interest.
Conduct: The personal Conduct you have now will affect your future.
Anonymous: You are free from direct confrontation when you are anonymous.
Ethical: To choose the most ethical solution is to show your clear thinking.
Tone: Tone expresses your feelings.
URL: URL's to sites are usually highlighted in blue (aka: links)

My Project 

Create

I have abandoned the video project, and have decided to use classtools.net for creating the base of the project. These will be my design cycle questions.

1. Identify the problem fall's under which criteria?*Investigate
2. Develop the design brief fall's under which criteria?*Investigate
3. Formulate a design specification fall's under which criteria?*Investigate
4. 3 designs fall under which criteria?*Design
5. Design a product or solution fall's under which criteria?*Plan
6. Plan a product or solution fall's under which criteria?*Plan
7. Use appropriate techniques and equipment  fall's under which criteria?*Create
8. Follow the plan fall's under which criteria?*Create
9. Create the product or solution fall's under which criteria?*Create
10. Evaluate the product or solution fall's under which criteria?*Evaluate
11. Evaluate the use of the design cycle fall's under which criteria?*Evaluate
12. What is the first step of the Design Cycle?*Investigate
13. What is the last step of the Design Cycle?*Evaluate

Design Brief

My first method on completing this project was to use Doombuilder. I did not understand the whole idea of how we were supposed to complete the project, but as I learned the concept of how we were supposed to present it, I had the idea where I could make the player of the game shoot certain walls with questions and answers. If they got the answer incorrect, the ceiling would fall, crushing the player to death (or they would just be teleported to the beginning... for non-gore purposes). As much as I wanted to try this, I realized that I do not have a scripting knowledge of that magnitude, so I decided to abandon this idea and try to find something simpler to create my project.

My second method came to me as an intermediate-difficult project where I would record my desktop screen as I would either show... something that pertains to the Design Cycle. Afterwards I would edit and add annotations on what I did in each Design Cycle Stage. It seemed to be a pretty solid plan/design, but my only problem was that I could not think of what item (game creation / movie creation / etc.) to project how I used the Design Cycle. I did not entirely abandon this idea, but in the meantime I will use the simplest method.

Third method: Class Tools - Manic Miner

Investigation

I had researched two programs I will use to present my project on the design cycle. I will use Doombuilder to create my presentation, and use either of the following desktop recording programs to present the final product. Now I need to design a story board on how I will teach the design cycle.

The two desktop recording softwares I have selected are Camtasia and Free screen recorder from BB FlashBack Express. I am considering weather or not I should use Camtasia since the quality is better, although if I used this, I would only have under 30 days to use the free trail. On the other hand, the Free screen recorder is available to use as long as I need to.

Considering the project being due on October 11, using Camtasia is my best option since a 30 day free trail is more than enough time for me to complete the final product.