1. 5. What have you learnt
about technologies from the
process of constructing this
product?
2. During my coursework I have used various different platforms to research and create my
magazine. I used Microsoft Word and PowerPoint which I have used many
times before, these were for my research. To organise and make sure my work was easy to
understand.
I also used Photoshop and InDesign for the first time to create my front cover, contents
page and double page spread.
Another tool I used was Survey Monkey for my survey to be able to find out my target
audience.
3. I had already used Microsoft Word and
PowerPoint many times in the past,
meanwhile Photoshop and InDesign were
completely new to me but by the end of
my coursework I had learned many
different things about both programmes such
as in Photoshop how to operate the tool bar
and how to create different layers to make it
easier to edit the document, I used rulers to
position the images or elements precisely. I
also learnt how to edit the images using
adjustments to get the best out the image as
possible.
I also used Photoshop as well as
InDesign when making my double page
spread, I used an area of the background
of the image I was going to use and pasted
to the other side of the page and blurred them
together to make the both pages have similar
coloured background.
4. In InDesign I learnt various things such as
how to operate the tool bar ( type tool,
shape tool, etc), columns and column
guides.
I used column guides to ensure my text
was placed neatly on the page.
In the process of making the double page
spread there was extra space left between
the text and images. So I decided to
enlarge the images and include a pull out
quote.
5. SurveyMonkey was a website I had never
used before. Once I had made an account
everything was quite simple from there. I used
it for my audience research as it was a quick
and easy way to get lots of responses once I
had shared it on Facebook. I asked questions
on basic information about themselves
and their opinion on music magazines.
I had also never used SlideShare before doing
my coursework. But it was very easy once I
learned how to use it, I used it various
times on my blog by copying the embedded
link and pasting onto my blog.
6. I also learned how to use Sound cloud
and how to upload videos to
YouTube to be able to insert my music
interviews onto my blog. On Sound
cloud once I created an account I
uploaded the audio then copied and
pasted the embedded link onto my blog.
I used the same process when
uploading my video onto YouTube
except I already had an account.
Another thing I learned how to use was
DaFont and how to download different
fonts using Run.
