How I completed my IEA Diploma

1. by Mariyah Hoosenally

2. Depending on your teacher, you will either
have to make an e-Portfolio or a Google Doc
folder-
Make sure these are organised!

3. Before you start your planning and research section, download the
Planning and Research Evidence Rubric and read through it
carefully: make a checklist of what you have to complete. This
will help guide you through the Planning and Research section.

4. - IEA section of Wisdom and downloaded the
document ‘Choosing my Project’, which gave
me some Ideas as to what my project would be
about.
- Mindmap 3 Ideas on Bubbl.us: clients, pros/cons
- Through this, choose your project ideas.

5. On the IEA declaration form, you have to include a
short summary of the project, show what type of
programs you will be using, and state your objectives
and success criteria which are appropriate for your
client and which show your technical abilities.

6. The brief description
of the project should be
no more than 100-150
words long, and has to
include :
- Clients objective
- What you are making
- Purpose
Web Authoring- creating a
website
Digital Images-
manipulating
images using hi-tech
programs
such as Adobe Photoshop
Digital Video- editing a
video

7. The objectives have to be
clear and concise, as
well as measurable.
The success criteria is
there as a guide, telling
you what you have to do
in order to achieve that
objective.
My objective example:
Objective: Create an
efficient website that is
compatible with all major
browsers
Success Criteria: When the
website is published, check
that the website loads on
all browsers (firefox, I.E,
safari) and all system
platforms (Mac & Windows).

8. - It is vital that throughout the project, you
constantly communicate with your client
and RECORD the evidence.
- You may communicate with your client via
email, telephone, skype etc. What’s
important is that you record this! Use
audacity, Jing, Screen Captcha, Screen
shots, etc.
- I communicated with my client via email,
taking screenshots of my replies and her
emails and putting them in a communication
folder, my blog

9. Some examples of my
email screenshots: Your
blog should be filled with
these!
Remember to keep a formal
setting throughout your
emails, even if your client is
family.

10. - Email your client and ask for a photocopy/
picture of their business card; this is essential
for the project.
- You will then need to write a detailed description
on what the project will have. First, you need to email your
client and ask WHAT will be on the product, WHO will it be
for, WHAT will it be used for and your AIMS.
- The aims on this section can be taken from your IEA
declaration form.
- Then write ¾ of a page of a detailed description, and put
it on your ePortfolio with the title

11.  There are 6 sections to the IEA: planning and research, design,
implementation, testing, evaluation, and submission.
 On the mindmap, you will have to write the tasks you will have to
do in each section of the IEA, using the rubric and the wisdom page.

12.  Research Gantt Charts on Google, documenting the website you
used on the Website Source template, located on Wisdom. I used
the website:
http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/definition/Gantt-chart
 Count how many weeks of the IEA you have left, including
holidays, and make a list of ALL THE TASKS you have to in the IEA.
• On an excel spreadsheet, write the weeks on the x-axis and the tasks on
the y-axis. Then, allocate the time needed to complete each task, so that you
will finish the project in time. Use this Gantt chart as a timeline for your IEA.

13.  Using Google forms, I made a survey about what to include
on my website, what are the necessary elements, what
information should be included, and the relevance of a
tourism website.
 I sent the survey to a range of people: Choose different
genders and ages, as this will give you a more well
rounded accurate result (depending on your product).
 Once I got all the results, I put them into graphs and pie
charts and analyzed each individual question and answer.
 Using the answers, I wrote what I would do in order to
meet that criteria.
 Put all of this on your IEA portfolio.

14.  As I am making a website on a Mac, I researched Mac friendly
website creation software's, and came up with iWeb, Rapid
weaver and Dreamweaver
 For each software, you will have to find a range of tutorials and
do a write up stating:
- The name of the tutorial : iWeb Skills
- A description of what it has: Created by the apple website, it
shows you how to master the techniques of iWeb etc.
- The skills you have learned: Creating a webpage, Add images etc.
- An evaluation of the tutorial: I found this useful as it taught you
the basic facilities on iWeb, but it did not show any advanced
features of the software
- You will then have to state what program you have chosen based
on the tutorials.

15.  This is the easy part!
 User spec: what must the user be able to do in order to
use the product? Must they be able to use the computer?
Connect to the internet? Make at least 3 specifications.
 Justification of using an ICT solution: why do you have to
use ICT to make your product?
 My reasons for making a website were: it is much more
economically efficient, people use media more than any
other source, and using paper would harm the
environment.

16.  Find a project that is similar to yours- Since a
made a website on Ladakh tourism, I found a
website that was specifically about Ladakh
Tourism: reachladakh.com
 Find the similarities and
differences that you see between your impending
produt and this one: Color scheme? The
information content? Overall structure? Media?

17.  Hardware? Mimimum Hardware is what you will
need, Optimum Hardware is what you want to
have.
 What software will you need? I needed iWeb,
Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator to make
all my product.
 Furthermore, what are the advantages and
disadvantages of using those software. If you
weren’t using those products, what would be a
suitable alternative?
 You will need at least ¾ of a page to complete
this section.

19.  Ask your client what they want, exactly, for
their website design. Then begin 5-6 initial
designs for the website on paper, color and
annotate them, scan them in and send them
to your client.

20.  Using your clients feedback, make 2 final designs
using ICT- Adobe Illustrator and iWeb were the
programs I used. Annotate and label them, email
them to your client, and let her choose which
one she likes best.

21.  Make a short list of what you have to do: use
your Gantt Chart to help you
First thing I had to do: edit the photographs for
my website using Photoshop
Second thing I had to do: design the website
using iWeb
Third thing I had to do: make the banner for
the website using Adobe Illustrator

22.  Remember to document ALL YOUR WORK, especially
you using the advanced features: it is the only way you
will get marks!
 You can document it by doing screenshots, taking
videos, etc.
 I documented my work by taking screenshots and
making a annotated slideshare/prezi presentation, and
embedded all of it onto my IEA website
Before and annotated step
after shots by step of my
of my edited editing process.
images Advanced
Features are
captured here.

23.  For both of these, I used the PowerPoint and
Slideshare to help document these processes.

24.  Remember to email your client, and make
sure that EVERYTHING about your work is
correct and up to her standards.
 If your client says yes, then you must
document this email, put it in your
communication folder, and
YOU ARE DONE WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION.

25.  I looked an analyzed all the objectives I made at
the beginning of my project on the IEA declaration
form
 Using the success criteria I made a judgment on
if I achieved those objectives or not.
 You may need evidence on whether you achieved it
or not  For example, on objective was that my
website would work on all website browsers.

26.  I made a survey for the quality of my website, and sent it to
around 20 people.
 The survey questions tested the objectives in my IEA
declaration form, so it would give me an idea on whether I
achieved these goals and if my website is fit for purpose.
 I analyzed the survey results and made a PowerPoint.

27. If your product is going to be used by the public in a commercial manner,
you need evidence of this!
For example, above is a picture of my client using the website and a picture
of my clients customer using the website as well.
You will only need this if your website is going to be used commercially: if it
isn’t, this is not necessary.

28.  Conclude whether or not your website is fit
for purpose-
 If it isn’t, that is alright- as long as you say
why it isn’t and what you can do to improve
it next time.

29.  Personal Evaluation: Strengths and
Weaknesses
 Improvements: List improvements, why you
need them and how long they would take.