This document outlines the schedule and tasks for a student's final major project creating a games design blog. It includes setting up questionnaires, pitching the blog concept, designing and setting up the blog website, writing and posting 10 blog entries over 10 weeks, and a final evaluation deadline by the beginning of week 20.05.13. Key tasks include compiling audience research, constructing a budget, meeting with supervisors, and reviewing progress regularly.
1. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTec Level 3
Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production
Games Design
Final Major Project
Schedule
Abcdefg= Completed
(rescheduled) = Rescheduled.
Review date: 06.02.13
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
w/b 04.02.13 Task 1 - FMP Launch
Meeting
w/b 11.02.13 Half-Term
w/b 18.02.13 Book meeting slot
with project manager.
Questionnaire
compiled and started
to hand out.
Review Schedule and
Production Log
Meeting taken place
with project manager
Questionnaire posted
online to forums.
Took in questionnaire
results and started to
collate the results.
w/b 25.02.13 Carried on taking in
the results of my
questionnaire and
collate answers.
Emailed 5 different
bloggers asking
relevant questions.
Review Schedule and
Production Log
Meeting taken place
with project manager.
Emailed 5 different
bloggers asking
relevant questions
(rescheduled).
Have all
questionnaires taken
in and results taken
and analysed
completely.
Audience profiling
completed
Have all
questionnaires taken
in and results taken
and analysed
completely.
(Rescheduled).
Audience profiling
completed
(rescheduled).
w/b 04.03.13 Pitch taken place by
this week.
Complete
presentation for my
pitch by today.
Add finished and
analysed
questionnaire results
to my presentation for
pitch.
Review Schedule and
Production Log
Pitch taken place
today (Rescheduled)
Construct a budget
which shows how
much everything I
would need would
cost over 3 years.
Look into legal terms
and conditions of
posting information
online which contains
information from
varied sports sites.
w/b 11.03.13 Pre-production to
havefinished taking
place by this week.
Construct a budget
which shows how
much everything I
Review Schedule and
Production Log
Meeting taken place
2. would need would
cost over 3 years.
with project manager
w/b 18.03.13 Set up blog and start
to edit the website
layout.
Review Schedule and
Production Log
Meeting taken place
with project manager
Have website layout
completed and start
to write first blog post.
25.03.13 Easter
01.04.13 Easter
w/b 08.04.13 Post welcome
paragraph and first
blog post to blog.
Review Schedule and
Production Log.
Post welcome
paragraph and first
blog post to
blog.(rescheduled)
Start to write second
post.Check analytics of
first post.
w/b 15.04.13 Check analytics of first
post.
Post seconds blog
post.
Post seconds blog
post.
Start to write third
post.
Review Schedule and
Production Log
Post third blog post.
Start to write fourth
post.
w/b 22.04.13 Check analytics of blog
posts.
Post fourth blog post.
Start to write fifth
post.
Review Schedule and
Production Log
Post fifth blog
post.Start to write
sixth post.
Check analytics of blog
posts.
Post fifth blog post.
Start to write sixth
post.
w/b 29.04.13 Check analytics of blog
posts.
Post sixth blog post
Start to write seventh
post.
Review Schedule and
Production Log
Start to write seventh
post.
Post seventh blog
post.
Post seventh blog
post.
Begin to write eight
post.
Check analytics of blog
posts.
Begin to write eight
post.(Rescheduled)
w/b 06.05.13 Check analytics of blog
posts.
Post eight blog post.
Begin and post ninth
blog post.
(Rescheduled)
Review Schedule and
Production Log
Begin and post ninth
blog
post.(Rescheduled)
Check analytics of blog
posts.
Begin and post ninth
blog post
(Rescheduled)
w/b 13.05.13 Check analytics of blog
posts.
Begin and post ninth
blog post
Review Schedule and
Production Log
Begin and post tenth
and final blog post.
(rescheduled but
began to write)
Finish writing and post
tenth blog post
(rescheduled but
finished writing)
Check analytics of blog
posts.
Post tenth blog post
3. w/b 20.05.13 Task 8: Evaluation
should take place no
later than the
beginning of this
week.
Evaluation complete DEADLINE