Printer back working - 2 weeks to half term

Thank you to everyone this week you have all suddenly gelled and I could not ask for more effort - well done. Be positive - be confident - you can all do well with the coursework if you believe in yourselves and keep being positive.

Laser cutter unavailable - printer erratic

Continuing problems with above hampering progress for some students. 3 weeks after this week to complete practical ( aiming for the 13 th February )

Laser cutter problems

Laser now NOT working again. We thought the service had solved the problem but it looks like it may need external servicing ( gassing )

Printer problems

We have now had the printer black cartridge replaced - just too late to use for most students this week. However some students managed to print, printer is working well or so we thought - after several students tried to print work it became evident that the colours were no where near correct - down to an empyish blue cartridge...... hey ho.

Please keep trying to complete your practical work - printer and computers problems aside. We only have 5 weeks to complete. After this we need to re-visit the folio to add essential pages. We will do this as a group.

Folios must be in the locked cupboard for marking

Crist M needs to bring folio in for me to update records.
Promised to bring in next lesson - thus missing a week - again.
Matthew L - Sam H need more application - really must respond to needs of coursework, not much time left - please make some efforts.
Arron McF - we need to have folio evidence - tried comicworks on mac to no avail. Arron to screen dump into word.

Still problems with printer and laser cutter

We are still being frustrated by the lack of resources to progress our practical work. As mentioned before we must get our practical work completed by 13th February which will allow time to address some folio elements as a class.

Priority for next 6 weeks

We aim to complete the coursework by Friday 13th February.
Thus our focus is to complete the practical element by then, especially as it represents 60 % of the total coursework mark.
Most of you have made a good start on this - with some good scale modeling. However remember we are assessed on the graphics which are added to the practical work. We need to be clear about what is needed, ie., graphics created using Photoshop or corel or paint shop pro MUST be added to the models. Include your logos ( which you designed earlier ). If you are making a shop front or exhibition stand you need to have the walls and floor covered with graphics. Mobile phone models need to be photographed and these to be used on packaging, leaflets, adverts etc.