Module Evaluation

OUGD301 Module Evaluation

This is my best module so far and while it has been the most challenging one, I feel that I have risen to the challenge and learned a great deal throughout. On the whole I am very pleased with how this module turned out. I feel that I have produced a substantial amount of work of high quality. One of the main things that I have learned during this module is the value of time management and that I have the ability to make decisions quickly rather than spend forever dithering over my briefs. I feel that I utilised this the most in the second half of the module rather than the first.

The first two of my substantial briefs that I worked on were the Fictional Drinks and the Bike Bakery and I feel that I made a mistake in not initially setting myself a deadline for these briefs, and because of this I spent a lot longer on them than I needed to and could have produced the work that I did in less time. Because of this, I feel like had I utilized my time better at the beginning of the module I could have produced more work or even had time enough to do an extra brief.

In the second half of the module I realised that I am able to start and finish what I consider to be a substantial brief within five days. This came from working on a collaborate brief with Will Asken and between us we produced a substantial brief within five days and I realised that if we could do it together in five, I could do one by myself in five. This proved to be very productive and working on one brief solidly and getting it done in five days was far easier than having my attention spread thinly over several briefs at one time. I am aware that when working on industry I will be working on several briefs at any one time and I feel that this course is giving me good practice for when I am working in industry.

I used my Identity a Day brief as a test to see what I could produce in a day and I think that this was an excellent exercise to do as it honed my ability to make faster decisions and to get something finalised in a short amount of time.

A con of the module is that I wasn’t on top of my blog as much as I would have liked to be. Everything is up to date but I had to have several sessions of just catching up with my blog after I intended on blogging everything when it needed to be blogged and not ending up in the situation of having to have a catch up session at the end of the module.

Overall, I feel that this is my best module yet and I have produced some great portfolio pieces.