A2 COURSEWORK EVALUATION 

OUTLINE:

The key principles for OCR are that there are a number of questions which must be specifically addressed in the evaluation and that you should think of it as a creative reflection task rather than a written essay. 

The evaluation has to be presented digitally, but it can take a number of different forms and you are actively encouraged to be experimental with this.

It is important to note that the evaluation element is worth 20 marks, which is a fifth of the marks for coursework overall, so it is important that you take it seriously and do it well.

So what are the questions?

At A2 there are four questions, which as you can see, contain some overlap with AS, but for which there is an expectation of a greater level of sophistication.

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products ?

2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

3. What have you learned from your audience feedback?

4. How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

The evaluation can make use of any digital format, but in order to get top marks, will need to really engage with the potential of the medium, so if it is on a blog, we would expect to see lots of use of pictures, links and video, for example.

USE THIS LINK TO BREAK DOWN EACH of the FOUR ELEMENTS AND HOW TO RESPOND:

http://www.slideshare.net/hasnmedia/a2-g324-evaluation-questions-30790923

• If it is on a powerpoint, the same would apply, but we would probably see even less written text, as we would expect the powerpoint to be presented by someone, so any writing would be just there as prompts. 

• If the evaluation were all to appear on a DVD, the likelihood is that much of it would be in video form. 

• I am going to suggest some ways of approaching each of the questions as tasks, which make them more creative and more fun to do, but which also involves more planning and thought than a straight written answer would involve.

• PLEASE use this link from the chief examiners blog 'petesmedia blog' as it outlines excellent examples on how to approach and develop your evaluation.

http://petesmediablog.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/evaluation-for-ocr-coursework.html

• You have one week to complete your evaluation. 

(Nine days including weekends).

Good luck.

EXAMPLES of A* Evaluations

http://cnsmediaportfolio.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/g324-evaluation-grade.html