Welcome

Earlier in this module you finished format 1. Today you finish format 2 so your Something Real project exists in two real, different pieces. When both pass your teacher's check, Specialism Module 2 Key Assignment 1 (SM2 KA1) is banked.

Warm-up

Name format 2 in one phrase (for example: Canva infographic, short vertical video, Instagram-style carousel, podcast clip, or second slide deck for a different audience). On a sticky note or at the top of your draft, jot one purpose sentence and who the piece is for (one line each). Who should walk away knowing something that format 1 does not already cover? If your teacher calls it, take 30 seconds to tell a partner before Key concepts.

Worked polish target (sample format 2)

Common Issues

Work through this polish pass on your format 2 draft. Your teacher will demo one full pass on the classroom screen (including one hierarchy fix and one accessibility fix matched to the media in the room), then you apply the must-do list to your own piece. Use the printed five-item checklist on your desk if you have one.

Mid-checkpoint for this block: purpose and audience clear, hierarchy and basic accessibility done, words proofed, and a draft export started (or ready to export). Perfect design is not required. Final naming, folder check, side-by-side with format 1, and teacher bankable sign-off come in the next block.

Must-do polish checklist

You do not need a perfect design. A clear, different, openable publication copy beats a fancy draft stuck in the editor. If export fights you, ask early; your teacher would rather fix the file path than polish stickers.

1. Open the right file. In your cloud drive, open {{code:Project_Portfolio}} → {{code:09_specialism}} → {{code:sm2}} and open your latest format 2 draft (not format 1).
2. Purpose and audience. Use the purpose sentence and audience line you jotted in the warm-up (inform, persuade, instruct, report, or reflect). Cut anything that does not serve it. Check: would the intended reader understand the first screen, first slide, or first three seconds without you beside them?
3. Hierarchy and accessibility basics. One main idea at a time; headings bigger than body; readable size and contrast; no information carried only by colour. Add alt text, a short image description, captions, or a transcript where your tool allows. Copy the two fixes your teacher just showed for your kind of medium.
4. Proof the words and names. Project title, your name if required, euro amounts, Irish place names, and any brand spelling. Read aloud once if time allows.
5. Start the publication export. Begin download or export of the audience-ready file (PDF, MP4, MP3, PNG, or the format your teacher approved). Keep the editable source. You will finish naming and filing in the next block.

Nice if time remains

• Keep at most one or two restrained motion or effect choices; remove pure decoration.
• Extra accessibility polish (fuller captions, transcript tidy-up) after the draft export is underway.

Tool notes (match your format 2)

• PowerPoint in the browser (Microsoft 365): final edit from your portfolio folder, then {{menu:File -> Download -> PDF Document (.pdf)}}. Keep the editable deck in {{code:sm2}} as well.
• Google Slides: {{menu:File -> Download -> PDF Document (.pdf)}}. Keep the editable deck in {{code:sm2}} as well.
• Canva: open your design, run the must-do list, then use Share/Download, choose PDF Print or PNG as agreed with your teacher, and save the file.
• Short video (Chromebook-safe first): prefer a phone vertical clip uploaded to {{code:sm2}}, or a browser-based tool your school already allows. CapCut only if it is installed and permitted. Check hook in the first three seconds, on-screen text, and captions or a short transcript, then export or save MP4.
• Audio / podcast clip: check open and close cleanly, add a one-line transcript note if you can, export MP3, upload into {{code:sm2}}.

When the must-do list is done, stay logged in. The next block is export finish, naming, and teacher verification.

Three-tick self-check (before you call the teacher)

1. Both {{code:sm2_ka1_format1.pptx}} and {{code:sm2_ka1_format2}} open on a classroom machine without the authoring app where possible.
2. They are clearly different formats (not the same deck with a new theme).
3. Both files sit in {{code:sm2}} with the {{code:sm2_ka1_format1.pptx}} / {{code:sm2_ka1_format2}} names.

Your teacher stamps bankable only after those three are true.

Publication paths by medium

Slides (Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace)

Follow the Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace steps in this activity for PDF export, rename, place in {{code:sm2}}, open-once check, three-tick self-check, and join queue.

Canva

1. Open your design and finish any must-do polish still open.
2. Use Share/Download, choose PDF Print or PNG as agreed with your teacher, and download the file.
3. Find the file in Downloads (or your browser download bar). Rename it to {{code:sm2_ka1_format2}} (keep the {{code:.pdf}} or {{code:.png}} extension).
4. Go to {{code:onedrive.com}} or {{code:drive.google.com}}, open {{code:Project_Portfolio}} → {{code:09_specialism}} → {{code:sm2}}, and upload or move {{code:sm2_ka1_format2}} so it sits beside {{code:sm2_ka1_format1.pptx}}. Do not use a separate sub-folder for the bankable copy.
5. Open {{code:sm2_ka1_format2}} once on the classroom machine and check the first screen looks clean. Then open {{code:sm2_ka1_format1.pptx}} beside it and confirm the two formats are different.
6. Complete the three-tick self-check, then join your teacher's verification queue for SM2 KA1 sign-off.

Video (MP4)

1. Export or save your clip as MP4 (phone record then upload is fine on Chromebooks). Prefer the school-approved browser tool or phone upload before CapCut unless CapCut is installed and permitted.
2. Rename the file to {{code:sm2_ka1_format2}} (keep the {{code:.mp4}} extension).
3. Upload or move it into {{code:Project_Portfolio}} → {{code:09_specialism}} → {{code:sm2}} beside {{code:sm2_ka1_format1.pptx}}. No nested sub-folder for the bankable copy.
4. Play the first five seconds on the classroom machine. Check the hook and that captions or on-screen text are readable.
5. Open {{code:sm2_ka1_format1.pptx}} beside it and confirm the two formats are different.
6. Complete the three-tick self-check, then join your teacher's verification queue.

Audio (MP3)

1. Export your clip as MP3. Check open and close are clean; keep any one-line transcript note with the file if you made one.
2. Rename the file to {{code:sm2_ka1_format2}} (keep the {{code:.mp3}} extension).
3. Upload or move it into {{code:Project_Portfolio}} → {{code:09_specialism}} → {{code:sm2}} beside {{code:sm2_ka1_format1.pptx}}. No nested sub-folder for the bankable copy.
4. Play open and close once on the classroom machine.
5. Open {{code:sm2_ka1_format1.pptx}} beside it and confirm the two formats are different.
6. Complete the three-tick self-check, then join your teacher's verification queue.