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40 mins
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Package Your Project

Students organise their project files (the piece, research log, references and consent notes) into an agreed folder structure. They verify all files open and check that a partner can find everything easily.

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    1 - Start ~3 mins

    Illustration for StartYou already have a showable piece, a research log, and a reference list from earlier project work. Today you package those parts so the whole Student Project is ready to hand in: the piece itself, the log, the references, and any consent notes, named clearly and in the structure your class agreed. By the end, a partner who has never seen your folder should be able to open it and find everything without asking you.

    2 - Examine and Discuss ~5 mins

    Key point

    A package is the form your project will be submitted in, organised so a teacher can open it cold and see what you made, how you got there, and that you credited and consented properly.

    Illustration for Examine and discussConfirm the structure on the board, then start your folder. A clear package usually includes:

    • The piece: your published digital work in the format you chose
    • The research log: the record of planning, sources and decisions
    • The references: every source credited in the agreed format
    • Consent notes: only if your piece needed someone else's permission (a photo of a person, a quote they gave you, a group clip)
    Tip

    Naming matters. A file called finalfinal2 helps nobody. Prefer plain names such as piece, research-log, references, consent, plus your name or class code the way your teacher asked. Before you submit, every file must open on a school device.

    3 - Hands-on: Assemble Your Package ~16 mins

    Build your submission package from what you already have. Work in the place your class saves project work.

    1. Create or open your project folder using the structure on the board.
    2. If a file is still on your phone or in a chat, get it into the class save location first before you rename anything. If transfer is slow, get the piece and the log in first, rename those, and leave references or consent for after the partner check or a gap-list note. If the file will not move off your phone in class, put a gap-list note naming the file and where it lives, then package everything that is already on the school device. Do not spend the period stuck on transfer.
    3. Add your finished piece in the format you will submit (the actual file a viewer would open).
    4. Add your research log and your full reference list.
    5. Add any consent notes if your piece needed them. If you needed none, do not invent a file; leave that slot empty or mark not needed only if your teacher asked for that note.
    6. Rename every file so someone else can tell what it is without opening it.
    7. Open each file once on this device. If something fails, fix the format or replace the file now.
    8. Save the whole package the class way so it is still there next session.
    Key point

    If a required part is still missing, put in what you have, add a short note file called gap-list naming what is missing, and still rename and open-check everything that is there. Do not invent files.

    Before you finish, check

    One folder, the required parts inside it (or a clear gap-list), clear names, and every file that is there opens.

    4 - Your Turn: Cold-open Partner Check ~10 mins

    Key point

    Swap devices or share your folder link with a partner. Do not explain your package first.

    One partner opens for about two minutes. Use this list only as a silent scan (do not read it out as a quiz):

    • Can I find the piece quickly?
    • Can I find the research log and the references?
    • Does every file I click actually open?
    • Are the names clear enough that I know what each file is for?
    • If consent was needed, is the note there? If not needed, is that obvious?
    Key point

    Say only: one strength (exact file or name) and one gap (exact file or name). Swap. Use the remaining minutes only on the flagged fix, then save the class way.

    5 - Make Sense ~4 mins

    Pull together what the cold-open showed. A strong package is not only complete; it is navigable. If a partner could not find the log, open a clip, or tell which file was final, the work was still unfinished even if the piece itself was good.

    Key point

    That is the point of packaging before you present: the evidence of how you worked sits beside the piece, named and openable, so your process is visible as well as your product. Any fix you did not finish today is still useful evidence of what the package needs next.

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