Final Summative Evaluation

In a quest to make it big in the design industry, I decided for my major stepping stone be the HND Interactive Media course at Wakefield College. I had little design experience before i joined the course and when I was shown some of the previous students work at the interview I was hooked, I knew that this was exactly what i wanted to be a part of.

Two whole years i spent at the Thornes Park campus and enjoyed pretty much every day of it. I started the course at a very basic level but knew that I could make the most of the two years that would follow and gain enough knowledge to ultimately get a job in the industry.

The course has taught me pretty much al the basic things I need to know about building web sites and creating graphical work. I can actually build a web site from scratch which in it self is an achievement. However, I have also learnt some things that have nothing to do with web design but equally as important. The lifelong learning unit is a prime example and knowing that I can teach myself anything I want/need to know is very reassuring.

The second year brought along new goals for me and a Cascading Sytle Sheets was at the top of my hit list. A lot of hype sorounded the importance of CSS and I knew that i would need to know it pretty much inside out before i left the course. Thankfully, I can report that can now use CSS, I'm still not an expert, don't get me wrong but I feel comfortable using it and have built every web site in the second year using it.

Overall, I don't really have many complaints for the last two years. From an educational sense I think I have learnt probably more than I first thought and from a general sense I have made some friends for life, had a great time and hopefully the ultimate goal will soon be realized of entering the scary place of the working life.a