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Design and Technology Major Design Project portfolio questions

1. How detailed and neat do sketches need to be? Can computer drawings like ones created in CAD replace hand sketches?
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2. I have already started working on my MDP and have taken photos of every stage of the project and will add these to my folio. Will this be too many photos? If I have photos in the folio will this decrease the need to explain what has occured to the MDP in writing?
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3. Is a multimedia presentation better than the traditional folder presentation, or vice versa? Does a multimedia presentation still require a hard copy as backup? If so, what quality does the hard copy have to be? In the case of technical error, if the hard copy is all that is left one would think that would need to be good?
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4. How do I put evidence or development of creativity in my folio?
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5. I am keen to know how much time a marker will spend marking my project. There are 16 other students at my school who all, well most, will have 'big' presentations. I am preparing some multimedia material and a folio that seems to be getting bigger everyday. Should I limit the size of my presentation?
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6. I am creating an emergency management system. Could someone advise me on any different requirements needed to complete a folio on a systems project?
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7. How do I go about preparing a portfolio?
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