Matric’s number : A168360

Week : 4 (22/7/21-31/7/21) 

After completing these full four weeks course, I think I have fulfilled all of the objectives set for my elective posting. I am very honoured to be given this golden opportunity to learn so much from one of the established companies in Malaysia. I managed to cover all the learning points at the end of the course, despite it was challenging at first for being out of my comfort zone. Overall, I am now better-equipped with fundamental knowledge regarding intellectual properties, and I think this is necessarily important when I am about to set up a business in future. 

 

The thing I liked or enjoyed the most about this project is that it enabled me to expand my knowledge out of my field. I’ve got to watch how these professionals (my supervisor and his staffs) run their company especially in providing vital info and great services towards those who need. They even set up some talks which are exclusive to certain companies and organisations and I was invited for free. This knowledge will be very beneficial in future.

 

As for me, the most challenging part was being unable to attend the company and work with them physically due to the Covid-19 pandemic. All of the sessions were done virtually, which means sometimes I faced internet connection problem. Fortunately, I have got a very understanding supervisor, which helped me to successfully completing this course with all of the objectives covered. 

 

I think the part that worked well is the sharing session by my supervisor. Even though, sometimes internet connections were poor, he managed to keep all important details delivered effectively despite time-consuming. He even went extra miles in order to make me understand and cleared my confusions about certain things. The sharing sessions itself were overall very informative and fun. 

 

I think the aspect that can be improved is the method of how the sessions are conducted. It would’ve been more interesting and precious to be able to attend the sessions physically and learn as much as possible not only from my supervisor but also the other individuals in the company. Meeting many people will definitely polish my communications skills better. However, I do understand that this will only be possible once the Covid-19 pandemic has shown significant positive improvement. 

 

Name: Nashrul Ashraf Bin Nazri

Matrix no.: A166745            

Week: 04

Date: 21/7 – 31/7/2021

 

Yes, they were fulfilled. I am glad that every objective that I made for this project has I completed successfully. The things that I learned and earn in this project are familiarized myself with Lens Studio, identify different types of templates, and create my augmented reality lens using Lens Studio. Other than that I also manage to achieve a certificate of course completion as I managed to complete all the tutorials and requirements of the task in this online course.

 

The thing I like the most is I had polish my creativeness and talent. The project had a boost and develop my skills and creativity to create a lens. I enjoyed creating the lens and posted it online as it can be used by everyone and it was satisfying to watch my lens been used by them. In addition, I enjoyed receiving feedback and comments from my friends and community as their using my lens. Indirectly I make me more learning as I fixed, repair, and improve my works.

 

There at times where faced difficulties and challenges in completing this project. First, it was picking the main theme of my face lens. It took me much time to find proper ideas for my lens. So I look around and finding the main issue during that time. I was Olympic so I decided to pick Olympic as my main theme. Other than that, I had to choose different types of animation and templates to make my lens more colorful and interesting. It was difficult but the end product is satisfying. Also there is an event where I have completed 96% of the work but suddenly my laptop shutting down. There is no autosave and I have lost all my work. It was breaking my heart and I took a few hours to relax and calm down before I redo my work.

 

As I said before, my creativeness and talent. During my school time, I used to doing painting and coloring. Unexpectedly now I still can be having it by creating a lens in my Elective posting. I was happy and delight as from a simple tutorial, I can create complicated and complex lens by research and practicing them many times. Other than that, I can fill this activity in my leisure time as I have been mastering it.

 

I am using a low spec computer@gadget to completing this course/project. If I was given a very powerful gadget, I think the end product of my lens would be better and amazing as in adding any filter or animation to a work, it requires many memory and processor. But overall I was satisfied because the important is I could grab the knowledge and skills in this project to be applied later in my life.

Siti Aisyah Binti Zailani
A168269
18 August 2021 - 24 August 2021

WERE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT FULFILLED?
Yes, I believed my objectives have been fulfilled well whereby I was able to create a website with HTML and CSS after about a month of learning through w3schools, Codecademy and freecodecamp. Despite a setback caused by the exam, I was able to complete my plans and keep track of my progress in Notion using the Kanban method.

WHAT HAVE I ENJOYED/ LIKED THE MOST ABOUT THE PROJECT?

I enjoyed the fact that I am now able to understand the elements or rules used in HTML and CSS. Now that I have a basic understanding of these languages, I am looking at a website from a new perspective. Not only do I admire the aesthetic of a website, but I can also appreciate the process that went into creating it. I hope that this knowledge will remain fresh in my mind in the future.

WHAT HAVE I FOUND CHALLENGING ABOUT THIS PROJECT?

It wasn't difficult at first, but as I learned more about HTML and CSS, it became more difficult to remember. Understanding is fine, but remembering was a little difficult. It took a lot of decision-making to create a website while also ensuring that I can apply what I've learned to a website.

WHAT HAS REALLY WORKED?
I think that after just one month of learning to code, what really works for me is that I am now able to code from scratch and create a simple website. It wasn't a flashy website, but I believe what I've learned thus far has been incorporated into the process of creating my own website.

WHAT CAN BE IMPROVED IN THIS PROJECT?
I'd really enjoy it if there was a formal class that allowed me to have one-on-one sessions or just a live session with a teacher to teach about coding. However, I understand that due to the pandemic and financial constraints, those listed above may be difficult to achieve. Otherwise, I'm quite pleased with how I'm progressing.

Yes, I’ve definitely learnt how to build an effective social media strategy. I also understood how to set up social listening and moderation. Lastly I did discover how to create social content, extend reach, and excel in digital advertising.

 

What I liked most about this course is that it really is relatable in my life and I’ve finally understand the purpose of some features ( Insight on Instagram, Suggesting ads on Facebook etc ) and how the company/brands take advantages on them and advertise their brands in a low cost but effective way.          

What I’ve found difficult to understand is when it comes to the marketing jargon like SLA,ROI,KPI. I really need to do extra searching to fully understand their meaning as these jargon are new to me. And also the marketing strategy are quite fresh to me, therefore I have to slowly digest all these information and new knowledge.

 

I think I did a great job managing my time for these material and was able to passed the examination in the first attempt and gained my certification. It was a long but interesting journey for me. Besides, I really master the social media marketing strategy very well and it taught lot of stuff that I wouldn’t learn from any textbook. It may come handy in the future as well.

I think my passing marks for this course in not as good as I expected. Therefore, I have downloaded the exam feedback and analyse my mistakes. I think I can do it better next time.

1. Were the objectives of the project fulfilled?

Yes! I fulfilled all my objectives!

- To have a basic idea on computer science 

- To learn a new skill that can be applied into my studies such as creating animation for my video 

- To become more creative while learning

2. What have you enjoyed or liked the most about the project?

I enjoyed the project very much especially when it is challenging. I love those effort I put in just to make sure my idea can be fully applied into my animation project. It is super fun when I saw my thoughts can be turned into animation but not only staying In my little head. 

3. What have you found challenging about this project? (any part of the project you found hard to do)

I have too many ideas but my capacity to complete my ideas was limited, therefore I remained trapped in the same spot, attempting to explore and discover the ideal method to implement my ideas but failing. However, I was able to overcome it by switching my mindset.

4. What has really worked? (any part in the project that you thought worked well)

Hard work always pay off. In the end of the lecture, I can finally apply all my ideas into the project! My creativity skills have been sharpen throughout the journey.

5. What can be improved in this project?

The programming level is quite simple for me and I think I can choose a harder level of programming such as Phython next time. Overall I am satisfied and extremely grateful to have the chance to join this project and improve myself during this semester break.

And yes! I manage to fulfill all of the objectives of my project.

2. What have you enjoyed or liked the most about the project?
I absolutely love the fact that I have understood better Microsoft Excel and I can extract data easily. Eversince I was a little girl, my dad has been pushing me to polish and learn the skills on doing spreadsheet on Microsoft Excel, and I never had the chance to learn it in depth before. So I am very delighted that I can now say to my dad "your girl is fluent with Microsoft Excel now" and I can finally talk his pivot languages.

3. What have you found challenging about this project?
Personally, I think by just learning the theory, it can be very confusing and you might forget it in just one night because it is A LOT to learn. It is very complex but actually if you practice and utilise it, you'll get the hang of it.

4. What has really worked?
I would say that I discovered a lot of new tools and back then I don't know how to use the formulas and function arguments in Microsoft Excel, but now I can easily solve mathematical problems via Excel!

5. What can be improved in this project?
Definitely my discipline and time management. Since it's the holidays, I took my own sweet time although I do practice here and there every day throughout the four weeks but if only I was more focused the results would be much better. 

 

1.     Were the objectives of the project fulfilled?

 

Yes, I have fulfilled the objectives that I aimed to achieve from this project which were:

-       To learn the basics of programming

-       Learning how to automate simple but lengthy tasks on the computer that are practical enough for daily uses

 

2.     What have you enjoyed or liked most about the project?

 

The thing I liked most is definitely the feeling of satisfaction when my program actually works and processed the materials flawlessly. Granted this did require much hard work to write and fix, it feels that much more rewarding. 

 

3.     What have you found challenging about this project?

 

The execution seemed simple to me at first since it involves a computer and a keyboard but learning what symbols and terms to use were already a challenge. Also with how integral mathematics are to some parts of programming, I had to familiarise with even more concepts before I get to do things effectively. If I were to describe the negative experience in one word, it would be that it’s overwhelming, since it’s harder than I anticipated.

 

4.     What has really worked?

 

With the lessons provided, I was able to stuff like pattern matching, learning how to read and automatically process excel file contents, and checking email inboxes. These ones are the ones I thought would be practical enough for daily computer use. 

 

5.     What can be improved in this project?

 

One aspect would be time-management, where I need to be mor mindful of the scope of what needs to be learned and not get caught up on one lesson for too long. I also think it’s better for me to refer to more online sources especially videos to help with my journey, since depending on the lessons alone can be confusing. Overall, I’m quite satisfied with everything else and I wish this knowledge can persist and benefit myself in the future.

 

 

1.     Were the objectives of the project fulfilled?

 

Yes. I strongly think so! My objectives were :-

-       To learn the ground basic of Korean language

-       To be able to read, understand, write and converse in Korean correctly

 

 

I think I have had a whale of time enjoying this course for the entire 4 weeks because I was able to learn from experts in Korean language. Also, I had the opportunity to study together with people who bear the same passion and interest.

 

 

Frankly, there are ups and downs moments throughout the journey in learning it. It was a roller-coaster ride. There are times where I will go clueless with what the teacher was trying to explain as it was hard to grasp the rules and grammars. Not to mention, there are tons of nouns and verbs that are new to our dictionary that need to be memorized.

 

 

I found that skimming and revising through the notes beforehand really do help in understanding language better, ideally a few days before actual classes commence. Doing a self-study turns out may help ourselves to understand better during classes and ease the learning process.

 

I legit believe I really need to do more works on my time management and work schedules. Having a night class for this course sometimes do take a toll on my mental well-being as I got few other works that need to be settled in the day. So, having to attend night classes is quite draining me. However, it was manageable, I presume because if I had allocated my works accordingly and systemically, maybe I can have settle them much quicker and had time to rest before classes.