Project Pipeline

This is the step-by-step system we use for every project. It helps you stay organized, show your progress, and finish strong.

Your Google Site is your portfolio: it shows your work and how it developed. Canvas is where you find assignment deadlines and turn in work for grading. Follow your teacher’s directions for each project’s requirements and check-ins.

1. Think It: Pitch your idea

Explain your project idea clearly so you can get approved before you start building. Write a short brief that answers these questions:

• Project title: What is it called?
• Idea in one sentence: What are you making?
• Audience: Who is it for?
• Purpose: What should it do for the audience?
• Final product: What will you turn in? Be specific about the format.
• Rules and limits: What time, tools, and requirements do you need to consider? What can you decide?
• What “done” means: What will a successful final project look like?

Use the Project Statement form to explain your idea and its connection to two Champion Profiles. Get your teacher’s approval before you begin building. Make a project page on your Google Site and post your brief at the top.

2. Plan It: Make a simple plan

Make a plan so you know what to do next. Your plan should match what you said you were making.

• Big checkpoints: What are the main steps you must finish?
• Weekly goals: What will you get done each week?
• What you need: List the tools, photos, video, drawings, audio, fonts, or other materials you need.
• Team roles: If you are working with others, who is doing what?
• First test: What can you try early to find out whether your idea will work?

Post your plan under your brief. Name your Now + 1: one useful action you can take next. Adjust the plan as you learn more.

3. Make It: Build and show progress

Work steadily and save evidence of your progress. Make drafts along the way so you can show how your work changed.

• Save drafts and versions with clear file names.
• Take screenshots, export drafts, or photograph important steps.
• Keep sketches, tests, references, and notes that explain your choices.
• Add progress to your Google Site project page when your teacher asks for a check-in.

For a progress post, show what you made, what changed, a challenge and your response, and what you will do next. These posts will help you build your final presentation.

4. Fix It: Test and improve

About halfway through, review your work and fix the biggest problems before you finish. Ask for feedback while there is still time to use it.

• Name what is not working yet.
• Test a change, adjust the size of the project, or try another tool.
• Save a before-and-after or a short note explaining what changed and why.
• Ask your teacher early if you need to change direction.

Your statement is a starting point. A thoughtful change is part of learning; explain what you learned and why your new direction makes sense.

5. Show It: Present your work

Show your final work and explain your process. Use the Project Presentation guide to build your slides.

• Show the finished version and explain what you were trying to do.
• Choose strong examples of your progress.
• Explain one important choice and why you made it.
• Show the two peer comments you received and explain how you used them.
• Complete two useful reviews of classmates’ projects.
• Credit sources and label AI use when it applies.

Post the final project and presentation on your Google Site. Turn in the required files through Canvas.

6. Assess It: Get better for next time

Look at your work honestly so your next project is better. Use specific examples from your work when you answer:

• What went well? What evidence shows that?
• What did not go well? When did you notice it?
• What was your biggest challenge? How did you handle it?
• What skill improved the most?
• If you started over, what would you do differently in the first week?

Before you call it done

• Save your final file in the required format with a clear file name.
• Check that your final work and links open on your Google Site.
• Turn in the required files through Canvas and check that the submission appears.
• Keep your drafts and progress notes so you can explain your learning.

If you get stuck, check the project directions, class guides, or an approved tutorial. Try one useful step and ask for help when you need it.