Personal Project Checklist

Objective A: Planning
Students present what they did in their project.

• state a learning goal for the project and explain how a personal interest led to that goal
• state an intended product and develop appropriate success criteria for the product
• present a clear, detailed plan for achieving the product and its associated success criteria.
Students must: Examples of evidence students might* include:

● state a learning goal for the ● a list and/or diagram of interests and related learning
project and explain how a goals
personal interest led to that ● a list of possible strategies to achieve personal and
goal academic goals
● state an intended product ● a diagram showing the connections between the learning
and develop appropriate goal and the product
success criteria for the ● a series of steps leading to the completion of the product
product ● a timeline for completing short- and long-term tasks.
● present a clear, detailed
plan for achieving the *Students must include their action plan and success criteria.
product and its associated
success criteria.

Objective B: Applying Skills

● explain how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their learning goal
● explain how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their product.

Students must: Examples of evidence students might include:

● explain how the ATL skill(s) ● a series of inquiry questions (research skills)
was/were applied to help ● sample correspondence with the project supervisor
achieve their learning goal (communication skills)
● explain how the ATL skill(s) ● screenshot of daily reminders or alerts to complete
was/were applied to help personal project tasks (self- management)
achieve their product ● reflection about resolving a conflict (social skills)
● support the explanations ● summary of prior learning that is relevant to the project
with detailed examples or (thinking skills).
 evidence. ● visual thinking diagrams
● bulleted lists
● charts
● short paragraphs
● notes
● timelines, action plans
● annotated illustrations
● annotated research
● artifacts from inspirational visits to museums,
performances, galleries
● pictures, photographs, sketches
● up to 30 seconds of visual or audio material
● screenshots of a blog or website
● self- and peer-assessment feedback.

Objective C: Reflecting
Students report on why they did their project.

● explain the impact of the project on themselves or their learning

Students must: Examples of evidence students might include:

● explain the impact of the ● evaluation of the product against the success criteria
project on themselves or ● images showing key features of the product
their learning ● analysis of the causes for success and/or failure
● evaluate the product based ● summary of new knowledge or insights related to the
on the success criteria learning goal.
● support their comments
with specific evidence or
detailed examples.

Format

Document Recording
File types: .doc, .docx, .pdf (non- File types: .mp3, .m4a, .mp4, .mov (codec H264), .m4v
editable), .rtf

15 pages and No recording

14 pages and 1 minute

12 pages and 3 minutes

11 pages and 4 minutes

10 pages and 5 minutes

9 pages and 6 minutes

8 pages and 7 minutes

7 pages and 8 minutes

6 pages and 9 minutes

Checklist

Font Minimum 11-point font size

Margins Minimum 2 cm margins.

Evidence Evidence presented in images must be clearly visible at the size submitted

Audio/Video Recording Audio and video must be recorded and submitted in real time.

Audio Visual Aids Visual aids may be used to support spoken reports. However, evidence and
examples presented in the visual aids should be submitted as documents.
Visual aids presented only in video format will not be considered for
assessment.

Bibliography The bibliography is uploaded separately and is not included in the page
limit.

No Title Page Students should not include a title page; if included, it will count towards the
page limit.

Academic Integrity Students must upload a separate academic integrity form. This is not
included in the word limit.

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