The original research activity was written through Google Docs and saved as a PDF, but I copied the text and pasted it into this website to make the piece more user-friendly for site visitors. I also proofread the text and edited a few words and sentences to correct grammar and improve readability.
I didn't have to make many changes to this activity, but I did convert it from a PDF to a JPEG image in order to better insert it into this website. In the end, I ended up choosing a research topic similar to the green bubbles ("Where do you get your news?") but I altered a few things in order to make it more relevant by tying it into the COVID-19 pandemic.
I had to redo my Screencast-O-Matic recording MULTIPLE times due to faulty internet connections, frustration, and other technical difficulties. I edited the video quite a bit, cutting out unnecessary portions, adding a backtrack, and adding some sound effects and transitions to make it a bit more interesting. Additionally, I converted the file into a YouTube video for publication on this site and I copied and pasted the PDF of my reflection directly onto the site to improve readability.
Quite a few revisions had to be made beforeI added this research activity to my website. For starters, I converted the two PDFs into JPEG images before I inserted them onto the site. Before converting them, I had to delete and rewrite the example under the "Interview" section. In the first draft of the activity, I had used an example from the real world (i. e. a job interview) as opposed to an example from a researcher's perspective.
The first revision I made to this activity was under the "Sources" section; I'd accidentally italicized the page numbers along with the journal title and volume number in my citations, so I had to correct it. The original activity was saved as a PDF but, for organizational purposes, I made every section collapsable to avoiding having an extra-long page of text on my website.
After submitting my initial draft of my research instrument (a Google Forms survey), it was brought to my attention that I didn't have any open-ended questions. I added two open-ended questions-- essentially repeats of my research questions-- and I'm glad I added them before distributing my survey because they proved to be quite telling when it came down to analyzing my results. I couldn't upload the survey itself onto this website because the survey is closed, so I screenshotted it, posted it as JPEGs, and copied and pasted the analyses of my questions above each image as a collapsable text.
I didn't really make many revisions to this activity. I added my research questions and a description to the top of the web page to improve clarity and set the Google Slides presentation on autoplay, with slides changing every three seconds. While making the slideshow, I did go through a few different layouts and themes before arriving at my final piece, which I am quite happy with.