This tool turns a practical task into a short list of acceptance criteria. Each criterion comes with the evidence to keep. Below the list is a file-export check for any task that asks for a different format.
All briefs are original, and everything stays on your own device.
How do you use it?
- Choose a mini-brief. There are three: Open-day leaflet, Fundraiser spreadsheet and Photos for a web page. The scenario appears under the menu.
- Do the task in your own software, using your own practice files.
- Tick a criterion only when you have the evidence named beside it, such as a screenshot of the formula bar. The heading shows how many criteria are evidenced, and a list shows what is still missing.
- Use Download checklist (.txt) to keep a copy. Reset clears your ticks.
- For any task that needs a different file format, scroll to File-export verification. Enter the original file name, the exported file name, the format the task asks for and how you made the file. Press Check export.
How do you read the result?
Checklist. The heading reads for example “3 of 5 criteria evidenced”. Below it, “Still missing evidence for” lists the criteria you have not ticked. When all are ticked, the tool still reminds you to check that each piece of evidence really exists in your files.
Export check. The result is one of three: “Not accepted as a conversion”, “Not enough evidence yet” or “Looks acceptable”. A message says why. When it looks acceptable, five verification tasks appear, for example opening the exported file on its own and in a different program.
Example walk-through
Choose Open-day leaflet. The brief asks for a one-page A5 leaflet saved as a PDF. The five criteria cover page size, heading styles, image proportions with a text description, proofreading, and a PDF made with Save As or Export and then reopened.
Suppose you have set the page to A5 and taken a screenshot of the page setup. Tick the first criterion. The heading reads 1 of 5, and the other four are listed as missing.
Now the export check. The defaults are leaflet.docx, leaflet.pdf, target .pdf and method “I changed the file extension in my file manager”. Press Check export. The result is “Not accepted as a conversion”, because renaming the extension changes only the label.
Change the method to “Save As or Export inside the software” and check again. The name and method are consistent, so the result is “Looks acceptable”. The tool notes that a file name cannot prove the format, so you should complete the verification tasks: reopen the file on its own, open it in another program, and compare sizes.
If you had typed leaflet.png while the target was pdf, the tool would point out that the file ends in .png but the task asks for .pdf.
What are the assumptions and limits?
- The criteria are software-neutral. The real menu steps depend on your software and version, so check your own program.
- The export checker looks at names and the method you state. It cannot open a file or prove a format.
- Do not upload assessed files. The tool cannot receive them, and your teacher or exam centre decides what may be submitted.
- It is not an official examiner and not a submission portal.
- Your ticks are stored in your browser only.
Which lessons explain the result?
The workflow habits are in translate a task into an ordered action checklist and distinguish an exam requirement from an app preference. To check exported files, read reopen exported files to verify content, and for keeping proof without private files, read build evidence without uploading private school files. The wider topic is practical workflow and software versions.
Examples from the briefs appear in use an absolute reference deliberately and check the slideshow and exported version separately. File names and folders are covered in file organisation and evidence.
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