Decide your log formats

Decide on the best log formats for your purposes. A weekly log helps structure thinking before and ‘after’ you work. Task and progress logs help plan and structure each step (see also p. 23).
Example 1: Weekly log
Project:		Date:		Log page:		
Start of week orientation	
What exactly do I need to do this week?
What, if anything, do I need to clarify? Where can I find out more about this/who do I need to ask?	Confidence and resources
•	What do I feel confident about for the week ahead? What do I feel less confident about?
•	What skills, experience, personal qualities or parts of my current course can I draw on to help
me? Who or what other help will I make use of?	
Weekly log and reflections (these can be completed across the week)	
What tasks were completed this week?
Did I stick to my plan/schedule? What exactly did I do and with what result or effect?	What was not completed to schedule?
What was I unable to do and why? What risks now arise? How must I change my action plan?	
What went well?
What enabled this positive outcome?	Support and help
Who gave me support? How did they help?	
What challenges or difficulties did I encounter? How did I manage these? What do I still need to resolve?	Support and help: Technology
What equipment, AI tools etc. did I use, and for what purposes? How useful were these?	
Other thoughts and ideas	Other comments/’To do’ items to remember	
End of week: to take forward	
Actions to add to my plan, schedule, checklists	Lessons learnt for future use	
Example 2: Action or task-based log
Action	Preparing to start the project	Date	09/11/2026	Log page	2	Done √	
1 Gain an overview (read Chapter 1)
(Jot down initial ideas on what to do after reading Chapter 1 and the brief provided by the course)	√	
2 Identify what to put in place so that I can get started (such as sorting a study space, study time, social arrangements with friends and family, an Action Plan)	√	
3 Decide on templates to support the early stages of the project
(Draw from the companion site, Google, my course, or design my own)		
4 Identify ways of making it easier for me to complete the project (Make a list − add them to my Action Plan)