Unit description
Provides students with an introduction to website development from design to implementation. Students will be introduced to the use of media resources, applying common structures and integrating text, graphics, audio, and animation. Web and accessibility standards will be applied to web page development and copyright, privacy, ethical and cultural issues reviewed.
Unit content
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Introducing web development / HTML basics
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CSS
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Adding graphics
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CSS Page layout
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More CSS and Hyperlinks
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Tables
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Website organisation
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HTML forms
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A brief look at Javascript
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Web development issues
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Website development
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Web promotion
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
GA1: Intellectual rigour,
GA2: Creativity,
GA3: Ethical practice,
GA4: Knowledge of a discipline,
GA5: Lifelong learning,
GA6: Communication and social skills,
GA7: Cultural competence| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 |
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| 1 | identify the essential processes of web development | | | | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
| 2 | interpret and apply a web mark-up language | | Creativity | | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
| 3 | apply written communication skills to a website | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | | | | | |
| 4 | explain and interpret ethical, legal and societal issues related to web development | Intellectual rigour | | | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
| 5 | demonstrate the ability to plan and develop efficient and usable websites. | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- identify the essential processes of web development
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- interpret and apply a web mark-up language
- GA2:
Creativity
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- apply written communication skills to a website
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA2:
Creativity
- explain and interpret ethical, legal and societal issues related to web development
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- demonstrate the ability to plan and develop efficient and usable websites.
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA2:
Creativity
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
Prescribed texts
Session 1
- Felke-Morris, T, 2017, Web Development & Design Foundations with HTML5, 8th edn, Pearson, Global. ISBN: 10987654321.
Session 3
- Felke-Morris, T, 2017, Web Development & Design Foundations with HTML5, 8th edn, Pearson, Global. ISBN: 10987654321.
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.