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Students will on average spend 10 hours per week over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
Scheduled learning activities:
4 timetabled hours per week, 6 personal study hours per week
Other resource requirements:
Access to a Computer, Notepad++, Google Chrome, MySQL, W3Schools PHP Server
Unit Description
This unit familiarises students with the web design process. Students will prototype screen-based designs using scripting and markup languages such as HTML, CSS. Also, students will be introduced to the concepts, language, requirements, and procedures that support the liaison between designers and technical specialists by using coding and other software-based techniques to build and manage a website.
Unit learning outcomes (ULO)
On the successful completion of this units student will be able to:
ULO1
Demonstrate the ability to use the HTML and CSS programming language.
ULO2
Resolves written HTML and CSS codes.
ULO3
Administer already designed pages via HTML and CSS codes.
ULO4
Demonstrate appropriate experience in interacting between a website and a server.
ULO5
Become familiar with graphic design principles related to web design.
ULO6
Understand how to plan and visualize a webpage pre design phase
Topics to be included in the unit
1.
Web Design Basics and Principles
2.
Introduction to HTML with Webpages
3.
Images, Tables, and Lists
4.
Background and Form
5.
Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets
6.
Introduction to JavaScript with HTML
7.
Introduction to PHP
8.
Interactive Pages: Searching
9.
Authentication: Login Sessions
10.
MySQL in Webpages
11.
Webpage Publishing and Hosting
12.
Further Presentation Issues
Assessment
Assessment Description
Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Class Participation
10%
12
Assessment 2: Individual Assignment
30%
9
Assessment 2: Group Assignment
30%
12
Assessment 3: Final Exam
30%
Final exam week
The assessment due weeks provided may change. Your lecturer will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
