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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Introductory
Former School/College
Unit aim
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
- Introducing web development / HTML basics
- CSS
- Adding graphics
- CSS Page layout
- More CSS and Hyperlinks
- Tables
- Website organisation
- HTML forms
- A brief look at Javascript
- Web development issues
- Website development
- 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.
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 | |||||||
2 | interpret and apply a web mark-up language | |||||||
3 | apply written communication skills to a website | |||||||
4 | explain and interpret ethical, legal and societal issues related to web development | |||||||
5 | demonstrate the ability to plan and develop efficient and usable websites. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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identify the essential processes of web development
- GA4:
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interpret and apply a web mark-up language
- GA2:
- GA4:
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apply written communication skills to a website
- GA1:
- GA2:
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explain and interpret ethical, legal and societal issues related to web development
- GA1:
- GA4:
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demonstrate the ability to plan and develop efficient and usable websites.
- GA1:
- GA2:
- GA4:
Prescribed texts
- Felke-Morris, T, 2017, Web Development & Design Foundations with HTML5, 8th edn, Pearson, Global. ISBN: 10987654321.
- Felke-Morris, T, 2017, Web Development & Design Foundations with HTML5, 8th edn, Pearson, Global. ISBN: 10987654321.