Monash University Handbook 2010 Undergraduate - Unit

Synopsis

Brief introduction to the physical structure of the Internet. W3C and its role. Document markup. Hypertext. Elements of web pages: text, graphics, media. Design with and implementation of: lists, tables, frames, layers, cascading style sheets. Web graphics: vector and bitmap images, image constraints, digitising images, basic graphic design. Plug-ins. Multimedia. Web page design principles. Elements of visual design. Form design and implementation. Site development life cycle. Legal and ethical considerations. Introduction to ASP.Net Introduction to Wireless.WAP 2.0 and XHTML-MP. WAP CSS / WCSS.WCSS properties. WCSS Extensions

Objectives

At the completion of this unit students will have -
A knowledge and understanding of:

• the physical structure of the Internet;
• the role of mark-up languages, especially XHTML;
• the features of XHTML;
• the use of graphics and multimedia in web applications;
• the basic principles of web site design, implementation and maintenance;
• some of the legal and ethical issues associated with the Internet, especially the area of copyright.

• build professionalism towards respecting copyright;
• require professional standards in designing and implementing web applications.

• write syntactically correct XHTML code;
• develop graphics suitable for web use;
• develop scripted streaming multimedia presentations;
• develop structurally correct web sites with intuitive navigational paradigms.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%
Students must gain a satisfactory result in both the practical and exercises work and the exam to gain a pass in the unit. The examination must be sat at a Monash campus.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Des Casey

Contact hours

Students, are expected to spend an average of 12 hrs/week on this unit. The breakdown of time is as follows. 2 hrs/week: topic material coverage from the u-learning environment. 2 hrs/week working on sub-tasks and quizzes. 8 hrs/week: private study to review topic materials, explore supplementary unit resources and complete main tasks.

Prohibitions

CPE1003, CPE9005, GCO1821, IMS1401

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit1011/