Undergraduate - UnitFIT1012 - Website authoring

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2014 (Day) Malaysia First semester 2014 (Day) South Africa First semester 2014 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2014 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit will develop the basic concepts of website authoring, from design to implementation. Students will develop skills in creating digital content which is authored to deal with the particular issues of web publishing. The unit will examine HTML/XHTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), the W3C Document Object Model (DOM) and JavaScript as the fundamental website authoring suite. Also skills for incorporating images, audio and video into websites will be covered. In addition HTML embedded script languages, will be used to create dynamic database driven content. The unit will also introduce wider W3C standards, web usability and web design specification.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

code web pages using a full range of client-side technologies including: HTML, HTML5, CSS and JavaScript;
use a range of software tools for development of a website and make the pages available by uploading them to a server;
explain and implement key JavaScript programming concepts including: control structures, variables, functions and events;
deliver optimised digital media online including: images, audio and video;
describe the role of internet standards and protocols, in particular the importance of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C);
critique a company website for user experience design for accessibility according to W3C standards;
write a proposal for a web development project including detailed planning of the technical implementation, visual design and costing all aspects of the process;
work in a team with differentiated roles to create and publish a complex website.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 40%; In-semester assessment: 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Kirsten Ellis

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

Two hours of lectures
One 2-hour tutorial

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

A minimum of 8 hours independent study per week for completing lab and project work, private study and revision.

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Multimedia development

Prohibitions

CPE1003, MMS1402, MMS9401

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

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit1012/