Website design

! ! HIT164 COMPUTING FUNDAMENTALS

Assignment 3 I.T. HOT TOPICS WEBSITE ! Due Date: Week 12, Friday 5pm, 30 May 2014

Length: 600 words for main content (max. not including reference list)

Value: 20% of the total marks for the unit

! TASKS

1. Build a website based on your research essay (Assignment 2) using HTML5 technology (with strict XML rule).

*Note: Students who did not submit assignment 2 must contact your lecturer as soon as possible.

! REQUIREMENTS

• Your website must have at least three webpages — home, topic, and reference list pages. • Webpages must be hand coded using HTML5 (with strict XML rule) and CSS. • HTML5 markup should be semantically correct. • They should also validate according to the W3C Validator.

• Webpages should reflect the C.R.A.P. design principles. • Appropriate meta data should be included on all webpages, e.g. author’s information, a brief

description and a set of keywords related to your content.

• Appropriate file structure should be used for your website. • All webpages must hyperlink to each other. • Topic page should contain no more than 600 words. • Reference list must not contain sources that have not been cited in the text. • CDU Harvard referencing style should be applied. 


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PART 1 - WEBPAGES

Home Page

• This home page should be named “index.html”.

• At the minimum, your home page should include the website name and a very short introduction.

Topic Page

• This webpage should be named “topic.html”.

• Trim the content of your research essay (from Assignment 2) to no more than 600 words. Ensure that your content is rewritten to be appropriate for a web medium.

• Include at least one multimedia element (e.g. image, embedded video, or audio) that is relevant to your content.

• Be sure to include appropriate referencing, and it should also be clear of any copyright issue.

Reference List

• The reference list should be in a separate webpage named “references.html”.

• References should be listed in alphabetical order, according to author’s last name.

• Reference items which include a link to a source on the web should be marked up as such.

All Webpages

• Citations (i.e. inline references) should link directly to the specific reference in the reference list.

• There should be a consistent navigation system used in the website.

• Hypertext linking within a webpage is encouraged.

! PART 2 - PRESENTATION

• Use ONLY external Cascading Style Sheet for presentation.

• Your CSS file should include a header comment that contains your name, version information, and references to any styles you have used from elsewhere.

• All webpages should demonstrate consistency in presentation.


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SUBMISSION GUIDELINE

On Learnline

• Archive all your webpages, and any additional files, in a ZIP file named FirstnameLastnameAssign3.zip. Your ZIP file should include (at the minimum):

1. index.html

2. topic.html

3. references.html

4. styles.css

• Submit the ZIP file to Learnline. You can find the submission portal at Assessment -> Overview -> Assessment 3 - I.T. Hot Topics Website -> Submit Assignment 3.

• Click on “Browse My Computer” and attach your ZIP file.

• You are allowed FIVE attempts on the submission to Learnline, however, if you re-submit after the due date it will be considered as a late submission.

On Spinetail Web Server

• Your website, including images and stylesheet, should be uploaded to the Spinetail web server.

• Ensure your website works.

• Do NOT modify any files after the due date (assuming it is not a late submission).

! ! • Ensure appropriate file structure is used.

• The zipped file submitted to Learnline and the website on Spinetail must be EXACTLY the same.

• The time of submission will be based on when you submit the ZIP archive on Learnline.

• You may wish to check your assignment against the Marking Guide. The document can be found on Learnline where you obtained this assignment specification. Your lecturer will use this as a basis for assessing your assignment.

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