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Year 8 Unit 3Web
Development
L1 - Unit 3 - Web Development
•We use the Internet almost every day. We
often look at many different websites while we
are browsing
•Most of the time, you probably never think
about the design of the website that you are
looking at
•However, if you do visit a badly designed
website, you really notice it quickly
Unit 3 - Web Development
•Have a look at the website: www.bbc.co.uk
•Consider the following things:
•Is the information relevant to users?
•Is it clear, up to data, accurate and unbiased?
•Are the images meaningful?
•Is the font size suitable?
•Is the site easy to navigate and use?
•Does the site contain useful links?
Unit 3 - Web Development
•Now, take a look at 2 of either:
www.skysports.com
www.yahoo.com
www.amazon.com
•Evaluate it using the sheets, remember the
points we have talked about!!!
L2 - Target Audience
Visit the website below and answer the questions:
www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies
•Who is the audience for the website?
•What is the purpose of the website?
•What special features have been used to help the audience?
•What features make this website attractive to the audience?
Target Audience
•Audience for the website:Under 5s or 5-11 year olds
• Its purpose: To entertain or inform
•Special features: Images, speech
•Attractive to audience: Text style, size, colours, layout, images, content
Research
Charity organisations provide a valuable
service to thousands of people worldwide
everyday.
Some examples of these organisations are
the RSPCA, RNIB, Oxfam, WWF,
Greenpeace and Dr Barnardos.
Research
Task:
•Choose a suitable organisation
•Using your internet search techniques, research: Their Aims and Objectives What they do and Why What would happen if the charity didn’t exist How they raise money and awareness Who the Target Audience is for this website
•Create a Research Document with your findingsExtension:
•Make some notes about your initial thoughts of how your chosen organisation could redesign their site for a teenage audience
L3 - Design: Hierarchy Chart
Soaps Homepage
Eastenders Coronation Street Emmerdale
Characters Story Lines Images
Design: Hierarchy Chart
•Click on New Slide and on the Task Pane on the right hand side select Slide Layout
•From here, scroll down until you find the Hierarchy Chart layout
•Right click on the objects to add new Subordinates and Co-workers
Task:
Create a Hierarchy Chart for your Website and comment on the construction and what you would like to include on it
Design: Hierarchy Chart -
ExampleMy website is about ‘Soaps’ on television, I would like a page on each of the following:
oCoronation StreetoEastendersoEmmerdale
However, I would also like other pages linking from each of these main ‘Soap’ pages, for example:
oCharactersoStorylinesoImages
L4 – Themes
Task:
•In pairs, evaluate these BBC Sites which are all part of www.bbc.co.uk/tv
•Comment on their differing use of: Font type and size Colours Images Layout Options
Themes
Group Discussion:
•For each of these websites, what is the: Purpose Audience Overall ‘Look and Feel’
•How have fonts, images, colours etc been used to meet the needs of the audience?
Each BBC Website has its own distinct look and feel
Initial Construction
topframe
left
fram
e
mainframe
index
L6-11 – Construction
•Techniques you will learn over the next 3 lessons: oEntering text and formatting itoUsing colouroInserting graphics including rollover imagesoInserting different forms of links (external, graphics for
example)oCreating hot spotsoInserting tables
• It is important that throughout this project you remember how important it is that you have and apply an awareness of SOAP.
L6-11 – Construction
Starter:
•In pairs sum up the purpose of your
website AND its intended Target
Audience in no more than 12 words…
•Your partner then has to feedback to the
rest of the group about your ideas
Construction - Extension
•Use L6 R1 Bibliography to keep a
record of any images and websites that
you use throughout this project.
•This enables you to keep track of what
you are using and directly affects your
ability to obtain a higher level at the end
of the unit!
L7 - Plenary
•Use L7 R1 AfL Sheet to evaluate your own
progress so far.
•Notice that this document has 2 sections.
•Use this sheet to self evaluate your work so
far or receive feedback from someone else
•You will then do the other technique next
lesson
L12-13 - Improvements
•Work in pairs and choose a subject that you know your partner is good at such as a sport or skill etc
•Give feedback to your partner about their skill
•Swap roles
3 minutes!!!
Improvements
Task:
•As you finish your work, take screenshots of how you developed your website
•With the help of a partner use the ‘2 stars and a wish’ technique to gather useful feedback
•Fully annotate your screenshotsExt:
•Make changes to your work to reflect the feedback received
•Re-take screenshots and annotate to show improvements
L14-16 - Review and Collecting
EvidenceFor this unit you should have the following documents
oTitle PageoEvaluation of WebsitesoResearch into your CharityoHierarchy Chart and your reasons for that designoYour annotated screenshots including feedbackoPeer and Self Assessment AfL sheetoChosen AfL method sheetoReview (if separate from Homestudy booklet)oBibliography
3. Action
1. What’s the
problem?
2. Plan
and
design
5. Modify
4. Evaluate
Systems Life Cycle
Web Development - Level 6/7
Analysis
•Outline of user needs
•Who is the audience?
•What is the purpose?oCharity based websiteoActivities
List of Reasons why these are useful
oWhat do you hope to achieve by doing this?
•Other user needsoAdvertising the problemoAllowing people to become involved
1. What’s the problem?
•Read any information about the problem
•How will you solve the problem?
•Decide what you need to do
•Spider Diagrams
•Discussion
2. Plan and Design
•Create an action plan: what will happen
when?
•Create a design of your project: what will
it look like?
•Get it checked!
•Sketches
•Tables
3. Action
•GET ON WITH IT!!
•Use your action plan and design to
remind you what should be done and
when
4. Evaluation
•Self evaluation
•Peer evaluation
•Questionnaires
•Paired discussion
•Eventual final project review
5. Modify
•What changes should I make?
•Why?
•Make them!!