Aims

This module is designed to enable participants acquire the skills necessary to establish, develop and maintain a Web site.

Areas of Study

Unit 1 HTML

The learner should be able to:

• define the term HTML
• be aware of the use of different HTML versions and backward compatibility
• describe the role of tags
• use HTML in the following processes:
  • text formatting (bold, italic, font size, font color, preformatting,)
  • inserting and manipulating graphics and animinations (img, src, border, alt, width, height, align, clear, vspace, hspace)
  • page layout (center, bgcolor, background, blockquote)
  • links and anchors – relative and absolute (a href, a name, target, mailto, link)
  • imagemaps (map, name, shape, coords, usemap)
  • lists (ol, ul, li, type, dl, dt, dd)
  • tables and table planning (table, tr, th, td, width, height for tables and cells)
• use comment and meta tags appropriately
• use the correct tags to insert multimedia files e.g. sound files,
• video, shock wave, (embed, bgsound, controls, autostart, loop)
• use the correct tags to insert special symbols or characters
• use RGB colour system in hexadecimal
• use web-safe colours
• demonstrate browser compatibility with respect to browser specific tags.

Unit 2 Using HTML Editors

The learner should be able to:

• use an HTML editor to generate HTML tags
• outline the advantages and disadvantages of coding HTML and using HTML editors
• demonstrate browser compatibility of HTML editors.

Unit 3 Designing a Web Site

The learner should be able to:

• identify site objectives and potential audience
• determine likely user access speed, computer platform, browser and user experience, software availability and level of feedback required
• produce site structure and corresponding site map
• produce a logical, consistent and functional navigation solution for the site
• determine webpage size in terms of: memory requirements and pixel sizes with reference to resolution constraints and download times for the site
• determine material requirements for site production: e.g. software, hardware, hard copy
• produce readable and printable text having regard to web typography, typefaces and alternatives, and proofread as required
• ensure that site content is accurately and clearly presented using an effective and appropriate layout
• recognise the file formats suitable for use in Web Publishing with regard to text, graphics, audio and video files