Course Title: Create and style simple markup language documents

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2023

Course Code: COSC6227C

Course Title: Create and style simple markup language documents

Important Information:

Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities.
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School: 520T Future Technologies

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4410 - Certificate IV in Information Technology

Course Contact: Luke Eberbach

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254381

Course Contact Email: Luke.Eberbach@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Radhu Punchanathan

+61 3 99251409

radhu.punchanathan@rmit.edu.au

Nominal Hours: 40

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

none

Course Description

In this course you will gain the skills and knowledge required to design and create basic markup language documents and cascading style sheets (CSS) in order to define the structure and style of a website.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

ICTWEB431 Create and style simple markup language documents

Element:

1. Review the requirements

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Review user requirements to determine website design
1.2 Develop testing approach and test cases based on requirements and refine with user
1.3 Select appropriate markup language based on user requirements

Element:

2. Create the document structure

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Create and assign basic elements of documents based on user requirements
2.2 Mark-up sections of documents to depict structure and refine with user

Element:

3. Format, style and lay out the elements on a web page

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Style and format documents using CSS according to user requirements
3.2 Lay out document elements using CSS according to user requirements 

Element:

4. Test and validate the web pages

Performance Criteria:

4.1 Test website in different browsers according to test approach and cases, and correct and re-test issues
4.2 Document test results and provide to user to explain any outstanding issues and corrective actions
4.3 Recommend, agree, and undertake any outstanding corrective actions with the user to achieve user acceptance.


Learning Outcomes


On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.


Details of Learning Activities

A range of learning activities are planned for this course including self-paced and collaborative classroom based activities.

The collaborative classroom based activities will include theory sessions, practical lab sessions, tutorial sessions, and out-of-class research and homework.

We expect you to participate and contribute in all scheduled learning activities.


Teaching Schedule

The nominal hours associated with this are a guide only and represent the total teaching time and student effort required to successfully complete the course. This may include not only scheduled classes but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Syllabus - Semester 1, 2023

Week

Date

Topic/Description

Assessment

1

6-12 Feb

Introduction to web page design.

Installing required software and creating a web page.

 

2

13-19 Feb

Creating HTML document structure, Writing HTML markup for text contents.

HTML lists, Validating HTML files.

 

3

20-26 Feb

Working with images and hyperlinks.

 

4

27 Feb-5 Mar

Introduction to web page design and CSS.

Principles of web page design and storyboards

 

5

6-12 Mar

Web page layout and design; Styling text

 

6

13-19 Mar

CSS properties and design, Using background image.

 

7

20-26 Mar

HTML Structural elements

 

8

27 Mar-2 Apr

Page layout using HTML sections and the display property, Deconstructing a CSS Layout

Importing Google fonts.

Web Project Task 1

9

3-9 Apr

Validate HTML and CSS against W3C Standards, Class, and ID selectors

 

Mid-Semester break (10-16 April)

10

17-23 Apr

Explore CSS properties to style a navigation.

Using CSS class selector – navigation example

Class and ID selectors

 

11

24-30 Apr

Grid Layouts

 

12

 1-7 May

Grid Layouts continued

 

13

8-14 May

Browser Testing, HTML & CSS validation

 

14

15-21 May

Work on Project

 

15

22-28 May

Project Demonstrations

Web Project Task 2

16

 29 May-4 Jun

Course & assessment feedback

 

 


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

Assessment for this course is ongoing throughout the semester. Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through participation in class exercises, oral presentations and through the application of learned skills and insights to your written tasks. Full assessment briefs will be provided and can be found on CANVAS.


Assessment Tasks

There are two assessments in this unit of competency.

You must satisfactorily  complete Assessment Task 1 and Assessment Task 2 to be deemed competent in this unit

Web Project Task 1

You are required to read and complete the following parts of this assessment:
Part I – All the questions on knowledge evidence given in this part must be answered correctly by students to be assessed as satisfactory for this assessment task. Completing this part of the assessment task allows students to demonstrate they can address some of the underlying knowledge evidence
Part II (Parts A, B,C, D)- You are required to read and analyse client requirements for a webpage and then design and create the specified web pages using a text editor. The website will be created using HTML.
All website files will need to be validated against the standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and tested in a variety of browsers.

This assessment is due end of week 8.

 

Web Project Task 2

Part I – All the questions on knowledge evidence given in this part must be answered correctly by students to be assessed as satisfactory for this assessment task. Completing this part of the assessment task allows students to demonstrate they can address some of the underlying knowledge evidence

Part II (Parts A,B,C)- Students are required to read and analyse client requirements for a webpage and then design and create the specified web pages using a text editor. The website will be created using HTML and styled using advanced CSS (cascading style sheets).  You can use the webpage created in Task 1, Part II as a starting point for this assessment.

All website files will need to be validated against the standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and tested in a variety of browsers.

This assessment is due end of week 15.


Assessment Matrix

 

Element

Performance criteria

 

 

Assessment Task 1

Assessment Task 2

1. Review the requirements

1.1 Review user requirements to determine website design

Part A

 

1.2 Develop testing approach and test cases based on requirements and refine with user

Part A

Part B

1.3 Select appropriate markup language based on user requirements

Part B

 

2. Create the document structure

2.1 Create and assign basic elements of documents based on user requirements

Part C

 

2.2 Mark-up sections of documents to depict structure and refine with user

Part C

 

3. Format, style and lay out the elements on a web page

3.1 Style and format documents using CSS according to user requirements

 

Part A

3.2 Lay out document elements using CSS according to user requirements

 

Part A

4. Test and validate the web pages

4.1 Test website in different browsers according to test approach and cases, and correct and re-test issues

Part D

Parts B

4.2 Document test results and provide to user to explain any outstanding issues and corrective actions

Part D

Parts C

4.3 Recommend, agree, and undertake any outstanding corrective actions with the user to achieve user acceptance

 

Parts C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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