1. Room: NL11 (above New Library)
Web Technologies
Ivo Chakarov
Telephone: Ext. 3424
Room: NL11 (above New Library)

2. Web Technologies
Course aim:
to give students an essential overview of the tools, techniques and underpinning knowledge required to create and host simple web pages.

3. Students should be able to:
Web Technologies
Students should be able to:
Analyse user requirements to produce a brief
Use initial design and documentation techniques and take into account considerations when developing a small web site
Design and optimise web images using a drawing or paint package
Use web authoring package to create a web site.
Use web standards to create web sites (e.g. XHTML, CSS)
Use components such as tables, images, etc.
Use web testing startegies

4. Web Technologies Basic principles of web page development:
Set suitable colours for page and text
Text manipulation (font, size, style)
Paragraphs
Converting images into suitable formats

5. Web Technologies Undertake user requirements analysis:
Design web sites using prototyping
Create appropriate diagrams
Produce a brief that details the client requirements

6. Web Technologies Use appropriate development tools:
Create web page templates
Embed images within the web pages
Use tables to enhance web page layout
Create web page anchors (bookmarks)
Create hyperlinks
Create image maps
Use meta tags
Use appropriate web authoring software packages

7. Web Technologies Test web sites: Verify all links work
Use different browsers to preview pages
Verify all components appear as expected

8. Web Technologies Use graphics software: Resize images within web sites
Apply transparency to images
Use file compression methods
Apply "web safe" palettes
Create appropriate web banners

9. Web Technologies Publish and maintain web sites:
Use software to manage web site development
Publish web sites to the Internet

10. Web Technologies Assessment:
Assignment covering both practical web site activities and underpinning knowledge.
A report (3000 words) worth 100%
Assignment will include both
Design component
Implementation component

11. Web Technologies Essential Reading:
Paper Prototyping C. A. Snyder Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc ISBN:
The Zen of CSS Design David Shea Peachpit Press ISBN:

12. Web Technologies Essential Reading:
Multimedia: Making it Work Tay Vaughan Osborne McGraw-Hill ISBN:
Web Design: The Complete Reference Thomas Powell Osborne McGraw-Hill ISBN:
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