Website Design

Overview

Framework:
RQF
Level:
Level 1
Unit No:
L/617/1203
Credits:
6
Guided learning hours:
48 hours

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Unit Learning Outcomes

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1. — Know about the different purposes of websites.

Purposes of websites:


  • Information based (research, magazines, news, press, articles, online libraries)
  • Advertising (attract customers, persuasive techniques)
  • File transfer / storage (back up files, sharing, transfer files, store files)
  • Educational (online learning, tutorials, quizzes/ tests)
  • Shopping
  • Social media
  • Interaction (gaming, social networking, forums)

Assessment Criteria

  • 1.1

    Explore different purposes of websites.

2. — Be able to generate ideas for a website.

Research sources:

  • Existing web products
  • Existing interactive interfaces (TV / Apps)
  • Existing digital interfaces (DVD / Games)

How to generate ideas:

  • Research existing products
  • Style of product
  • Purpose
  • Target audience
  • Content
  • Visual communication
  • Design brief
  • Client needs
  • Mind maps
  • Sketches
  • Layout designs
  • Navigation charts / diagrams
  • Technical notes

Assessment Criteria

  • 2.1

    Use different sources to generate ideas for a website in response to a proposal.

3. — Be able to design, plan and produce a prototype for a website.

Planning a website:

  • Site maps
  • Screen layouts
  • Navigation / user interaction
  • Identifying content
  • Identifying existing assets
  • Identifying assets to be created
  • Prototypes
  • Resources
  • Templates

Creating assets:

  • Images
  • Text
  • Photographs
  • Video
  • Animation
  • Audio

Create a prototype for a website:

  • Authoring webpages / creating links
  • Importing assets
  • Saving files appropriately
  • Storing files appropriately

Test a website:

  • Functionality
  • Usability
  • Accessibility
  • Different browsers
  • Platforms
  • Working links / viewable content
  • Saving correct file types

Safe working practices:

  • Importance of health and safety
  • Working safely with equipment
  • Working safely with computers
  • Maintaining a safe working environment

Assessment Criteria

  • 3.1

    Plan the production of a website.

  • 3.2

    Create assets for a website.

  • 3.3

    Create a prototype for a website.

4. — Be able to review the prototype for a website.

Review the production of a prototype for a website.

Include reflections on:

  • how well you worked to produce the prototype (strengths and areas for development in your way of working)
  • the effectiveness of the prototype (how well it meets the brief/purpose)

Draw on:

  • User feedback
  • Own self- assessment
  • Feedback from those who worked with you

Suggest improvements to own work:

  • More efficient or effective ways of working
  • Ways to improve the design of website

Assessment Criteria

  • 4.1

    Outline the strengths and areas for development of the prototype produced.

  • 4.2

    Suggest improvements to own work.