Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Learning outcomes 3, 4 & 5
Hi every body
I have put some ideas for the criteria for these learning outcomes on the wiki and repeated them below.
You may want to comment on the wiki or by commenting on this post.
Learning outcome 3: "Explore the usability and accessibility of a selection of web sites"
Factors we may need to consider:
Learning outcome 4: "Illustrate effective web site design using web pages you have developed"
Factors we may need to consider:
Learning outcome 5: "Support your use of methodologies and design techniques with critical analysis of their appropriate use"
Factors we may need to consider:
I have put some ideas for the criteria for these learning outcomes on the wiki and repeated them below.
You may want to comment on the wiki or by commenting on this post.
Learning outcome 3: "Explore the usability and accessibility of a selection of web sites"
Factors we may need to consider:
- what do we mean by usability and accessibility?
- how do we measure them and what are the issues with this?
- what criteria do we use to select our web sites and what do we mean by a selection?
- what do we expect as an output when we have explored the web sites?
Learning outcome 4: "Illustrate effective web site design using web pages you have developed"
Factors we may need to consider:
- what is effective web site design?
- what quantity and quality do you need demonstrate?
- what evidence do you have that your design is effective?
Learning outcome 5: "Support your use of methodologies and design techniques with critical analysis of their appropriate use"
Factors we may need to consider:
- what are the appropriate methodologies and design techniques for web design?
- how can you show that they are appropriate or not?
- give a critical analysis of how you have used them in your own work.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Help with CSS
Hi Steve and Jane
There is an excellent tutorial about CSS at w3.schools.com. It takes you through the basics and tells you beforehand what you need to know before taking the tutorial.
It also has tutorials on these preparatory materials so if you need to know a bit about HTML works first then there is a tutorial on this.
Please take a look and let me know if this is any help.
If you want further help try putting css tutorials into Google and it will come up with a number of other tutorials which you might find useful.
Hope this helps
Rowland
There is an excellent tutorial about CSS at w3.schools.com. It takes you through the basics and tells you beforehand what you need to know before taking the tutorial.
It also has tutorials on these preparatory materials so if you need to know a bit about HTML works first then there is a tutorial on this.
Please take a look and let me know if this is any help.
If you want further help try putting css tutorials into Google and it will come up with a number of other tutorials which you might find useful.
Hope this helps
Rowland
Friday, March 03, 2006
Session 06 and beyond
Hi everybody
The material for session 06 is now on the web, please let me know by email if there are any issues with it.
Remember that you are doing this session on-line and you have effectively two weeks to do it as the next week is is Learning Week when there is not taught session. I will see you again on Tuesday 21st March.
I have checked the criteria for learning outcome 2 on the wiki and I think we can go ahead with them as they are.
I have also added the rest of the learning outcomes to the criteria page and I will be adding some more detail and ideas about these over the next two weeks. I will post information on this blog when I have done so.
Please feel free to contact me by email if you want to discuss anything about the course. If the issues are of general use I will put something about them on this blog.
See you soon
Rowland
The material for session 06 is now on the web, please let me know by email if there are any issues with it.
Remember that you are doing this session on-line and you have effectively two weeks to do it as the next week is is Learning Week when there is not taught session. I will see you again on Tuesday 21st March.
I have checked the criteria for learning outcome 2 on the wiki and I think we can go ahead with them as they are.
I have also added the rest of the learning outcomes to the criteria page and I will be adding some more detail and ideas about these over the next two weeks. I will post information on this blog when I have done so.
Please feel free to contact me by email if you want to discuss anything about the course. If the issues are of general use I will put something about them on this blog.
See you soon
Rowland
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Session 05 - Reflections
Hi everybody
On the whole I thought the session went well.
# We looked at the criteria for LO2 and reached a concensus that I now need to check against the master's criteria.
# The claim for LO2 was postponed to be done over the next week.
# We looked at aspects of CSS and got going on writing our own web pages using CSS for formatting.
# Everybody now has a web site to publish their work
We need to:
# Make sure that we all have access to each other's web sites by putting them on the wiki page that already contains links to blogs and emails
at http://comp4040.pbwiki.com/module%20blogs
I will transfer these as links to the main module pages
# work on making a claim for LO2 over the next week
Please note the details of future sessions:
# Tuesday 8th March will be an on-line session - details to follow on the web site but the general theme will be looking at accessibility and usability and continuing with CSS
# Tuesday 15th March is in Learning week so there is no taught session, please use the time to catch up with work.
# Tuesday 22nd March we will be having a face-to-face session in room 113
You might like to add your own reflections by commenting on this blog post or putting comments on your own blog.
Please feel free to contact me over the next few weeks if I can be of any help. Email is the preferred method. If the information is of value to the whole group I will, with your permission, publish it on this blog.
best wishes
Rowland
On the whole I thought the session went well.
# We looked at the criteria for LO2 and reached a concensus that I now need to check against the master's criteria.
# The claim for LO2 was postponed to be done over the next week.
# We looked at aspects of CSS and got going on writing our own web pages using CSS for formatting.
# Everybody now has a web site to publish their work
We need to:
# Make sure that we all have access to each other's web sites by putting them on the wiki page that already contains links to blogs and emails
at http://comp4040.pbwiki.com/module%20blogs
I will transfer these as links to the main module pages
# work on making a claim for LO2 over the next week
Please note the details of future sessions:
# Tuesday 8th March will be an on-line session - details to follow on the web site but the general theme will be looking at accessibility and usability and continuing with CSS
# Tuesday 15th March is in Learning week so there is no taught session, please use the time to catch up with work.
# Tuesday 22nd March we will be having a face-to-face session in room 113
You might like to add your own reflections by commenting on this blog post or putting comments on your own blog.
Please feel free to contact me over the next few weeks if I can be of any help. Email is the preferred method. If the information is of value to the whole group I will, with your permission, publish it on this blog.
best wishes
Rowland
