Task Summary
What you will learn
You will learn the importance of planning the features, design and structure of a website
How will you be assessed
You will complete and submit a table which reviews websites features and structures.
You will learn the importance of planning the features, design and structure of a website
How will you be assessed
You will complete and submit a table which reviews websites features and structures.
Activities
- Review design features of the BBC website
- Review the structure of this website
Design Features
In the planning and design of a webpage it is important to consider features such as layout, colours used, text types, blank space and corporate style.
Activity: Take a look at the following two websites, both sites are produced by the same company and both website offer the same content but have a very different design.
BBC Newsround : http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/news
BBC News: http://www.bbc.com/news
For each website make a note on the board about each of the following:
Now vote on which site you like the best.
Class Discussion: What design features do we think makes a website good, user-friendly and likely to attract visitors.
Structure and Navigation
Structure: Websites should have a clear and simple structure, using the website should be intuitive and quick. Each website should be consistent throughout and it CSS, Style Sheets or Style regulations/Corporate Design should be clear and wording should be consistent throughout .
In the planning and design of a webpage it is important to consider features such as layout, colours used, text types, blank space and corporate style.
Activity: Take a look at the following two websites, both sites are produced by the same company and both website offer the same content but have a very different design.
BBC Newsround : http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/news
BBC News: http://www.bbc.com/news
For each website make a note on the board about each of the following:
- What design feature do you like most about the website
- Why is the website designed like it is
- What do you like least about the design of the website
Now vote on which site you like the best.
Class Discussion: What design features do we think makes a website good, user-friendly and likely to attract visitors.
Structure and Navigation
Structure: Websites should have a clear and simple structure, using the website should be intuitive and quick. Each website should be consistent throughout and it CSS, Style Sheets or Style regulations/Corporate Design should be clear and wording should be consistent throughout .
Navigation: Websites need to be easy to navigate from page to page. Each page should have quick navigation to site Main Pages and relevant pages to the page being viewed. For example on the A Level Computer Science Page there does not need to be a link to this Year 7 Task 2 page.
Key Terminology
- User-Friendly
- Commenting Code
- SEO - Search Engine Optimisation
- HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language
- CSS - Cascading Style Sheets
- Corporate Design
- Hyperlinks
Some good sites for further reading:
http://webstyleguide.com/wsg3/3-information-architecture/3-site-structure.html - Informative site on Website structure.
http://webstyleguide.com/wsg3/3-information-architecture/3-site-structure.html - Informative site on Website structure.
Assessment Task 1
Task: Create a table like the one below, using software of your choice. The table you create should have 12 rows and 4 columns.
Research on the internet and review some websites to complete the table below. Comments should be in your own words and be approximately 20 - 25 words long. An example is given in the table below
Research on the internet and review some websites to complete the table below. Comments should be in your own words and be approximately 20 - 25 words long. An example is given in the table below
If you cannot produce your own table, or time is limited then please use the table provided in the download below.
feature_of_a_well-designed_website_table.docx | |
File Size: | 12 kb |
File Type: | docx |