Website Design Assignment - Design and Build a Website for a Primary School

As part of the formal assessment for the programme, you are required to submit a Website Design assignment. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information onpreparing and submitting assignments.

Learning Outcomes:

After completing the module, you should be able to:

1) Identify design, usability and accessibility issues involved in delivering web-based applications

2) Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of website planning and design processes

3) Understand web technologies, development environments and implementation methods.

4) Design, implement, test and document a website solution for a well-defined scenario.

5) Apply a range of problem-solving techniques to the development of a website  solution.

6) Graduate Attributes - Discipline Expertise: Knowledge and understanding of chosen field. Possess a range of skills to operate within this sector, have a keen awareness of current developments in working practice being well-positioned to respond to change.

Your assignment should include a title page containing your student number, the module name, the submission deadline and a word count; the appendices if relevant, and a reference list in Arden University (AU) Harvard format. You should address all the elements of the assignment task listed below. Please note that tutors will use the assessment criteria set out below in assessing your work.

You are required to do an individual assignment with a scenario involving the design, implementation and testing of a prototype static website to meet the specified requirements, plus documentation of the design implementation and testing. We recommend you follow the given tasks below for better assignment structure and presentation.

Many Primary Schools have websites that can be used as communication tool with parents and students. However, much of these websites are not designed very well and not utilised very well.

For your assignment, you can select an existing school or make up a school of your choice. Plan, design, and build a website for a primary school.

Tasks:

Task 1 - The Case Study: Present your case study based on the topic presented above. (L.O.1., 300 words, 5%)

Task 2- Background Research: Review at least ten websites promoting businesses similar to your case study. Reflect on the design, usability, features (functionality) and accessibility of these websites. You may present your findings in a summarised tabular format. (L.O.1., 600 words, 15%)

Task 3- Web Planning: Using a defined approach to modelling, present a plan for your website to include design, usability, functionality, and accessibility features. Your plans should separate design specification from content. (L.O.2., 700 words, 20%).

Assignment Requirements

Task 4- Web Design: Based on your findings in tasks 2 and 3, make your web technologies recommendations including choice of URL, service provider, and method of implementation (L.O.3., 400 words, 10%).

Task 5- Implementation and Testing: Implement your website and provide testing logs. You should provide screenshots of every page with an explanation of any design, usability, functionality, and accessibility features included. (L.O.4 and L.O.6, 600 words, 40%)

Task 6- Optimisation: Suggest ways to optimise your website using search engines, mobile accessibility, advertising revenues, and local exposure. (L.O.5., 400 words, 10%).

The word limits are just a suggestion for word distributions. You are free to change this distribution provided your overall does not exceed 3000 words.

If you have included a quote from an external source within your question, please ensure that this is referenced appropriately in accordance with the Arden University guide to Harvard referencing

Relevant ethical considerations.

The work shows an excellent level of competence and confidence in managing appropriate sources and materials, initiative and excellent academic writing skills and professional skills (where appropriate). The work shows originality of thought.

Excellent performance which demonstrates the ability to analyse the subject and apply theory whilst showing some awareness of any relevant ethical considerations.

The work shows a high level of competence in managing sources and materials, initiative and very good academic writing skills and professional skills (where appropriate). The work shows originality of thought.

Very good performance which demonstrates the ability to analyse the subject and apply some theory.

The work shows a good level of competence in managing sources and materials and some initiative. Academic writing skills are good and expression remains accurate overall. Good professional skills (where appropriate). The work shows some original thought.

A satisfactory to good performance which begins to analyse the subject and apply some underpinning theory.

The work shows a sound level of competence in managing basic sources and materials. Academic writing skills are satisfactory and expression remains accurate overall although the piece may lack structure. Satisfactory professional skills (where appropriate). The work lacks some original thought.

Basic level of performance in which there are some omissions in understanding the subject, its underpinning theory and ethical considerations.

The work shows a basic use of sources and materials. Academic writing skills are limited and there are some errors in expression and the work may lack structure overall. There are some difficulties in developing professional skills (where appropriate). The work lacks original thought and is largely imitative.

Limited performance in which there are omissions in understanding the subject, its underpinning theory and ethical considerations.

The work shows a limited use of sources and materials. Academic writing skills are weak and there are errors in expression and the work may lack

structure overall. There are difficulties in developing professional skills (where appropriate). The work lacks original thought and is largely imitative.

A poor performance in which there are substantial gaps in knowledge and understanding, underpinning theory and ethical considerations.

The work shows little evidence in the use of appropriate sources and materials. Academic writing skills are very weak and there are numerous errors in expression. The work lacks structure overall. Professional skills (where appropriate) are not developed. The work is imitative.