Module Descriptors
WEB DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
COIS40580
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 4
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Susan Bailey
Email: S.Bailey@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • ASSIGNMENT weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
Assignment (100%) 2500 words - learning outcomes 1, 2, 3 and 4.
The assignment will involve the student designing a web application and documenting this design. The student will also implement an application from the design.
Module Indicative Content
Introduction to the Internet
Client side scripting - XHTML, Javascript
Introduction to CSS
Basic Design - HCI, Storyboards and flowcharts
Hosting and Business Issues
Introduction to web servers and web server software
History of the internet
Web Page Editors
Web Graphics


Module Learning Strategies
1 lecture and 2 labs.
The lecture will support the two 1 hour lab sessions. The lab sessions will support the underlying knowledge and skills required to complete the module, and will be facilitated with booklets, course texts and the internet. Group discussions will also take place in these sessions.
(1:n) (1:30)2
Module Resources
Web server
Editors such as Macromedia Studio MX
The Internet
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Prior study of CE00423-1 Computing and Technology in Society
Disqualified Combination - CE00082-1 Internet Technology and HTML

Module Texts
Knuckles C and Yen D, Web Applications - Concepts and Real World Design, Wiley 2005, ISBN: 0-471-42929-5
Castro E, HTML 4 for the World Wide Web, Peachpit Press, 1998, ISBN: 0201696967
Cederholm D, Bulletproof Web Design: Creating Flexibility with XHTML and CSS New Riders, 2005, ISBN: 0321346939

Directed reading will be given in lectures.