WEB 240 ENTIRE COURSE

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WEB 240 ENTIRE COURSE

WEB 240 WEEK 1 Individual Assignment Website Design and Development: Checklist

Throughout the course, you design and develop a website about your profession, hobbies, or interests. The site must consist of 3 to 5 web pages. Your target audience will be other professionals in your field or potential employers.

Identify the type of website you are interested in completing for this course.
Demonstrate the following characteristics:

· Effective file management
· Accurate and functional markup code
· Effective and functional navigation

Complete a comparative and competitive analysis of websites using the supplied worksheet. Choose two sites that are similar to the one you are planning for the analysis.



WEB 240 WEEK 1 DQ 1,2

Discussion Question 1 (two parts)
1. Describe one (X)HTML tag that has not been used in a previous response to this question. What is this tag used for and how does it differ from previous tags mentioned? Is this a tag you will use on the site you create for this class? Explain why or why not.

2. Select a website and compare how it looks on two different monitors, browsers, or computers running different operating systems. Make sure you look at every page of the site and then, answer the following questions:
o What were the two different browsers, monitors, or operating systems that you compared?
o What differences, if any, did you notice? What do you think caused these differences?
o If you did not notice any differences, describe at least one difference that might be noticed when using different browsers, operating systems, or monitors to view a web page.

Discussion Question 2 

Think about the website that you plan to create for this class. Then, answer the following questions:
o Does the website fit into one of the purpose categories described in Table 1 of the Woodward (2009) article? If so, what category does it fit into? If not, what category would you add to the table to describe your site’s purpose?

o What are three steps you plan to take to determine your website’s goals? Use Table 2 of the Woodward (2009) article as a resource for ideas





WEB 240 Week 2 Individual Assignment Website Design and Development: First Draft

Part 1

A website plan serves as a blueprint for developing a website. The plan identifies the purpose of the site, your audience, and the specific content and features that must be added to the site to accomplish the site’s objectives.

Complete a First Draft of your Website Plan, using a Microsoft® Word document or a Microsoft® PowerPoint®presentation, that addresses the following areas:

· Topic
· Purpose

• Why do you need this site?
• Why do your visitors need this site?

· Audience

• Brief description of target audience
• General geographic location of audience
• Estimate number of people
• Estimate average age
• Familiarity with computers and Internet
• Key target audience insight – Most compelling thing you want the audience to think, learn or do as a result of visiting the site

· A visual mockup of the layout of your site’s home page using drawing tools in a Microsoft® Word document, a Microsoft®PowerPoint® presentation, or a graphic program

Part 2

Create a homepage for your planned site that demonstrates effective application of design elements. Use Adobe®Dreamweaver® or another HTML editor to create a basic web page based on the web plan you have developed. This page is the homepage of your website. Save your site homepage as index.html or default.html.

Check your HTML code using the Markup Validation Service on the W3C® website, (www.w3.org) prior to submitting your web page(s).

Submit all website files in a compressed folder.




WEB 240 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Website Evaluation Paper and Prototype for Redesign: Planning and Brainstormin

Begin working together to create a list of essential design criteria for evaluating a website assigned to your team by your facilitator The list should including the following:

· Create a comprehensive list of design features from the list each person created during Week One.
· Organize the list under category headings. Create your own headings or use those provided on the sample checklist.
· Prioritize the list and keep only the top 20 design criteria.

Complete a comparative review of two sites with purposes and audiences similar to those of the Virtual Organization site you are evaluating. Use the design criteria developed by the team for the review.




WEB 240 WEEK 2 DQ 1,DQ 2

Week 2 DQ1
Find an article that describes how files are organized on a website. What are two best practices regarding web file management that you learned from the article? How can you apply this knowledge to your personal or professional life? Cite the source of the article.

Week 2 DQ2 – Two parts

• The process of creating and maintaining a website typically involves both development and production environments. What is one reason for maintaining the two separate environments and the purpose of each? Explain. Is there a scenario for bringing the two together? Explain.
• According to the Korgaonkar, O’Leary, and Silverblatt (2009) article, eight design factors have been found to help attract and retain site visitors. What two of the factors do you believe could be added to the site you are building for this class? Explain. How would they be incorporated into your class site, eith

WEB 240 Week 3 Individual Assignment Website Design and Development: Site Map

Part 1 – Add to Website Plan

Add a Site Map to your web plan. This will be a diagram, similar to an organizational chart, that shows a visual mapping of your site and how the pages will be linked together.

Part 2 – Expand the basic homepage from Week Two

Expand the basic homepage from Week Two to a site that includes at least 3 web pages. Incorporate the following into your expanded website:

· Apply Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to format elements.
· Integrate multimedia effectively into the site.
· Create effective navigation for the site so that people can move easily between the pages.
· Organize page content using structural elements, such as headings, paragraphs, tables, and lists.
· Use internal, external, and anchor links in the site.
· Apply usability best practices and principles of design.

Check your HTML code using the Markup Validation Service on the W3C® website, (www.w3.org) prior to submitting your web page(s). A link to this site may be found in the Materials tab on your student website.

Submit all website files in a compressed folder.





WEB 240 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Website Evaluation Paper and Prototype for Redesign

Continue working on the Website Evaluation Paper and Prototype for Redesign due in Week Five.

Evaluate the use of design principles within the Virtual Organization site using the design criteria developed within the team during Week Two.

Propose recommendations for improvement based on the evaluations.





WEB 240 WEEK 3 DQ 1,DQ 2

Week 3 DQ1 (2 parts)

• What are two site examples that have images or multimedia that are used effectively on the site? Why do you think they work well on the site? Include the URLs of the sites in your response for others to view your selections.
• What are some of the benefits that Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) provide? Provide a best practice when using CSS

Week 3 DQ2 (1 part)

• Based on the Drumheller (2010) article, what are three possible ways that streaming media can be used to accomplish the objectives of the organization? What are two benefits and two challenges that might be faced when implementing streaming media within the organization?

WEB 240 Week 4 Individual Assignment Website Design and Development: Interactive Features

Part 1 – Add to Website Plan

List at least three interactive features that could be added to your site and what purpose each would serve for your site and its visitors. The form created in Part Two of this assignment can be included as one of the interactive features.

Part 2 – Refine and finalize your website

Refine and finalize your website by doing the following:

· Add a simple web form—such as an order form, a subscription to a newsletter, or a request for contact.
· Use division or a table to structure the form elements.
· Apply JavaScript® to validate the form.
· Finalize a navigation system.
· Use metadata to increase accessibility and search engine optimization.
· Test for functionality and usability.

Check your HTML code using the Markup Validation Service on the W3C® website, (www.w3.org) prior to submitting your web page(s). A link to this site may be found in the Materials tab on your student website.

Submit all website files in a compressed folder.






WEB 240 Week 4 Learning Team AssignmentWebsite Evaluation Paper and Prototype for Redesign

Create a redesigned homepage prototype as well as a redesigned secondary page prototype due in Week Five. For the prototype, Adobe® Dreamweaver® is recommended.

Finalize your Website Evaluation Paper due in Week Five, which must include the following:

· The virtual organization being evaluated, their purpose, and intended audience

· The list of design criteria created by the team, including a description of why each was considered to be important

· The results of the comparative review of sites

· A detailed analysis of the selected Virtual Organization site based on the chosen design criteria

· Recommendations for improvements to the site based on the design analysis and the inclusion of metadata to promote the website

A description of proposed changes




WEB 240 WEEK 4 DQ 1,DQ 2

Week 4 DQ1: (two parts)
What is the purpose of using JavaScript® on a website? What is a specific example of a JavaScript® application that will be beneficial on the site you are creating? Use an example other than form validation. What is the step-by-step process that would be followed to add the JavaScript® described in your example to a website?
What is an example of a JavaScript® framework? In the framework you have described, what is an example of an application that would work well on the site you are building for the class? What is the purpose of the application and how will it enhance your site?

Week 4 DQ2: (one part)
Based on the Keston (2010) article, what are the advantages and disadvantages of using mashups? What is one example from the list in Table 1 of popular mashup categories that would work well on your site? How would you like the mashup to work? How would it fit with the goals for your site





WEB 240 Week 5 Learning Team AssignmentWebsite Evaluation Paper and Prototype for Redesign


Submit the Website Evaluation Paper.

Submit the redesigned homepage prototype as well as a redesigned secondary page prototype.


WEB 240 WEEK 5 DQ 1,DQ 2

Week 5 DQ1: (two parts)

• Describe the steps you have taken to maintain and redesign your site over the past several weeks. How is the process that you followed similar to or different from how sites are maintained and redesigned in the professional environment?

• What is the process used to add content and publish the website in your workplace or another organization? How can this process be improved?

Week 5 DQ2:

• Based on the O’Kennon (2010) article, what are the advantages and disadvantages of a content delivery network (CDN)? If you were responsible for an organizational website, what questions would you ask to determine if a CDN would be appropriate? If a decision was made to use a CDN, what criteria would you use in choosing one?