| Semester 2, 2022 Toowoomba On-campus | |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences |
| School or Department : | School of Mathematics, Physics & Computing |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
Examiner: Xiaoyu Xia
Requisites
Pre-requisite: CSC1401 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: UCCC or GDTI or GCEN or METC or MCOT or MCTE or MCOP or MPIT or MCTN or BSED
Overview
Web publishing is a large and important industry. It can be considered as part of the computing or publishing industry, and it has important implications in other areas. USQ graduates in computing, and many other disciplines, need expertise in this area. This course will provide them with skills in document creation, publishing, and the more technical aspects of web publishing. The course will emphasise the generation of web materials in accordance with relevant standards and recommendations.
This course conveys the essential skills and knowledge required to create and maintain high quality web documents. The course will cover document design and preparation, as well as the more technical issues of web-publishing such as client-side scripting and input validation. Program material may only be available via the web. Practical classes will be provided for internal students. While the course will use Javascript as the programming language, prior experience with it is not required. However, both a general understanding of and basic experience with programming in a high level language is essential. Limited experience with using Linux/Unix is also recommended.
Course learning outcomes
On completion of this course students will be able to:
- produce accessible, inclusive and effective web site designs;
- implement web pages using industry standard markup languages;
- choose and apply appropriate formats to display multimedia content in web sites;
- develop dynamic web content through form elements and client-side scripting;
- summarise and explain key aspects of the technical foundations of the World Wide Web.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Introduction to the Web | 5.00 |
| 2. | The Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) | 10.00 |
| 3. | Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) | 10.00 |
| 4. | Responsive design and the ethics of accessibility | 15.00 |
| 5. | Multimedia on the Web | 15.00 |
| 6. | Forms and Validation | 15.00 |
| 7. | Interacting with the Document Object Model (DOM) using Javascript | 20.00 |
| 8. | Client-side Security | 5.00 |
| 9. | A selection of Web APIs | 5.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay 1 | No | 20 | 1,2,3 |
| Essay 2 | No | 30 | 1,2,3,4 |
| Time limited online examinatn | No | 50 | 1,2,3,4,5 |