| Semester 1, 2022 Online | |
| 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 |
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: CSC5020 and CSC5090
Overview
While the World Wide Web itself remains of enormous importance both from a technological and a societal perspective, subsequent disruptive technologies such as mobile apps and platform independent software applications are also based substantially on the underlying concepts and techniques. This evolution means that software developers as well as other specialists need a thorough understanding of the three main client-side technologies: HTML, CSS, and Javascript. These may be applied to a wide range of areas, including document publishing, website design, user interface development, and web applications. The course caters for the study of web technology, and also prepares students for further investigation in subsequent advanced web technology programming courses.
This course conveys the essential skills and knowledge required to create and maintain high quality web documents and interactive user interfaces. The three main technologies of HTML, CSS, and Javascript are investigated in depth, and application of them to create interactive client-side apps solidifies this knowledge into technical skills. The course will emphasise the generation of accessible and responsive web materials in accordance with relevant industry standards and recommendations.
Course learning outcomes
On completion of this course students should be able to:
- Produce accessible, inclusive and effective web documents and interfaces using technical, stylistic, and open access industry standard technologies;
- Choose and apply appropriate formats to integrate multimedia content and controls in web pages;
- Develop dynamic web user interfaces through form elements and DOM-based client-side scripting;
- Apply web technology to create workable prototypes of hybrid mobile apps.
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, Validation, and Client-side security | 10.00 |
| 7. | Interacting with the Document Object Model (DOM) | 20.00 |
| 8. | Event-driven User Interface programming using Javascript | 10.00 |
| 9. | Hybrid Mobile App Development using Web Technologies | 5.00 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practical | No | 10 | 1 |
| Tech and/or scntific artefact | No | 10 | 1,2 |
| Design | No | 30 | 1,3,4 |
| Report | No | 50 | 1,2,3,4 |