Website
HIT164 COMPUTING FUNDAMENTALS
Assignment 2: Build a Mini Website
Due Date:
Week 11, Friday at Midnight
Length:
600 words for main content (max. not including reference list)
Value:
20% of the total marks for the unit
TASKS
1. Build a website based on your research essay (Assignment 1) using HTML5 technology (with strict XML rule).
*Note: Students who did not submit assignment 1 must contact your lecturer as soon as possible.
REQUIREMENTS
· Your website must have at least three webpages — home, topic, and reference list pages.
· Webpages must be hand coded using HTML5 (with strict XML rule) and CSS.
· HTML5 markup should be semantically correct.
· They should also validate according to the W3C Validator.
· Webpages should reflect the C.R.A.P. design principles.
· Appropriate meta data should be included on all webpages, e.g. author’s information, a brief description and a set of keywords related to your content.
· Appropriate file structure should be used for your website.
· All webpages must hyperlink to each other.
· Topic page should contain no more than 600 words.
· Reference list must not contain sources that have not been cited in the text.
· CDU Harvard referencing style should be applied.
HIT164 Computing Fundamentals
PART 1 - WEBPAGES
Home Page
· This home page should be named “ index.html ”.
· At the minimum, your home page should include the website name and a very short introduction (75-125 words).
Topic Page
· This webpage should be named “ topic.html ”.
· Trim the content of your research essay (from Assignment 1) to no more than 600 words. Ensure that your content is rewritten to be appropriate for a web medium.
· Include at least one multimedia element (e.g. image, embedded video or audio) that is relevant to your content.
• Be sure to include appropriate referencing, and it should also be clear of any copyright issue.
Reference List
· The reference list should be in a separate webpage named “ references.html ”.
· References should be listed in alphabetical order, according to author’s last name.
· Reference items which include a link to a source on the web should be marked up as such.
All Webpages
· Citations (i.e. inline references) should link directly to the specific reference in the reference list.
· There should be a consistent navigation system used in the website.
· Hypertext linking within a webpage is encouraged.
PART 2 - PRESENTATION
· Use ONLY external Cascading Style Sheet for presentation.
· Your CSS file should include a header comment that contains your name, version information, and references to any styles you have used from elsewhere.
· All webpages should demonstrate consistency in presentation.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINE
On Learnline
· Archive all your webpages, and any additional files, in a ZIP file named FirstnameLastnameAssign2.zip. Your ZIP file should include (at the minimum):
1. index.html
2. topic.html
3. references.html
4. styles.css
· Submit the ZIP file to Learnline. You can find the submission portal at Assessment > Submit Here > Assignment 2
· Click on “Browse My Computer” and attach your ZIP file.
· You are allowed FIVE attempts on the submission to Learnline, however, if you re-submit after the due date it will be considered as a late submission.
On Spinetail Web Server
· Your website, including images and stylesheet, should be uploaded to the Spinetail web server.
· Ensure your website works.
· Do NOT modify any files after the due date (assuming it is not a late submission).
· Ensure appropriate file structure is used.
· The zipped file submitted to Learnline and the website on Spinetail must be EXACTLY the same.
· The time of submission will be based on when you submit the ZIP archive on Learnline.
· You may wish to check your assignment against the Marking Guide. The document can be found on Learnline where you obtained this assignment specification. Your lecturer will use this as a basis for assessing your assignment.