Scotch College

INFORMATION Year 10 — 2012

TECHNOLOGY Web Authoring, Computer Graphics and Animation [Semester Unit]

Rationale 

Web authoring and design describes the production of digital media for use on screen and mobile devices.  In this study students will use web 2.0 technologies to communicate while engaging in issues of interface and design, combining media and testing the final product.

Student Outcomes 

• creating, using and critically analyzing digital documents and information available from computer networks such as the World Wide Web
• applying appropriate formats and conventions for digital documents
• progress from basic presentation of projects to higher degrees of interactivity
• students will design screens that effectively communicate
• appreciate differences between design for print, multimedia and digital documents
• effectively and efficiently use the key software types used in creation of digital documents
• become critical users of on-line information delivery systems
• understanding the role and importance of ‘hypertext’ in the on-line world
• understand the role of accessibility and usability on on-line communication

Course Content 

• Appreciate the role of the World Wide Web and how pages on the web are distinguished from other forms of media, particularly linear media.
• Consider many factors when developing a variety of browsers and computers.
• Analysis of web sites from high volume commercial sites to amateur.
• Develop a business site for the web.
• Creation of digital documents using HTML 5.0, CSS3 and Javascript.
• Use of DOM to analyze the structure of a document and enable efficient production.
• Examine the current state of web technologies, identify current trends and transition of content to mobile devises.
• Examine licenses that apply when we use digital content created by others.
• Identify and understand current developments in cloud computing with creation, storage, ownership and backup of digital documents.
• Examine the ‘standards’ determining creation of digital content for use on networks.
• Create an ‘e’ book using the epub format standard.

Assessment 

Examination

Digital Portfolio

Project