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Monday, 10 September 2018

Unit 10: Website Design

Unit 10: Website Design


Server technologies and management services associated with hosting and managing websites

Website Hosting services
What is DNS ?
Search Engine Rankings
Sever Technologies
Dynamic content V Static Content
Common Web Technologies


Website technologies, tools and software used to develop websites

What is UI?
What is UX?
What are Back end technologies?
What tools can we use to make websites?
Making a Website Secure.

Utilise website technologies, tools and techniques with good design principles to create a multi page website

Client requirements for websites
Look and feel of website

Considering the target audience
Create a Website

How to make website perform well

Create and use a Test Plan to review the performance and design of a multi page website

What is user trust?
What is SEO?
WC3 Validation of website
Creating a plan to test the web site
Can we prove the website work well in all circumstances



Thursday, 23 August 2018

New HNC 2017

Higher National Certificate 

New BTEC Spec. 

Unit 1: Programming
Unit 2: Networking
Unit 3: Professional Practice
Unit 4: Database Design & Development
Unit 5: Security
Unit 6: Managing a Successful Computing Project
Unit 8: Computer Systems Architecture
Unit 10: Website Design

Click on the above links for further information

Thursday, 10 May 2018

Webdesign Assignment Three

Webdesign Assignment Three 

Start by looking at feedback given with meeting with clients.

Then show what the final website is to the client.

Critically reviewed your website comparing it to other websites that offer similar services. Take into account both positive and negative factors in the website. Be realistic about your own abilities compared to professional web design companies.

Now it’s time to reflect on the process and look at other HCI developments.

Create a report (in any form you want) that looks at recent HCI developments and how they are used. So look at mobile webs and how they differ from their large screened PC cousins. What are the significant differences and how and why have they come about?

How would you develop a website that could work on mobile and full screen or are they separate, discuss this concept and give example?
Upload before 28th May 2018

This covers Unit 10: Human Computer Interaction



The document to cover the following :

Understand recent human computer interaction related developments and their
application

HCI: historical development; motivation; techniques; guidelines; principles; standards.
Developments in technology: changing workstation environments eg screens, keyboards,
pointing devices; other non standard input/output devices eg speech recognition; related
processing developments and information storage possibilities
Developments in HCI: examples eg virtual machines with command line input, graphical
interfaces, screen design for intensive data entry; intelligent HCIs; virtual personas; changing
concepts of ‘look and feel’
User issues: range of users eg expert, regular, occasional, novice, special needs; ergonomics; human information processing; impact on the workplace

Development of systems: new developments eg event-driven systems, use of multimedia;
modelling techniques; implication of new developments on user interfaces; implication of
developments on hardware eg storage, processing requirements; convergence of systems
Applications: selection of HCIs eg touchscreen, voice activated

Thursday, 3 May 2018

Assignment 2 - 2018 session

Website Design : Assignment Two – the site

Task 2)

From your proposed layout that has been modified according to the needs of the customer create the 5 page website. Document website (do screenshots) and discuss design and justify it (M2) and also document how unforeseen circumstances have been accommodated (D2).

(Unit 14 LO2 : 2.1 / Unit 10 LO3 3.1)
(Unit 14 M2 & Unit 10 M2 – design of method justified looking at visual aspects and coding /
Unit 14 D2 & Unit 10 M2 - unforeseen circumstances have been accommodated for different browsers and devices)

Document how the website was created; use screenshot explaining your steps.
(Unit 10 LO3 3.2 + 3.7)

Test the website for functionality and document problems encountered and how you overcame them, the get some other user to evaluate your website and document there feedback
(Unit 14 LO2 : 2.2 / Unit 10 LO3 : 3.5 )

Test the website and see if you can break it! Document the results
(Unit 10 LO3 3.4)

Then critically review your website comparing it to other websites that offer similar services. Take into account both positive and negative factors in the website. Be realistic about your own abilities compared to professional web design companies.
(Unit 10 LO3 3.3)

Merit is given for clear structure and ease of readability

Assignment 2
Due 17/5/18 --- Reviewed from 3/5/18

Monday, 12 March 2018

37 38 and 39 assignment


Client Brief

You work as an apprentice games designer for Epic games you have been introduced to the Unreal Development Kit (UDK). You have also been looking at some 3D animation tools such as Z Brush, 3D studio Max and Blender.

You have been asked to design a concept for a game.


Task 1)

As the apprentice you have been asked to create a simple3D computer game for target age of 12+ age group.

The task is to create 3 rooms or level game with interconnected levels.

You can create a simple FPS or TPS based game or any genre which

The first room is the largest and is set in an outside environment with landscaping and grass and some water features, such as stream(s) and/or a water fall. Create a Sun and trees and grass and give the feel of a large landscaped environment.

Another room is inside or enclosed environment. The lighting in this environment should be limited to reflect this.

The third room is the final level.

Show screenshots of how this game was created and use appropriate text to explain the work you have done. Show the Kismet used and the properties of the individual aspects and why they are set the way they are set.

Also in a paragraph discuss the game concept and how you came about coming up with the game idea.
Task 2)

Once the Game has been created play test it and create a video of your gameplay explaining the game as you go.
Task 3)

Get a friend to test your game and critically evaluate your game.



Unit 38 and 39 Assignment
Unit 37 Assignment





Unit 71: Assignment one upload point

Upload your work to this post pls.