Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Module Offerings
4547NCCG-JAN-PAR
4547NCCG-SEP-PAR
4547NCCG-SEP_NS-PAR
Aims
This module introduces students to the underpinning services required to host, manage and access a secure website before introducing and exploring the methods used by designers and developers to blend back-end technologies (server-side) with frontend technologies (client-side). To help ensure new designers are able to design and deliver a site that offers an outstanding User Experience (UX) supported by an innovative User Interface (UI) this module also discusses the reasons, requirements, relationships, capabilities and features of the systems they will be using and gives them an opportunity to explore various tools, techniques and technologies with ‘good design’ principles to plan, design and review a multipage website.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Explain server technologies and management services associated with hosting and managing websites.
2.
Categorise website technologies, tools and software used to develop websites.
3.
Utilise website technologies, tools and techniques with good design principles to create a multipage website.
4.
Create and use a Test Plan to review the performance and design of a multipage website.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Relationships between domain names, DNS services and communication protocols. Overview of publishing and managing secure websites. Search engine optimisation. Server technologies. Software and host operating systems. Common web development technologies and frameworks
Website technologies: front-end technologies, presentation layers and client-side programming to build a User Interface (UI) and effect User Experience (UX). Back-end technologies, application layers and server-side programming. Tools, techniques and software used to develop websites.
Improving User Experience (UX) through Rich Internet Application (RIA) design using. Overview of online content management systems.
Effect of audience and purpose on the look and feel of a website. Accessibility standards and guideline. Create good content combined with good design principles. Recognised design principles.
Website performance: use of intuitive interfaces and actions, user-friendly designs, appropriate graphics, effective navigation and good quality content to establish user trust and deliver good User Experience (UX). Effects of search engine optimisation (SEO) and indexing on the performance of a website.
Assess the performance of a website: Assess the impact of poorly optimised website graphics. Research and conduct Quality Assurance (QA) and usability testing on a multipage website.