1. Assignment brief
Qualification BTEC Level 3 in Creative Media Production (Interactive Media)
M2012 CM2012 - Unit 59 Web Authoring
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Assignment title Assignment 1 – The Protocols of Web Coding
On completion of this assignment you should be able to;
1 Understand common web coding protocols
The purpose of this assignment is to: Provide knowledge, skills, understanding and practical experience for learners in authoring for
the worldwide web. It will provide learners with core knowledge and skills appropriate to a wide range of jobs classified under the
broad title of web authoring including web page design, website publishing, testing and planning. Learners will develop an
understanding of the concepts and terminology related to web authoring. They will also learn the basics of website design and
about the tools and features of web authoring software. Learners will touch on other important issues such as accessibility,
security, reliability, availability, speed and viruses. The unit will also help learners identify the personal development required to
pursue a career in web development.
Scenario: You have started a new job as a Junior Web Developer for a design company, your first assignment for the company is to
analyse other websites to gain understanding of HTML and XHTML. Cascading Style Sheets, Web Page construction and
Terminology.
Tasks Grading Criteria Mapping
Task 1: explain and demonstrate the different languages and protocols of web coding. Unit 59 P1, M1, D1
Task 2: explain how the web pages are structured Unit 59 P1, M1, D1
Ensure you use appropriate terminology in all of your explanations for Tasks 1 and 2 Unit 59 P1, M1, D1
Range to cover
Terminology: Web page: web page HTML: nature of Cascading style sheets:
authoring; sites; construction; text; fonts; colour; HTML (hypertext nature of cascading
uploading; file images; tables; hyperlinks; markup language) & style sheets (CSS);
transfer protocol language and terminology; XHTML (extensible features of CSS; how to
(FTP) metadata hypertext markup use CSS
language); features of
HTML and XHTML;
how to use HTML and
XHTML
Sources of information: The internet, Moodle, Class notes, Library
Grading Criteria - This unit is internally assessed
Unit 59 Web Authoring
P1 describe web coding M1 explain web coding D1 comprehensively explain web
protocols with some protocols with reference to coding protocols with
appropriate use of subject detailed illustrative examples elucidated examples and
terminology and with generally correct consistently using subject
use of subject terminology terminology correctly
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