This document discusses online platforms and tools for developing ICT content. It defines a website and online platforms, giving examples of social media, blogging, and content management systems as common types of online platforms. It also outlines key elements of web design like text, graphics, white space, links, color, video/audio, backgrounds, and provides examples of creating websites using platforms like Google Sites. Students are assigned projects to either create personal blogs or work in groups to build websites promoting various topics using platforms like Google Sites and are provided with rubrics to be graded.

2. ONLINE PLATFORMS AS TOOLS FOR
ICT CONTENT DEVELOPMENT

3. WEBSITE
•A website is a set of related resources from
the web. These resources were considered
as web pages and multimedia (e.g.: videos,
music, images).

4. ONLINE PLATFORMS (PLATFORM ENABLED
WEBSITES)
•an online platform is defined as a digital
service that facilitates interactions
between two or more distinct but
interdependent sets of users (whether firms
or individuals) who interact through the
service via the Internet

5. TYPES OF ONLINE PLATFORMS
•Social Media Platforms
•Blogging Platforms
•Content Management System or CMS

6. SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
•allows a user to create a personal account
or profile.
•users can create pages or even groups
where people can share content and ideas
•enables users to connect himself to other
users and get updates on their news feed

7. BLOGGING PLATFORMS
•a writer or even a group of writers can
share views on an individual subject.
•Comparable to a newsletter where users can
add menus, designs or even add multimedia
of a subject
•Ex: Blogger

8. Content Management System or CMS
•Users can easily create, update, organize,
and publish the content of their website
Example: Google Sites

9. ELEMENTS OF WEB DESIGN
1. Text - A mandatory element of a
web page. When designing a
website, choose well the font
family and type that you need to
use on your design and make the
text clear and in readable size.

10. ELEMENTS OF WEB DESIGN
2. Graphics/Illustrations - make
sure the images or illustrations are
not pixelated or must be of good
quality

11. ELEMENTS OF WEB DESIGN
3. White Space- having a crowded
website, it is very hard to direct
the attention of your visitor's eye.
These white space gives your
website a room to breathe

12. ELEMENTS OF WEB DESIGN
4. Links - links or hyperlinks allows
user to jump to another site or
page that is related of to your site

13. ELEMENTS OF WEB DESIGN
5. Color - the colors you use in your
design is a very important aspect.
Make sure to choose colors that are
not visually distracting.

14. ELEMENTS OF WEB DESIGN
6. Video/Audio – helps visitors
understand what the creator is
telling/promoting.

15. ELEMENTS OF WEB DESIGN
7. Background– gives a more
appealing sight to a website. This
will provide the website a feeling
of a surface underneath.

16. WEBSITE CREATION TIME!
• GOOGLE SITES

17. CREATE YOUR OWN BLOG!
For this activity you will create your personal
website that focuses on your passion/hobby
or a place you have visited.
Platform to Use: Google Sites

18. RUBRICS
Content 5 pts
Creativity 5 pts
Layouts and Graphics 5 pts
Quality of Writing 5 pts
Total 20pts

19. BUILDING A WEBSITE
For this activity, the class will be divided into groups. Each
group will build a website that promotes/discuss any of the
following topics:
• Events Page for Math Fair
• Online Portfolio for Engineers
• Online Tech Shop
• Advocacy Website (Environmental)
Platform to Use: Google Sites

20. RUBRICS
Relevance 10 pts
Navigation 10 pts
Layouts and Graphics 10 pts
Elements 10 pts
Total 40pts