01. Apply the principles of Web user interface design in analyzing and building Web sites.

Activities:

There are 4 lectures on this topic where Web interface design guidelines are explained, with examples/case studies; the assignment involves application of these principles in evaluating the Web site the students design.

Related graduate capabilities and elements:

Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)

Discipline-specific GCs(Discipline-specific GCs)

02. Design and build Web sites using a systematic engineering process.

Activities:

This is explained throughout the lecture series, each set of lectures covering a stage of the process; the students not only observe the design process via case studies, but also then carry out their own designs in the quiz and in the assignment.

Related graduate capabilities and elements:

Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)

Discipline-specific GCs(Discipline-specific GCs)

03. Identify the issues of usability testing; articulate different forms of usability testing and where they are used; execute usability testing on Web sites.

Activities:

There are 4 lectures on this topic of usability testing, many examples are given in lectures on different forms of usability testing, with case studies for web sites. Students perform testing as part of their programming assignment.

Related graduate capabilities and elements:

Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)

Discipline-specific GCs(Discipline-specific GCs)

Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)

04. Construct Web sites using a combination of DHTML technologies and simple server-side scripting.

Activities:

Laboratory work involves learning a range of different technologies; the assignment involves using these technologies to program a Web site, and there is a mid-semester quiz that test their grasp on these technologies.

Related graduate capabilities and elements:

Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)

Discipline-specific GCs(Discipline-specific GCs)

05. Document a Web site design using textual and diagrammatic formats.

Activities:

The assignment involves documenting their design and system; there are 4 lectures on diagrams for documenting Web sites with examples

Related graduate capabilities and elements:

Writing(Writing)

Discipline-specific GCs(Discipline-specific GCs)