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; additional readings and case studies go into the rationale behind the principles. The assignment involves application of these principles in evaluating the Web site the students design

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

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.

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

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

06. Design, and program a mobile website - and to see how the mobile version complements the dekstop version, and appreciate the importance of the mobile Web

Activities:

There are 2 lectures on mobile Web site design and rationale. There will also be two labs on mobile website programming. An assignment will involve designing and creating a mobile version of a given existing Web site, which complements, and "extends" the existing Web site, and writing a rationale for the design.