103-002 Internet Applications

Formerly available as 103-203/303. Students who have completed 103-203 or 103-303 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Restrictions apply to Summer Semester enrolments. Students must contact the HPS Office (ph: 8344 6556) to register before enrolling for the Summer Semester.

Basic computing skills such as creating and saving files, use of mouse and keyboard, and so on.

This subject provides a balance in skills based training with applied personal creativity by teaching the skills required to research, design, construct and publish a functional and aesthetically pleasing website. Students who complete this subject successfully will be competent in all aspects of the process, including negotiating the brief and writing up the website concept, content research and selection, site structure and navigation, image manipulation, screen layout, building interactivity, and use of animation, data forms, and other more advanced techniques. Students will have a critical understanding of the principles that differentiate well-designed and constructed websites from those that are not, and will have a critical understanding of the strengths and limitations of the web as a media form.

• have developed skills in written and oral communication;

• be able to conduct independent research;

• be able to make appropriate use of primary and secondary sources in mounting an argument;

• be able to form defensible judgements based on a critical evaluation of conflicting argument.

A website concept, design and construction 75% (due at the end of semester), a written critique of the web of 800 words 10% (due in week 4), continuous demonstration of specific skills 10% and self-appraisal 5% (due at the end of semester).