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: +61 3 8344 6556) to register before enrolling. Enrolment is subject to availability of places.

Strict enrolment deadlines apply to subjects taught during the Summer Semester. Any withdrawal from, this subject must be made in line with HECS/course fee census dates.

Basic computing skills such as creating and saving files, use of mouse and keyboard, and so on. Student MUST contact the HPS Office (ph: 8344 6556) to register BEFORE enrolling for the Summer Semester. Enrolment for Summer is subject to availability of places.

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.

• develop skills in written and oral communication;

• conduct independent research;

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

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

A website concept 10% (due early during the semester), design 10% (due in the first half of semester), final website 55% (due at the end of semester), a written critique of the web of 800 words 10% (due in the second half of semester), continuous demonstration of specific skills 10% and self-appraisal 5% (due at the end of semester).