VLE-School - Website

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Web Site Task - Identify

What you have to do.

In this unit you have to produce a website as coursework.

For the moment don't worry about how you will make the website since that is covered in stage 4. If you need to get help with using your choice of Web editor try following the guides shown in the 'Quick Tips' section below to producing a website

Here's the scenario you have chosen:

Task 4 A health food store has asked you to create a website about Goji berries. The shop sells these dried and as juice. A lot of people are very interested in these berries since they believe they can prevent a number of health problems. You will need to research these berries and find out what is claimed. The website must NOT make any statements about the berries which cannot be proved but you are allowed to make statements such as 'Some people believe that...'. Goji berries are very easy to grow in the UK so he would also like a page showing how to do this. There should be some pages showing Goji berry products and giving the address of the health store where you can buy them.

Now that you have made your choice of website here's what to do.

In the following instructions the bold text will be your headings and subheadings. As you complete each step tick off the checkboxes at the right.

Create a Word document with the title 'Identifying the website problem'	tick
After you write the title save it in a folder 'website coursework'. As you work on this document keep saving it regularly.	tick
Write an Introduction. Describe what the website is for. Explain what the website's owner wants the website to do. What will the owner of the website gain by having it?	tick
Describe who will own and use the website. This will be the owner of the website not the people who look at it.	tick
Explain who the audience of the website will be - the people who look at it on Internet. What do they hope to do or find out?	tick
Say what that person does at the moment to promote or service and inform people about them.	tick
Explain what problems they have telling people about their product or service at the moment.	tick
Explain what your website will do better than paper methods.	tick
Explain how the website will save them time and effort.	tick
Explain that the website will need updating and what will change. Give an example.	tick
Format your document nicely with an empty line between paragraphs. Use 12 pt black text size, Times, Arial, or Comic Sans MS font. DON'T use wordart!	tick
Make sure you add a header containing your name and a footer containing the filename and path of the document.	tick

Here's what the exam board says about this document:

Break it down into:

An introduction
A description of the problem the website will solve
Identify who the real user will be of the website
Provide at least two other ways the problem could be solved - Alternative solutions
Explain why using ICT is a sensible way of solving the problem
Explain what could be measured or tested to show the problem has been solved - Quantitative objectives.

How many marks you will get	What you need to do to get these marks	What you must produce	Notes
0-1	A statement of the problem which is unclear or lacks detail.	You will have written only a single paragraph something like - I am going to produce a website to provide information for a business	The ”real‘ user may need to be fictitious, but it can't be you. Role-play can be useful here with other students playing the role of ”real‘ users. Possible solutions could include a comparison of printed methods (e.g. using a brochure or flyer) with a website, stating why the website is better. Quantitative objectives: Giving results of timing how long it takes is much better for testing than saying 'My website was quicker'. Saying ”The user needs to be able to print out a list of stock that is on sale ‘ or ”The user needs to send a contact form to the website owner ‘. is better than: ”The website must be easy to use‘. A quantitative objective is one you can test to see if you have achieved it.
2-3	A clear statement of the problem which identifies who is going to use the website and how they provide information at the moment. You need to say why the website will be better and what it will do.	Written evidence that clearly explains what the website will do and who will use it. Alternative solutions need to be considered. Objectives are stated in general terms.
4-5	A clear statement of the problem, giving some background detail and identifying the ”real‘ user(s). Explain what possible alternative solutions there are and why you didn't choose them. Quantitative objectives or user requirements.	Written evidence that provides comprehensive details of the problem that needs to be solved and the ”real‘ user(s). Alternative solutions should be considered with justification for the proposed solution. Objectives will be quantitative. At least three quantitative objectives should be identified for the top marks.