DECO1400 Lecture 1

CourseIntroduction to Web Design
SemesterS1 2021

DECO1400 Lecture 1

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About Nell

Dr Nilufar (Nell) Baghaei (n.baghaei@uq.edu.au)

  • Senior Lecturer @ ITEE
  • Co-Director of Extended Reality Lab @ UQ
  • Research Interests: Games for Health & Education, Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality, AI in Education

Background:

  • PhD in Computer Science, Canterbury University, NZ
  • Software Engineer @ SunGard, Christchurch, NZ
  • Researcher at CSIRO
  • Programme Leader / Head of Department @ OPAIC
  • Senior Lecturer teaching Games Programming, Massey University

Assessment

Assessment TaskDue DateWeighting
Online QuizWeek 7 (6 Apr 16:00)20%
Ripple Participation info20 Feb 8:30 to 26 May 16:0010%
Project - Website Design21 Apr 23 16:0020%
Project - Website Implementation22 May 23 8:3050%

For the Website Implementation assignment, have to produce source code, as well as a poster (and in-class presentation).

  • Must show up in Week 11 to show progress of website implementation to tutors

RiPPLE Assignment

  • Four rounds throughout the semester
  • For each round (due 2.5%):
    • Post 1 question, practice 5 questions and moderate 5 questions

RiPPLE Due Dates

Start DateEnd Date
20 Feb 9:00AM12 Mar 11:55PM
13 Mar 9:00AM2 Apr 11:55PM
3 Apr 9:00AM23 Apr 11:55PM
24 Apr 9:00AM21 May 11:55PM

Course Structure

Learning Objectives:

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of design principles and good practice through critical review of existing websites.
  2. Demonstrate technical proficiency through semantic markup of content using HTML
  3. Demonstrate technical proficiency through appropriate & meaningful styling of HTML documents with CSS
  4. Demonstrate technical proficiency by adding appropriate & meaningful interactivity to HTML documents using jQuery/JavaScript
  5. Apply the appropriate design principles and methods to the effective design of user-centred websites.
  6. Implement a good practice standards based approach to the development of websites
  7. Effectively communicate design & development decisions in written and oral form.
  8. Demonstrate a basic understanding of privacy, networking & security management in the context of web design.