Day 1. Pre-day Questionnaire

Day 1 Pre-day Questionnaire

Designing a business What is the name of the company? What will your company do? Don t forget you will need a logo to support your business branding, below are some examples of colourful, attractive logos:

Job Roles Each member of your group needs to be assigned a job role, one of the following: Graphic Designer: Directing the logo and team shield activities (group leader supports this role), taking key role in developing graphics during relevant activities and coordinating and implementing group ideas during activities that require graphics. Product Designer: Leading the product development activity (group leader supports this role). Group Leader: Coordinating the work of group members, helping others to complete their tasks and relaying information or feedback to the workshop manager when appropriate. Hardware Technician: Collecting paperwork and other materials during group work and assisting the group by making sure the equipment used in activities are properly set up. Software Technician: Inputting computer data when necessary and assisting group members using HTML software when problems arise.

Your business What are your companies main interests? Why go to your company and not a competitors? What do you offer the community? Have you considered being green or eco-friendly?

What is a USP? Unique Selling Point What is your business USP? How could you highlight your USP with the strapline or on your website?

Advertising How would you promote your business? What methods would you use to spread the word about your business?

A website for your business Design a website for your business. Consider combinations of colours. Imagery. Content.

Before implementation Copywrite protection on images. Suitable and professional content. Remember your target audience. Your USP. Privacy and security.

Let s get coding using HTML Use the cheat sheet to assist you with the HTML tags.

What is a computer network? Several computers connected together to allow communication between each terminal

Let s try it ourselves You will need: - String. - Shower curtain rings.

Post-day Questionnaire

How to make a cable See the workbook and follow the step by step instructions. Hardware Technician make sure you oversee and manage this activity.

Ping Stands for Packet InterNet Groper Ping sent Pong received Computer 1 Hub Router Computer 2 Pong received Pong back response Network tool, testing whether host is reachable across an IP network. Used to check for network errors.

Let s try it ourselves You will need: - A group (atleast 4: 2 terminals, hub and router). - Ping pong balls.

Your website If your webpage is available on one laptop, how can you view it from others? You need to use an IP address to access the page, this page can be set up and hosted.

Web Hosting What is Web Hosting? Web hosting is a service enabling people to make their websites accessible via the WWW. Web hosts provide space on their server.

Domain Names A domain name is a unique name to give your website, rather than using a long IP address. Letters and text is easier to remember than combinations of numbers, let s test this!

Telephone numbers vs. Names Everybody is to write down 6 telephone numbers they know. You will be given 6 other numbers, of all the same length. You have 3 minutes to try and remember as much as you can.

Names vs. Telephone numbers Everybody is to write down 6 names. You will be given 6 more names to remember. You will have 3 minutes to try and remember as much as you can. What do you notice?

The Internet Back-Bone With guidance from the workshop assistants: - Build the infrastructure. - Build the upload lead and backbone connections. - Switches routers.

Domain Name Application The workshop assistants will issue each group with a domain name application form to be completed: - Name: - Domain Name: - Domain Name Address: - Description of the purpose of the website:

Domain Name set up Workshop assistants will assist the setup of domain names and will test. Entries must be tested using Ping. What are ports? How can we use ports at this stage?

Last task Using the provided forms, feedback on the other team webpages. Which team do you think stands out overall? What constructive suggestions would you offer other groups within your class?