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Haslingden High School ICT Department Year 8 esafety and Web Design homework Student name: Form: ICT teacher: Date issued: Date due: Level Effort House points Teacher feedback: KS3 Target level Parent/Carer comment (optional): Page 1 of 13

About this homework: Task 1 - Basic web design Do s and don ts Fill in the blanks Section A Web design Task 2 - Advanced web development Task 3 - Analysis of good and bad websites Task 4 Esafety key terms Task 5 When using mobiles goes wrong Task 6 Online scenarios What would you do? Section B esafety On average the tasks should take about 30 minutes each. Do not leave it till the last night to do them all! You will need Internet access for Tasks 2, 3 and 4. If you are not online at home, please make use of access to the school ICT facilities at homework club, or go to your local library. Assessment criteria: ICT Assessment focus: Planning, developing, evaluating (AF1) Assessment focus: finding, using and communicating information (AF3) Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 and 8 Describe how some ICT is used at school and outside of school Evaluate the quality of websites. Explain the use of some ICT outside of school Identify benefits and limitations of the use of ICT and the Internet both inside and outside school Explore the impact of the use of ICT and the Internet on work, leisure and home Identify the impact of ICT and the Internet on people, communities and cultures Identify ways to keep safe when using ICT Use ICT to communicate and collaborate, identifying some of the risks and acting to minimise them Use ICT safely and responsibly Page 2 of 13

SECTION A Task 1 Basic web design The Do s and Don ts of creating websites Write Do or Don t into the spaces below: 1. put original, interesting content in your site 2. use lots of pictures and animations 3. put your navigation bar on every page of your websites 4. WRITE EVERYTHING IN CAPTIAL LETTERS 5. write everything in bold 6. add links to other websites 7. cover every part of your pages in writing / images / animations 8. check for spelling mistakes 9. use fonts that people can read easily 10. have all your writing crammed into one side of the page Page 3 of 13

Fill in the blanks You should use each word only once. HORIZONTALLY READ WHITE CURRENTLY QUICKLY OVERCROWD BLACK PURPOSE INFORMATION VIDEO THEMES MENUS It is very easy to create a web site which is poorly designed. Here are some of the rules that you should follow to make sure that your web pages look great. Download times Pages need to download ; people get fed up if they have to wait a long time. Think about minimising the size of pictures or providing links to and music files to speed up downloading. White space Leave plenty of space. With web pages, sometimes less is more. Pick a couple of striking pictures and keep text to a minimum or break it into small chunks. Scrolling Scrolling is a big no-no. You should also try to minimise vertical scrolling. Think about whether you can put the onto two pages rather than one long page. Consistency All web pages should look like they belong to the same site. Use the same colour throughout. Use the same font style, menus and logo on every page. Page 4 of 13

Text Text should be a font style which is easy to on a screen, for example, Arial or Verdana. Make sure that text is large enough to read. Don t the text. Backgrounds Try to avoid pictures as backgrounds. It is very hard to read any text over a picture, no matter what colour you use. text on a pale background is probably the easiest to read on a screen. White or pale text on a black or dark background looks very striking. Navigation and navigation buttons should be a consistent design throughout the site. They should provide the visitor with a clue as to where they will go. There should also be something to tell the visitor which page they are on. Animations Try to minimise the amount of flashing, blinking or animated images, they distract from your web page and can be very annoying after a while. Animations that never stop are not a good idea. Junk Everything on your page should have a. Web counters don t really provide your audience with information they need, if you must use them, put them out of the way. Avoid under construction signs don t put the page up until it is completed. Try to avoid pop-ups wherever possible. Page 5 of 13

Task 2 Advanced web development Use the following website to help answer the questions: www.teach-ict.com/gcse_new/software/web_design/miniweb/index.htm (Please type carefully including dashes and underscores!) 1. Identify three different purposes that people might decide to create a website for 1. 2. 3. 2. What software do you need in order to view a webpage? 3. What is the name of the language that is used to write webpages? 4. Identify the four main parts of a webpage 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Identify the three main ways that can be used to navigate around a webpage 1. 2. 3. Page 6 of 13

6. Explain what the term hotspot means and give an example of when it might be used. 7. How do you make your website available on the Internet and not just on your own computer? 8. Most websites are available freely for people to access via the Internet. What is it called when a website is hosted privately so that only people within an organisation can see it? 9. What type of website might need to be a secure website? Why? 10. How can you tell if a website you are on is a secure website? 11. Why is it necessary to use encryption when transmitting data to a secure website? 12. What are the different methods that you can use to create web pages? 13. What does FTP stand for? What does it enable you to do? Page 7 of 13

Task 3 Analysis of good and bad websites Pick a website that you like and write the web address here: 1. Describe 3 things that you like about the website: 2. Describe one thing that you think that could improve this website even more: 3. What images are used? Why have these images been chosen? 4. Discuss the font style, size and colours used? Do these choices improve the website? 5. Is the site easy to navigate and use? Have you ever got lost or frustrated with this website? 6. What age range do you think this website is aimed at? 7. Does the site contain useful links to other websites? Page 8 of 13

Find the world s worst website here: www.angelfire.com/super/badwebs/ 1. Why do you think this website describes itself as the world s worst website? 2. What is the real purpose of this website? Do you think it s effective? Why? 3. Describe three of the most annoying features of the website: 4. Describe three things that you should be wary of when including a hyperlink on a web page: 5. Why should you avoid spelling mistakes on a web page? 6. What are scrolling pages, and why should you avoid them? Page 9 of 13

SECTION B Task 4 esafety Key terms Can you find definitions for the following esafety related terms? Term MMS Definition SMS IMEI Cyberbullying Phishing Flaming Cyberstalking Masquerading Pseudonyms Spam Virus esafety Spyware Pop-up Page 10 of 13

Task 5 When using mobiles goes wrong 1. You receive a text message from someone calling you names and threatening you. What should you do? 2. Someone keeps leaving threatening voicemails on your mobile? Who could you tell? 3. People at school are bluetoothing and sending by picture message, edited pictures of your best friend. What do you do? 4. You lose your new mobile while out with friends. What should you do? Page 11 of 13

Task 6 Online scenarios What would you do? 1. You have received an email from what appears to be MySpace asking you to click on a link and update your password immediately. 2. You have found a blog website which has posts from people with comments about you. 3. You would absolutely love the new iphone! You find a site selling the new model for 50 but you must enter credit card details. 4. You enter a chat room online and start receiving abuse from other people in the room. Page 12 of 13

5. When checking your email you find you have a new message from someone you do not know. The message asks you to open the attachment to speed up your PC. 6. You have just got a new phone for your birthday and it has a built in mp3 player. You want to put some new tunes on but you have spent your birthday money already! Your friend tells you about a site that allows to upload the music you already have and to download music for free. Page 13 of 13