Dynamic Website Development
Assignment Brief
As part of the formal assessment for the programme, you are required to submit a Dynamic Website Development assignment. Refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.
Learning Outcomes:
After completing the module, you should be able to:
1. Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of concepts of web design and development using appropriate web standards.
2. Apply knowledge of relevant guidelines for browser compatibility and web accessibility in order to meet diverse audience needs
3. Design and implement a database-driven website to meet the needs of a given scenario, utilising
4. Utilise client-side scripting to develop advanced web pages using modern scripting techniques.
5. Evaluate a solution against current accessibility guidelines.
In addition, demonstrate the ability to: Communicate effectively both, verbally and in writing, using a range of media widely used in relevant professional context. Be IT, digitally and information literate.
Your assignment should include a title page containing your student number, the module name, the submission deadline and a word count; the appendices if relevant; and a reference list in Arden University (AU) Harvard format.
Maximum word count: 4000 words
Assignment Task
The reservation (or holding) of products online is becoming more and more popular online and represents a new element in a dynamic web application.
The process ofreserving an online item may differ between different industries, but the overallprocess tends to be similar. For the purpose of this assignment, we will ask you to keep it simple. The user selects a product or service online, one of several time slotsto collect on that specific day and fills their details.
On submission, the allocated product or service is removed from the set of options. This scenario is a simplified example that could apply in a variety of options, not least for antique shops, electrical goods shop, vintage clothing shops, collectable toy shops, …etc.
Stage 1: Propose a dynamic web application case study that requires the design and development of an online reservation system. Include justification of your case study and the need for a dynamic web application. (Maximum word count: 500)
L.O.1.
Stage 2: Plan and design between five to eight web pages for a given website that includes reservation component. Provide recommendations with regards to a markup language, database, scripting (both client side and server side), multimedia components, and layout design. (Maximum word count: 1000)
L.O.1. And L.O.2.
Stage 3: Recommend improvements that would enhance the browser compatibility of the website as well as web accessibility to meet the diverse audience. (Maximum word count: 1000) L.O.2.
Stage 4: Implement between five to eight web pages for a given case study using dynamic web development language (ASP, PHP, or JSP). Provide screenshots of the document and code in the appendix Provide a table that shows the testing logs of each page. (Maximum word count: 1500) L.O.3 and L.O.4.
Stage 5: Evaluate the implementation and how you would rate your own application against current accessibility guidelines. Provide logs and testing records to justify any claims. (Maximum word count: 1000) L.O.5.
Guide to Harvard Referencing
http://moodle.bl.rdi.co.uk/guides/HarvardRef/AU_Harvard_Quick_Ref_Guide.pdf
Guide to Harvard Citation
http://moodle.bl.rdi.co.uk/guides/HarvardRef/AU_Guide_to_Harvard_Citation.pdf
Formative Feedback
You will have the opportunity to submit parts of your work at designated stages of the module to receive formative feedback.
The feedback is designed to help you develop areas of your work and it helps you develop your skills as an independent learner.
If you are a distance learning student, you should submit your work, by email, to your tutor, no later than 2 weeks before the actual submission deadline. If you are a blended learning student, your tutor will give you a deadline for formative feedback and further details.
Formative feedback will not be given to work submitted after the above date or the date specified by your tutor – if a blended learning student.
Guidelines
You MUST underpin your analysis and evaluation of the key issues with appropriate
and wide ranging academic research and ensure this is referenced using the AU
Harvard system. The My Study Skills Area contains the following useful resources:
Guide to Harvard Referencing
http://moodle.bl.rdi.co.uk/guides/HarvardRef/AU_Harvard_Quick_Ref_Guide.pdf
Guide to Harvard Citation
http://moodle.bl.rdi.co.uk/guides/HarvardRef/AU_Guide_to_Harvard_Citation.pdf
You must use the AU Harvard Referencing method in your assignment.
