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Haslingden High School
ICT Department
Year 8 eSafety and Web Design homework
KS3 Target level
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About this homework:
Task 1 - Basic web design
Do’s and don’ts
Fill in the blanks
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?
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 Describe how some ICT is used at
school and outside of school
Identify ways to keep safe when using ICT
Level 4 Evaluate the quality of websites. Explain the use of some ICT outside of school
Use ICT to communicate and collaborate, identifying some of the risks and acting to minimise them
Level 5 Identify benefits and limitations of the use of ICT and the Internet both inside and outside school
Use ICT safely and responsibly
Level 6 Explore the impact of the use of ICT and the Internet on work, leisure and home
Level 7 and 8
Identify the impact of ICT and the Internet on people, communities and cultures
Section A Web design
Section B eSafety
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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?
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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?
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SECTION B
Task 4 – eSafety Key terms
Can you find definitions for the following eSafety related terms?
Term
Definition
MMS
SMS
IMEI
Cyberbullying
Phishing
Flaming
Cyberstalking
Masquerading
Pseudonyms
Spam
Virus
eSafety
Spyware
Pop-up
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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?
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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.
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