BN102/BN102DWeb Systems

Assignment 1: Web page critics

Submission Due: Week 7, Friday by 3:00 pmon Moodle
Total Marks = 30(15% of total assessment)

Purpose of the assessment:
The purpose of this assignment is to acquire the skills ofproviding constructivecritique of web
pages build by other developers. By doing this assignment, students will learn to critique others
work and learn from mistake of other developers. A section of this assignment requires students
to write recommendations to improve the design of anexisting website.

Description of the assessment

Please visit the following URLsand select an example of bad design and a good design(follow the
link to get to the actual badly designed website).

http://mamascheesies.com/

http://www.lingscars.com/

1. You need to select at least 3 criteria listed below to assess your website against:
Navigation
Visual effects (colour scheme, typography, page layout)
Navigation / website layout / access to different web pages on the website
Pages download speed
Site consistency
Security
Content and professionalism

2. You need to describe the best development practices in the chosen criteria and also explain
how the chosen website violates these practices. Insert relevant screenshots to illustrate your
point.
3. Finally, recommend improvements based on your observation. You may sketch the
suggested modifications in addition to verbal description.
4. Please write an academic report of approximately 1000 words.

Note: This task requires an extensive research on web design beyond lectures in this unit. List
and cite references which you use to discover good web design practices. You should not use
statement like I did not like as you are not an expert on web design. Your statements should
be similar to the following:
The accepted practice is to This website violates this practice because




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Submission guidelines:

1. Your assignment should include the following:
The barcoded cover sheet (from AMS) with cover page that identifies you (name and
number), teaching staff, and assignment.
The assignment must use 12 point font size minimum and at double spacing
wherever applicable
Reference (IEEE style) sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed
appropriately at the end in a reference list (where applicable).

2. The assignment must be submitted on Moodle. The pages of the assignment must be
clear on each page.



Marking criteria:
Marks are allocated as follows:

Description of the section Weight Marks

Choice of the website (briefly explain why you think this is a
bad website?)
5
Identifies design issue 1 5
Identifies design issue 2 5
Identifies design issue 3. 5
Multiple screen shots of above criteria of evaluation 5
Recommendations on improvement 3
Conclusion drawn on the observation 2
Sub-Total 30
Plagiarism: All types of plagiarism including wrong student
ID, cut/copy paste of tutorials from internet and any other
type of plagiarism markers detect


-30


Extensions: Requests for an extension, accompanied by supporting documentation, must be
received by the student in writing before 3 working days from the due date else penalties may
apply for late submission without an approved extension. Special consideration form is available
on level 8 reception.
Penalties: Academic misconduct such as cheating andplagiarism may incur penalties ranging
from a reduced result to program exclusion.

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Marking Rubric for Assignment1: Total Marks 30
Markers
Name:
Mark Achieved:

/30
Excellent Good Unsatisfactory
Choice of the website
(briefly explain why you
think this is a bad
website?)
Engaging explanation,
brief but to the point
with some sort of
comparisons
Manageable
explanation with
little explanation
Too vague
explanation
Identifies design issue 1
/5
Precisely identifies the
issue with logical
explanation supported
with relevant theories
Reasonable attempt being made
but there are rooms of
improvement
Issues not
identified at all
or inferior
quality of
work/observatio
n
Identifies design issue 2
/5
Engaging discussion
supported with good
amount of visual
design theories
Discussion is good
but there are no
sufficient amount
of supporting
theories
Discussion is
quite vague and
it seems the
work is being
done without
proper research
Identifies design issue 3
/5
Engaging discussion
supported with good
amount of visual
design theories
Discussion is good
but there are no
sufficient amount
of supporting
theories
Discussion is
quite vague and
it seems the
work is being
done without
proper research
Multiple screen shots of
above criteria of
evaluation
/5
Sufficient screen shot
with proper labels and
references
Only few screen
shots and
references
Some screen
shots are present
but either they
are not relevant
or not
referenced at all
Recommendations on
improvement
/3
Recommendation is
based on observation
made and well
supported by theories
and possible screen
shots of good design
Reasonable
attempt is being
made to support
recommendation
No
recommendatio
n at
all/irrelevant
recommendatio
n
Conclusion
/2
Engaging sound
conclusion; no new
findings
Evidence of
reasonably good
attempt
Conclusion is
very vague or
irrelevant
Poor writing Inadequate structure, careless presentation,
report without screen shots
-5
Plagiarism Type of plagiarism
- Copy from other student
- Copy from internet source/textbook
- Copy from other sources
-30
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