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Evidence Guide: ICAWEB418A - Use development software and IT tools to build a basic website

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ICAWEB418A - Use development software and IT tools to build a basic website

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Select and analyse website structure and development tools

  1. Analyse business specification and select appropriate software
  2. Identify technical needs for the website and select appropriate software tools
  3. Identify site structure and navigation flow and demonstrate understanding of functionality
  4. Review design documentation and integrate design work with site structure and navigation, according to web development standards
Analyse business specification and select appropriate software

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Identify technical needs for the website and select appropriate software tools

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Identify site structure and navigation flow and demonstrate understanding of functionality

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Review design documentation and integrate design work with site structure and navigation, according to web development standards

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Begin site construction

  1. Take action to ensure user input during website construction
  2. Validate existing information and basic content when incorporating data on website
  3. Apply consistent design specifications to all aspects of the website
  4. Gather feedback from user on web design, content, accessibility and structure, using appropriate feedback mechanism
Take action to ensure user input during website construction

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Validate existing information and basic content when incorporating data on website

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Apply consistent design specifications to all aspects of the website

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Gather feedback from user on web design, content, accessibility and structure, using appropriate feedback mechanism

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Complete and validate website construction and content

  1. Undertake an evaluation of the website against technical requirements and design specification
  2. Test each function and process of the website
  3. Conduct navigation tests and hypertext markup language (HTML) compliance with website standards
  4. Stress test the website to meet design criteria and user load
  5. Record testing results to ensure website meets user requirements
  6. Obtain sign-off and approval of user
Undertake an evaluation of the website against technical requirements and design specification

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Test each function and process of the website

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Conduct navigation tests and hypertext markup language (HTML) compliance with website standards

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Stress test the website to meet design criteria and user load

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Record testing results to ensure website meets user requirements

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Obtain sign-off and approval of user

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Assessed

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Evidence of the ability to:

build a basic website to website specifications

undertake and audit against the business requirements and design needs prior to task completion and sign-off.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to:

basic website specifications and guidelines

website development software and tools

internet server

organisational and industry standards

appropriate learning and assessment support when required

modified equipment for people with special needs.

Method of assessment

A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit:

verbal or written questioning to assess candidate’s knowledge of website design and web-specific technical attributes

evaluation of candidate’s:

code generation and the code results

completed website

direct observation of candidate creating website

review of candidate’s created website and its fulfilment of requirements.

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, where appropriate.

Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate, and suitable to the communication skill level, language, literacy and numeracy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed.

Indigenous people and other people from a non-English speaking background may need additional support.

In cases where practical assessment is used it should be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge.

Required Skills and Knowledge

Required skills

analytical skills to:

analyse business specification and select appropriate software

debug and handle errors

troubleshoot basic web links and HTML code errors

communication skills to liaise with user

literacy skills to review design documentation and record testing results

technical skills to:

debug and handle errors

develop code in HTML

identify technical needs and site structure for the website

read design specifications and guidelines

use appropriate development software and tools.

Required knowledge

basic knowledge of:

design principles

issues around accessibility and equity principles when building for diverse users

detailed knowledge of:

appropriate software and tools that meet required technical specifications

standard generalised markup language (SGML) and the associated standards

website design

web-specific technical attributes.

Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Specification may include:

current system functionality

technical requirements

user problem statement.

Software may include:

Bluefish

commercial software applications

Dreamweaver

Fireworks

Golive

NetObjects Fusion

Notepad

text editors, such as Word pad.

Software tools may include:

FrontPage

FTP programs

HotDog

Macromedia.

Documentation may follow:

audit trails

International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and Australian Standards (AS) standards

naming standards

project management templates

report writing protocols

version control.

Web development standards may include:

Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG)

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

User may include:

department within the organisation

person within a department

third party.