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Create a website for a stakeholder using a dedicated web-authoring tool
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: plan design a website for
a stakeholder; create the website using a dedicated web-authoring tool in
accordance with the design specifications; test and evaluate the website; and
complete end-user documentation.
Subfield
Computing
Domain
Generic Computing
Status
Registered
Status date
22 May 2009
Date version published
22 May 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Recommended: Unit 25655, Create a website using a
dedicated web-authoring tool to meet a set brief, or
demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 25657 replaced
unit standard 18737.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA.
Standard setting body (SSB)
NZQA National Qualifications Services
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0226
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Candidates are required to design and create a website for a stakeholder of at least
four linked web pages with each page containing media and enhancements. For the
purposes of this unit standard the stakeholder may be the candidate’s assessor. The
finished website must be of a standard suitable for live use.
2
A basic outline of the text and media content for the website may be provided to the
candidate. The candidate must undertake planned stakeholder consultation in order
to develop the final content for the site. While this unit standard does not assess the
content of the material used to create the website, all content must comply with
legislation relevant to this unit standard and be appropriate for the target audience as
defined by the stakeholder.
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A brief is defined as a clear description of both the desirable outcomes sought and
the constraints to be met by the solution. It contains detailed specifications against
which the success or otherwise of the website can be evaluated. The brief can be
either created as part of the candidate’s employment (in the case of workplace
assessment) or in response to a set task.
4
A plan outlines how the requirements of the brief will be realised. For this unit
standard, the plan is produced in conjunction with the project design and will include
pre-task documented components. Evidence of planning may be oral, written, and/or
graphic. Depending on the assessment context, the plan may include:
• key milestone outcomes;
• how resources such as time, expertise and materials (and finance, if appropriate)
will be used to achieve the outcomes of each milestone;
• how consultation with stakeholders will be carried out to ensure that all constraints
and requirements are met.
5
Definitions
Accessibility means the web pages are able to be opened and viewed on a variety of
browsers and configured to be viewed by people with disabilities such as visual
impairment.
Conceptual design is a representation clearly indicative of the final product.
A dedicated web-authoring tool means any application that allows pages to be
created using visual editors or 'what you see is what you get' (WYSIWYG)
web-authoring tools. This does not include word processing, desktop publishing or
presentation applications.
End-user document is a short description of the purpose of the website, and
instructions on how to access and navigate the website. The end-user document
must use consistent font and layout, be legible, and should either avoid the use of
undefined jargon or acronyms, or provide a glossary for these. The document must
be saved in a format that is accessible to users.
Sitemap is a graphical representation of the architecture of a website that shows the
relationship between pages of a website, usually in a hierarchical layout.
6
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992,
Copyright Act 1994,
and their subsequent amendments.
7
An assessment resource to support computing unit standards (levels 1 to 4) can be
found on the NZQA website at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/forproviders/resources/index.html.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Plan and design a website for a stakeholder.
Performance criteria
1.1
A brief is formulated that identifies the stakeholder requirements.
Range
1.2
The brief outlines the design specifications required for the website in order to
achieve the stakeholder requirements.
Range
1.3
includes but is not limited to specifications for – web-authoring
tool, media, enhancements.
A conceptual design for the website is documented for each page.
Range
1.4
includes but is not limited to – target audience, content,
accessibility, media, enhancements.
may include but is not limited to – features and functions, sitemap,
content map.
A plan is developed and revised to realise the brief.
Range
includes – milestones, stakeholder consultation, testing
procedures.
Element 2
Create the website using a dedicated web-authoring tool in accordance with the design
specifications.
Performance criteria
2.1
Content is entered, edited, and formatted in accordance with the requirements
of the stakeholder.
2.2
Media are selected and placed in accordance with the specifications of the brief.
Range
2.3
media may include but are not limited to – static and/or moving
images, audio.
Enhancements are used to meet the specifications of the brief and conceptual
design.
Range
enhancements may include but are not limited to – tables, lists,
cascading style sheets, graphical hyperlinks.
Evidence of two enhancements is required.
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2.4
A file management structure is implemented that allows for ease of access to
content.
Range
2.5
includes but is not limited to – use of folders, naming of folders.
The website is revised during creation to include documented feedback from the
planned stakeholder consultation.
Range
may include but is not limited to – revision of content, changes to
formatting.
Element 3
Test and evaluate the website.
Performance criteria
3.1
Website is tested to ensure accessibility and functionality in accordance with the
requirements of the plan, and any errors are documented and corrected.
Range
3.2
testing may include but is not limited to – viewing and editing code
to improve accessibility, hyperlinks, media, layout.
The website is opened in a variety of browsers and checked for accessibility,
readability, legibility, and presentation.
Range
a minimum of two browsers for different platforms.
3.3
The website is evaluated to ensure it meets the requirements of the stakeholder
and specifications of the plan, and is modified if required.
3.4
Final stakeholder consultation includes documented approval for the finished
website.
Element 4
Complete end-user documentation.
Performance criteria
4.1
An end-user document is created to facilitate use of the website.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
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Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the NZQA National Qualifications Services nqs@nzqa.govt.nz if you wish
to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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