Code: CMP002
Title: WWW.WickedWebs
Pre-requisites: Nil
Outcome levels: Level 5/6
Coordinator: Ms M Murray

This unit offers students the opportunity to create their own web page using Microsoft Frontpage or Dreamweaver, and introduces them to image manipulation using Microsoft Image Composer. Students then learn how to create their own movies and photo stories using Microsoft Movie Maker.

This unit offers students a fun and interactive way to enhance their IT skills, and opens up a multitude of career paths!

Topics

• Webpage Design and Development (Microsoft Front Page or Dreamweaver)
  • Site plan development – what will my website look like?
  • Development of the website – what elements (sounds, images, objects, hyperlinks, hotspots, hit counters, marquees) will I include?
  • Evaluation of the website – does it meet the requirements?
• Graphic Manipulation (using Image Composer)
• Adjusting hue
• Enhancing the image with effects
• Modify colour saturation
• Changing textures
• Making Movies or Photo Stories (using Movie Maker)
  • Importing video, music and photos
  • Trimming, splitting and combining video and audio clip
  • Special effects and transitions
  • Adding a soundtrack or a narration
  • Adding titles, overlays and credits

Assessment

• Project - Website (end of term 1)
• Project - Image Composer (mid term 2)
• Project - Movie Maker (end of semester

At completion students should know

• Elements of a web page.
• Principles of good design.
• Terminology (Web Page) – masthead, buttons, navigation icons, marquees, hit counters, hyperlinks, hotspots, frames.
• How to work with file extensions for music and image files.
• Copyright limitations.
• Image Composer elements.
• Terminology (Image Composer) – saturation, hue, effects, textures.
• Movie Maker elements.
• Terminology (Movie Maker) – trimming, splitting, overlay, credits.

At completion students should be able to

• Design a webpage using a site plan.
• Create a basic webpage using Microsoft Frontpage or Dreamweaver.
• Access the internet to retrieve objects such as images and sounds.
• Manipulate images using Image Composer.
• Manipulate sounds using Sound Recorder.
• Scan images.
• Record sounds.
• Embed images and sounds into the webpage.
• Add text, lines and backgrounds to the webpage.
• Insert hyperlinks into webpage.
• Create image composer objects.
• Adjust image elements – saturation, hue, effects, texture.
• Create a simple movie.
• Import video, music and photographs.
• Trim, split and combine video and audio clips.
• Add special effects and transitions.
• Add sound tracks and narrations.
• Add titles, overlays and credits.
• Access the vast array of internet-based resources.
• Work independently and as part of a team.
• Apply problem-solving skills.
• Analyse and interpret complex information.
• Make comparisons and draw contrasts.
• Draw conclusions and justify these conclusions with evidence

Literacy elements

• Oral, print and multimedia literacy.
• Focus on subject specific words and their definitions.
• Focus on subject specific spelling.
• Paralinguistic features (spatial arrangements, tables, illustrations).
• Use of generic task sheets.

Integrated technology

• Microsoft Frontpage or Dreamweaver software
• Microsoft Image Composer software
• Microsoft Movie Maker
• Internet for research purposes and retrieval of graphics
• Digital Camera
• Scanner
• Printer
• Sound Recorder

Assignment guidelines

Please refer to the Assignment Guidelines on how to set out bibliographies and references.  

Resources

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