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All assessment tasks submitted during the study period will normally be marked and returned within two weeks of the required date of submission (provided that the assessment materials have been submitted by the due date). Students wanting an extension must make a request at least 24 hours before the assessment item is due and the request must be received in writing by the unit assessor or designated academic. Extensions within 24 hours of submission or following the submission deadline will not be granted (unless supported by a doctor’s certificate or where there are exceptional circumstances – this will be at the unit assessor’s discretion and will be considered on a case by case basis). Extensions will be for a maximum of 48 hours (longer extensions supported by a doctor’s certificate or exceptional circumstances to be considered on a case by case basis).

Development Issues: • Try to avoid scroll bars where possible. Definitely do not require scroll bars to view all of your navigation menu (check at 1024 width in a browser). • Do not let the menu width take over the page and reduce the available space for the information. You should view lots of websites on the Internet to get ideas. • The website must be written in HTML5 using only a text editor (NotePad++ recommended). • The assignment must pass validation for HTML5 and CSS. • Check the DOCTYPE statements to ensure correct validation. • The website must have Meta tags (home page) and a relevant page title on each page (search-engine ready). • Ensure that every graphic file has been reduced to the correct size in a photo editing program, not just reduced in size in the code. • Excessive file sizes will lose marks (see unit notes for file size limits) unless your users are given a choice to open the file (i.e. by using a link on a thumbnail).

Design Issues: • Your design should fit a screen resolution 1024 x 768 (allow for toolbars and scrollbars). You will need to research the actual working space available for your content. • Think about your design carefully. The site will need to be consistent throughout. • Navigation is one of the most important issues. Carefully plan your navigation on paper first. Think about using a template for your main navigation to keep it consistent and understandable. • Decide on an overall theme. • Include in your design the colours for text, backgrounds, etc. • Keep fonts consistent. • Will there be different colour schemes used on unrelated pages? • Include all of this information in your design document. • If there are a number of images on a page, decide on the dimensions during the design phase. It is best to make them a consistent size. • Take care with your button size designs and banners / headings so that they do not "take over" the page.

5. Advice You should start thinking about the content and design of your portfolio website as soon as you read this. That Is Right NOW! You need to have a clear design in your mind. You should also collect/develop all content that you want included in your website. You should be coding the site starting in week eight. Pay close attention the feedback from your tutor about your design – marked as part of assignment 2. This is a check placed into the 2nd assignment to verify you are on track with your major assignment.

Please make sure that you address each of these criteria in your assignment. Have a look at the marking spreadsheet provided in the Assignments folder of the MySCU site for additional information. 4. Submission Format – also see point 10. On the completion of the Website, as well as handing it in as per instructions, you must upload your site onto Infotech (our Linux server). This is similar to the process that you would undertake when placing your website with an ISP. Place all design documentation in one Word file (this does not need to be uploaded to Infotech). IBS students check with your local tutor about this criteria. Ensure that all .html files and the .doc file are zipped into a single file and submitted to MySCU assignment area, following naming conventions for the zip file given in point 11. IBS students will submit this to their local tutor.

3. Marking criteria The following marking criteria should assist you in completing your assignment. 5% Interface design, navigation and organisation Preliminary design (1%) Interface design (1%) Navigation design (1%) Storyboards - content (1%) Organisation of Information - Concept (1%) 5% Communications effectiveness - development Graphics communications effectiveness (2%) Logical communications effectiveness (1.5%) Written communications effectiveness (1.5%) 20% Technical functionality in terms of web development Initial impact (style) (1%) Correct spelling and grammar (2%) Everything works without error - Server (3%) Maximum usage of material undertaken in this unit (3%) Usage of CSS (3%) HTML Form & JavaScript (3%) Code reusability and readability (1%) Validation (3%) File sizes and naming (1%),

• Functioning web site (digital). Uploaded to your website on infotech (our Linux server). o IBS students check with your local tutor about this requirement (as it may not be required). • The University marker must have access to the source code, so you will also be required to provide a zip file containing the entire website (and design documentation as a single word document). For all Internal/External/Sydney/Melbourne and GXUST students this will be via MySCU (see the Submit Assignments folder) site.