Length - There should be at least six (6) pages in the website. There should be - at minimum - a Home page (index.html), a Resume page, and at least 4 pages with examples of your skills. One of these skills pages must detail your Web Development skills page. In addition to the six (6) pages already mentioned, topics 9, 10, 11 and 12 contain continuous assessments that will add an additional two pages to your site. These additional pages should be linked to the Web Development skills page only – as they are related to these skills. For your convenience I have included all of the continuous assessments as an appendix of this document.

Remember that prospective employers have to read your portfolio, so keep it informative and intuitive. Typically students lose marks as a result of a content poor site (including lack of information, bad spelling and grammar) – don’t make this mistake!

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%) and Organisation of Information - Concept (1%). 5% - Communications effectiveness - development - Graphics communications effectiveness (2%), Logical communications effectiveness (1.5%) and 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%), and File sizes and naming (1%).

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. 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.

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). If you need an extension/special consideration for an assignment you will need to fill in the "Special Consideration for Assessment" form. If the requested extension is for more than 48 hours you will need to include some documentary proof of the reason you need the extension (i.e. doctors certificate etc.). Remember that extensions will not be granted on due dates of the assignments (except in exceptional situations) - get your request in before the assignment is due.

To streamline and improve the special consideration process, new eForms have been developed that will enable students to submit an application electronically via MyEnrolment for: Special Consideration for Assessment (extension and marking) Special Exam Application. 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). A penalty of 5% of the total available grade will accrue for each 24-hour period that an assessment item is submitted late. Therefore, an assessment item worth 20 marks will have 1 mark deducted for every 24-hour period and at the end of 20 days will receive 0 marks. Students who fail to submit following the guidelines in this Unit Information Guide will be deemed to have not submitted the assessment item and the above penalty will be applied until the specified submission guidelines are followed.