Information and Creative

Technology (L2)
Web Development
Unit Aims and Outcomes
● Aim: In this unit, you will investigate the features
and uses of websites by exploring what they are
and how their integrated components and
applications interact with each other. You will also
learn how to design, develop and test a website
for a brief. Once this is completed you will review
your website, having obtained feedback from
others.

● Learning outcomes:
● A understand the uses and features of websites
● B design a website
● C develop and test a website
● D review the finished website.
Lesson Aim and Outcome
● Aim: Understand the uses and features of
websites
● Learning outcomes:
● Why are websites used?
● What are the typical uses of websites
Activity 1
● Go the following website
www.neweracap.co.uk

● Open a new Google document and answer the

following questions:
● What is the overall purpose of this website?
● What are the strengths of this website?
● How would you improve this website?

● Discuss your findings with the rest of the class

What are websites used
for?
● Presenting information
● (e.g. BBC News, Sky News)
● Browsing and searching for information
● (e.g. Google, Wikipedia, Bradford Council)
● Making Decisions
● (e.g. Comparethemarket.com, moneysupermarket.com)
● Communicating with people
● (e.g. Social Networking, Skype)
● Media sharing
● (e.g. Apple iTunes, YouTube, BBC iPlayer)
● Ecommerce
● (e.g. Amazon, Tesco, John Lewis)
● Education
● (e.g. Tomshardware.co.uk, BBC Bitesize)

Websites are also used for :

● Storing Information/Data (e.g. iCloud, Google drive)

● Improving productivity (e.g. Email, video conferencing)
● Downloading information and data (e.g. Adobe, Anti virus vendors)
Activity 2
Having been given one of the subject areas by your tutor, and
informed of your pairings, find a suitable website (or use one
of the suggested sites) that demonstrates that particular use
of the website (eg e-commerce) and identify the features
used within the website that make it successful in it’s
intended usage (eg a sales page, clear layout and images,
online forums, embedded video etc).

Create a short Google presentation and present it to the group.

(2-3 mins).
You need to:
● Describe the site and how it achieves its purpose.
● Give the areas/features of the site that you think work well.
● Give the areas/features that you think could be improved
upon.
● Can you identify whether the website is static or dynamic?
Extra Activity
● Find out how many websites are there now on
the internet
● Explain what cloud concept is
● Research what is needed to set up a virtual
meeting
Summary
● Rated a website
● Looked into the different types of websites and their
uses
● Completed activity 1 and presented to your peers
Recap
● What type of website is BBC News?
● Give one example of a making decisions website
● What is the purpose of newercap.co.uk?
● What is the difference between a dynamic website and
a static website?
● Give an example of each