Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

ICAA4142C Mapping and Delivery Guide
Design a website to meet technical requirements

Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024


Qualification -
Unit of Competency ICAA4142C - Design a website to meet technical requirements
Description This unit defines the competency required to design a website to specifications within a particular technical and human interface environment.No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Employability Skills This unit contains employability skills.
Learning Outcomes and Application
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.
Prerequisites/co-requisites ICAB4135B Create a simple mark-up language document to specification ICAB4137B Produce basic client side script for dynamic web pages CUFMEM07B Apply principles of visual design and communication to the development of a multimedia product
Competency Field
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners Student Learning Resources Handouts
Activities 		Slides
PPT 		Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3 Assessment 4
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Define the technical environment
  • Identify business requirements, hardware and softwarerequirements
  • Define software and hardware types to ensure that site is designed to meet business requirements
  • Identify appropriate standards, software and hardware required to develop the site
       
Element: Define the human computer interface
  • Conduct user analysis to determine a user profile and user needs
  • Determine user content and requirements
  • Determine appropriate design principles for the site
  • Identify appropriate operating system
       
Element: Determine site hierarchy
  • Identify the hierarchy of pages
  • Ensure content is logical and accessible to user
  • Ensure that navigation between pages is consistent and clear
       
Element: Integrate design components
  • Apply appropriate information hierarchy to site design
  • Ensure design principles are appropriate to business and user
  • Ensure process flow is developed in a logical and simple manner
  • Test site search engine, site map, frequently asked questions and news sections against user needs
  • Complete and document the design
       


Evidence Required

List the assessment methods to be used and the context and resources required for assessment. Copy and paste the relevant sections from the evidence guide below and then re-write these in plain English.

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Evidence of the following is essential:

Assessment must confirm the ability to identify and select appropriate tools and procedures in order to develop an effective website for a business.

To demonstrate competency in this unit the learner will need access to:

Web servers

E-business website

Site server

Site servers software

Analysis software

Requirements documentation

Customer relationship model

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Breadth, depth and complexity involving analysis, documentation and design across a broad range of technical and managerial functions, including identifying the technical and human computer interface requirements that drive design.

The breadth, depth and complexity of knowledge and skills in this competency would cover a broad range of varied activities or application in a wider variety of contexts most of which are complex and non-routine. Leadership and guidance would be involved when organising activities of self and others as well as contributing to technical solutions of a non-routine or contingency nature.

Assessment must ensure:

Performance of a broad range of skilled applications including the requirement to evaluate and analyse current practices, develop new criteria and procedures for performing current practices and provision of some leadership and guidance to others in the application and planning of the skills would be characteristic.

Applications may involve responsibility for, and limited organisation of, others.

Method of assessment

The purpose of this unit is to define the standard of performance to be achieved in the workplace. In undertaking training and assessment activities related to this unit, consideration should be given to the implementation of appropriate diversity and accessibility practices in order to accommodate people who may have special needs. Additional guidance on these and related matters is provided in ICA05 Section 1.

Competency in this unit should to be assessed using summative assessment to ensure consistency of performance in a range of contexts. This unit can be assessed either in the workplace or in a simulated environment. However, simulated activities must closely reflect the workplace to enable full demonstration of competency.

Assessment will usually include observation of real or simulated work processes and procedures and/or performance in a project context as well as questioning on underpinning knowledge and skills. The questioning of team members, supervisors, subordinates, peers and clients where appropriate may provide valuable input to the assessment process. The interdependence of units for assessment purposes may vary with the particular project or scenario.

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, for example:

An individual demonstrating this competency would be able to:

Demonstrate understanding of a broad knowledge base incorporating some theoretical concepts

Apply solutions to a defined range of unpredictable problems

Identify and apply skill and knowledge areas to a wide variety of contexts, with depth in some areas

Identify, analyse and evaluate information from a variety of sources

Take responsibility for own outputs in relation to specified quality standards

Take limited responsibility for the quantity and quality of the output of others

Maintain knowledge of industry products and services

Submission Requirements

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Assessment task 1: [title]      Due date:

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Assessment Tasks

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Required skills

Website analysis

Use of site design software

User analysis

Required knowledge

Website architecture

Business process design

Customer and business liaison

E-business sites and corporate strategy

Implications of technology connectivity

Documenting technical specifications

Copyright and intellectual property

Basic information architecture

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Business requirements may include:

meeting customer needs

organisational goals

remote access

external interfacing to the organisation

Hardware may include but is not limited to:

workstations

personal computers

modems and other connectivity devices

networks

DSL modems

remote sites

servers

Operatingsystem may include:

Win 98/NT/2000/XP

Sun Solaris/SunOS

HP-UX

AIX

Digital Unix

Silicon Graphics IRIX

DEC

VMS

Mac OSX

Linux

Netware

Standards may include XML standards:

Organisation for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards,

ISO and IEEE to web-oriented groups like IETF and W3C

IEEE Std

Information hierarchy may include:

page layout

technical specifications

content structure

secure access provisions

locations and links to other internet resources where appropriate

Design principles may include but is not limited to:

user compatibility

product compatibility

task compatibility

workflow compatibility

consistency

familiarity

simplicity

WYSIWYG

flexibility

responsiveness

invisible technology

robustness

protection

ease of learning

User may include:

a person within a department

a department within the organisation

a third party

Search engine

A website that allows the entry of a search parameter and based on the request, searches through its list of websites for the best match. It then displays the results for selection

A wide variety of search tools may be used, including Snap, Questfinder, Ask Jeeves, Google, metacrawler, Alta Vista, Excite, infoseek, Findlink, Northern Light, AOL Netfind, Hotbot, LookSmart, Yahoo, Netscape, Lycos, Open Text, WebCrawler, Go To Dot Com, Beaucoup, Meta Search, Search.com, Go2Network, Savvy Search, Profusion, Dogpile and Metagopher

Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.

Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Identify business requirements, hardware and softwarerequirements 
Define software and hardware types to ensure that site is designed to meet business requirements 
Identify appropriate standards, software and hardware required to develop the site 
Conduct user analysis to determine a user profile and user needs 
Determine user content and requirements 
Determine appropriate design principles for the site 
Identify appropriate operating system 
Identify the hierarchy of pages 
Ensure content is logical and accessible to user 
Ensure that navigation between pages is consistent and clear 
Apply appropriate information hierarchy to site design 
Ensure design principles are appropriate to business and user 
Ensure process flow is developed in a logical and simple manner 
Test site search engine, site map, frequently asked questions and news sections against user needs 
Complete and document the design 

Forms

Assessment Cover Sheet

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