Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to design a website to specifications, within a particular technical and human interface environment.
This unit applies to individuals who are responsible for analysis, documentation and design, including identifying the technical and human computer interface requirements that drive design.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Elements and Performance Criteria
ELEMENT | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Define the technical environment | 1.1 Identify the business requirements 1.2 Identify the appropriate standards required to develop the site 1.3 Identify the appropriate hardware and software required |
2. Define the human computer interface | 2.1 Conduct a user analysis, in order to determine a user profile and user needs 2.2 Determine the user content, and requirements 2.3 Determine the appropriate design principles for the site 2.4 Identify the appropriate operating system |
3. Determine the site hierarchy | 3.1 Identify the hierarchy of pages 3.2 Ensure that the content is logical and accessible to the user 3.3 Ensure that navigation between pages is consistent and clear |
4. Integrate the design components | 4.1 Apply the appropriate information hierarchy to the site design 4.2 Ensure that the design principles are appropriate to the business, and to the user 4.3 Ensure that the process flow is developed in a logical and simple manner 4.4 Test the site against user needs 4.5 Complete and document the design structure |
Foundation Skills
This section describes language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills incorporated in the performance criteria that are required for competent performance.
Skill | Performance Criteria | Description |
Reading | 1.1-1.3, 2.1-2.4, 3.1-3.3 | Interprets, analyses, and syntheses, technical and organisational information to inform decision-making, to construct and validate solutions, and to produce responses to pre-determined requirements and work tasks |
Writing | 2.2, 3.2, 3.3, 4.5 | Develops content in a manner that supports and conveys information, using the appropriate structures, templates, software, and specialised language Produces a logically sequenced text to convey exact procedural requirements and specific, and concise, instructions/meaning |
Navigate the world of work | 1.2 | Takes personal responsibility for adherence to the standards of industry bodies, where related to own work context |
Interact with others | 2.1, 2.2, 4.2 | Selects the appropriate communication protocols and conventions, when conferring with clients to elicit information, and to determine specific needs and requirements |
Get the work done | 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 | Takes responsibility for planning, sequencing, and prioritising tasks within own workload, for efficiency and effective outcomes Uses analytical processes to make routine and some complex decisions, to develop logical structures within the website information and operation that meet client needs Understands the purposes, specific functions and , key features of common digital systems, tools and software, and operates them effectively to complete routine tasks |
Sectors
Web