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Evidence Guide: ICAWEB507A - Customise a complex IT content management system

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ICAWEB507A - Customise a complex IT content management system

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Analyse specifications and requirements

  1. Determine the required functionality of the website as per client requirements
  2. Determine the appropriate server-side language and hosting environment
  3. Determine additional functionality that the CMS will not be able to handle ‘out of the box’
  4. Determine how client’s additional functionality is required to function
  5. Determine any pre-existing restraints that need to be considered when developing the website solution
Determine the required functionality of the website as per client requirements

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Determine the appropriate server-side language and hosting environment

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Determine additional functionality that the CMS will not be able to handle ‘out of the box’

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Determine how client’s additional functionality is required to function

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Determine any pre-existing restraints that need to be considered when developing the website solution

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Develop customisation

  1. Plan and outline requirements of the additional functionality
  2. Create and develop plug-in, extension or new functionality to the CMS to meet client requirements
Plan and outline requirements of the additional functionality

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Create and develop plug-in, extension or new functionality to the CMS to meet client requirements

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Create CMS powered website

  1. Install and configure chosen content management system
  2. Install and integrate new CMS functionality
Install and configure chosen content management system

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Install and integrate new CMS functionality

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Validate and evaluate

  1. Validate final website markup against current website standards
  2. Validate CMS performance in different browsers, checking compatibility and core CMS functionality
  3. Validate the developed additional functionality against client requirements
Validate final website markup against current website standards

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Validate CMS performance in different browsers, checking compatibility and core CMS functionality

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Validate the developed additional functionality against client requirements

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Assessed

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

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 ability to:

create a CMS-powered website using an open source with additional custom functionality that is not available ‘out of the box’ that meets client requirements.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to:

client requirements and content

text editor

range of browsers

internet for research, validation of code and programming documentation

appropriate learning and assessment support when required

modified equipment for people with special needs.

Method of assessment

A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit:

evaluation of:

developed CMS (front and backend) in commonly used browsers to perform basic content manipulation tasks

content management additional functionality against current programming and security standards

ability to fulfil client requirements by programming custom functionality into the pre-existing core CMS

validation of front-end code markup correctness against standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, where appropriate.

Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate, and suitable to the communication skill level, language, literacy and numeracy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed.

Indigenous people and other people from a non-English speaking background may need additional support.

In cases where practical assessment is used it should be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge.

Required Skills and Knowledge

Required skills

analytical skills to determine uses, audience and document structure and requirements

communication skills to liaise with end users

initiative and enterprise skills to recommend design features

literacy skills to:

follow documented instruction from a supplied guide and online documentation

interpret workplace instructions and other technical documents

keep up-to-date with latest industry guidelines

problem-solving skills to:

plan and develop new functionality to a core CMS package

use server-side and markup languages to troubleshoot problems and client requirements

technical skills to:

configure or manipulate a website hosting environment

use a markup language to create the required web page

use server-side programming language to code functionality.

Required knowledge

content management systems

markup language and associated standards

server functionality

server-side language and security techniques

web accessibility.

Range Statement

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.

Server side language may include:

ASP.NET

Java

PHP

Ruby on Rails.

Hosting environment may include:

Linux

Windows.

Content management system may include:

Drupal

Expression Engine

Joomla

Mambo

Open CMS

PHP Nuke

Radiant CMS

Silverstripe

Typo

Wordpress.

Browsers may include:

Firefox

Google Chrome

Internet Explorer

Konqueror

Lynx

Mozilla

Opera

Safari.