Module 3

Tonight I edited my blog with tasks completed in the past few days.

Completed and saved: Friday 15 December 2006
Legal Issues
Have you used images or words on your web page or website that contravene copyright laws?
No, I haven’t used images or words on my web page or website that contravene copyright laws.

Would you be in breach of copyright if you put the Curtin logo at the top of your web page for an assignment?
Yes, I would be in breach of copyright if I put the Curtin logo at the top of my web page for an assignment. Curtin log is IP of Curtin University.

My Blog



My top five tips for new bloggers :

1. Find a template that suit your purpose
2. Choose the color of your blog appropriately
3. Think before you write
4. Provide links that are still current
5. Keep it simple

Completed and saved: Thursday 14 December 2006

Module 3: Tasks
HTML Tag

Tonight I read the course content and HTML Tutorials and some other links relating to this module. I am glad I have just learned and finished the Web Site assignment of the last unit with RMIT before commencing this unit. I have never written HTML and everything was new to me. We were not allowed to use any program such as Dreamweaver. I have come across load of difficulties when creating my first website from scratch by hand. However with persistence, I tried again and again going through the W3C website on How to…..etc... And the examples helped made my website to completion. Thank God…I received full mark for my first website!!

WWW Standards
Summary of 5 most important ‘rules’ for writing online:

1. Important issues on top of page
2. Make use of sub-headings and bullet points and bold keywords
3. Easy to navigate with consistent look and feel
4. Simple design for quick download
5. Provide useful and meaningful links

Think about any differences between the articles: for example, is the advice in Nielsen’s paper -- written in 1997 – still current?
I think all the articles are good advice of similar concept of usability and Nielsen’s paper written in 1997 is still current.

FTP
I have uploaded my Webspace using the Ipswitch WS_FTP Client program I downloaded before from http://www.ipswitch.com/ to my ISP the URL is ftp://members.iinet.net.au/



Completed and saved: Wednesday 13 December 2006
I read all discussions posted, updating my learning log in words and backing up all my work. Also as I prepared myself for Module 3, I read the course contents and tasks required. With that in mind I explored some of the students’ work.

Completed and saved: Tuesday, 12 December 2006
Well, last night I edited my blog, updated some of the completed tasks in Module 1 and 2. This morning I have a chance to help answer one of the posts (Message 847 in Module 1). I did some research on Internet Detective trying to refresh my memory. I had actually studied and done this before in one of my completed OUA units at Swinburne University. I have included the links for other students’ quick reference:

http://www.mmsd.org/tnl/detectives/evaluation.htm
http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/

I tested myself and answered most of the detective work. I then moved on to do my module one second website summary and evaluation. I checked and read again the discussion posted before going to bed at 11:50pm. Feeling exhausted! Luckily I can sleep in tomorrow morning my day off. :-D

Optional ‘standards’ task 2:
As mentioned before in Module, I have tested my webpage usingW3C Validator.