Student's Guide

The Student's Guide contains the following:

Module 6. Web Page Concept and Design: Getting a Web Site Up and Running

Introductory note

This is Module 6 of the ICT for Library and Information Professionals (ICTLIP) Training Package for Developing Countries. This Package is intended to provide knowledge and skills required to deal with the application of ICT to library and information services. It is meant for library and information personnel who may become trainers in the area. The Package has been developed by the UNESCO Asia & Pacific Regional Office with funding from the Japanese Fund in Trust for Communication and Information.

It contains six modules:

Module 1-Introduction to Information and Communication Technologies

Module 2-Introduction to Integrated Library Systems

Module 3-Information Seeking in an Electronic Environment

Module 4-Database Design, and Information Storage and Retrieval

Module 5-The Internet as an Information Resource

Module 6-Web Page Concept and Design: Getting a Web Page Up and Running

Learning outcomes:

Module 6 discusses the concepts and principles in web page creation and design, and introduces the basic steps in setting up and maintaining a web site.

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

  1. Define concepts and terms, as well as understand the technology of web page creation and design
  2. Identify the principles and standards followed in web page creation and design
  3. Create web pages using HTML and other tools
  4. Develop a simple web site ready for uploading to the World Wide Web
  5. Evaluate web pages and web sites
  6. Address ethical, legal and other issues related to web publishing

Note: The content of Module 1 must be understood by all students (either by students first completing Module 1, or as a result of prior knowledge of ICT) before they proceed with the remaining five modules in the ICTLIP Training Package.

Course Outline

Lesson 1. How the World Wide Web works

Lesson 2. Principles of Web Page Design

Lesson 3. Creating web pages using HTML

Lesson 4. Web Site Publishing and Maintenance

Learning Environment

The training room must have the facilities and technical support required to carry out the course. It should have computers with CD-ROM drives and online access to the Internet and other resources such as OPACs and CD-ROM databases. The Module should be conducted by a teacher who is knowledgeable and skilled in using computers, the Internet, CD-ROMs and a variety of electronic resources, and who is skilled in teaching courses of this nature. Duration

The Module is designed for a one-week course of 40 hours: 8 hours per day for five days.

Course content and schedule.

Day Lessons
Day 1

Lesson 1. How the World Wide Web works

Day 2 Lesson 2. Principles of Web Page Design
Day 3 and 4 Lesson 3. Creating web pages using HTML
Day 5

Lesson 4. Web Site Publishing and Maintenance

Selection criteria for participants (participants profile)

  1. Participants should be working in a library or information center, or in a school of library and information science.
  2. Participants with a degree in library and information science are preferred.
  3. Participants should normally have:

Typographical conventions

Activity
Activity for the students
   
Reference
Reference and further reading materials
   
Glossary
Glossary of terms used in the module

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