“Developing a Web Site Tutorial”
I.
Context
Since the
Cyberspace Pursuit competition was first started in the 1990s,
students of all ages have learned in various forms how to build web
sites. However, one problem that many students have run into is how
to start—or, in other words, what exactly needs to be done to build
a web site. In fact, a major
comment that came from judges at the 2007 National TSA Conference is
that many students don’t seem to know about the basic foundations of
web design: coding HTML.
A number of online
help guides exist. However, wouldn’t it be great if there were a
guide geared toward middle school students that focused on the
basics of building a web site? Who better to write a web site
building tutorial targeted at the middle school audience than a team
of individuals who knows just how the audience thinks: middle school
level students themselves!
II.
Challenge
Statement
Design a series of
web pages that collectively form a tutorial for building a web site.
Your solution should cover the entire design process—from planning
the site and the software you can select, to using the basic
elements of web site coding and publishing sites to the Internet.
Your solution should be directed at middle school students with
average computer literacy; however, you should assume for this
tutorial that they are first-time designers for the Internet.
Elements that
should be included in your solution are (but by no means limited to)
brief overviews of available web design software, an overview of
types of elements that can be integrated into an HTML web page, and
a demonstration through good instruction that the participant has an
understanding of basic HTML code and file uploading. Tips and
tricks, helpful tools, and good design practices are also ideas to
incorporate into your solution.
III.
Solution
Limitations
The URL submitted
must be a site designed by the team that features the solution to
the design brief, the TSA chapter, and the school’s career and
technology education program. The team’s design brief solution and
TSA chapter web site (designed by the team) must be linked from this
page.
For further
details about the competition and important deadline information,
carefully review the rules and regulations for Cyberspace Pursuit in
2008 & 2009 Middle School
Technology Activities, National TSA Conference Competitive Events
Guide.
IV.
Evaluation
The solution must
show evidence that the chapter’s Cyberspace Pursuit team has
addressed the requirements in the design brief challenge statement
(see above,
II. Challenge
Statement). The assessment rubric in the middle school competitive
events guide will be used to evaluate each entry.