GRDSN 122: Design Technology III

Project: Restaurant Website

Terminology: Intranet Resources:Exercises: FTP

Performance Objectives: (Things you will be able to learn...) and Criteria: (This is how well it has to be done...)


Instructions: Select a score for each outcome below based on the following scale..

0= No exposure, experience or knowledge in this area. Cannot perform any part of the task at a level sufficient for participation.
1= Can do most parts of the task. Demonstrates partial understanding of the competency. Need instruction and/or supervision.
2= Can complete the task with limited supervision. Demonstrates a very good understanding of the competency.
3= Demonstrates excellent understanding of the competency. Can work independently without supervision.
4= Can teach the competency / skill to others.

  1. Create a screen capture of the browser window to use when creating your rough designs and navigation structure

    0 1 2 3 4


  2. Determine appropriate software to use for developing web pages by...
    1. researching the software products located in the lab and their capabilities
    2. understanding the strengths and weaknesses of a specific product

      0 1 2 3 4

  3. Design a navigation structure for the restaurant website that flows easily, is user friendly and invites interactivity

    0 1 2 3 4


  4. Develop cross platform authoring in the website to avoid browser incompatibility by...
    1. selecting common web colors
    2. using html code that works in various browsers
    3. making your web page fit within the live area of both Safari, Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers using a monitor size of 1024 x 768
      0 1 2 3 4


  5. Design an image to use web safe colors whenever possible. Images will use web safe colors whenever a choice is available; some continuous tone images may use adaptive color palettes.

    0 1 2 3 4

  6. Design images to take advantage of Run Length Encoding / Compression
    by...
    1. creating artwork that has horizontal changes in color. This will create a more compressed image (small file size).
    2. creating artwork that has large areas of flat color
    3. creating non-complicated line art and non-dithered images

      0 1 2 3 4

  7. Organize files and use correct web file formats / extensions by..
    1. avoiding complex naming conventions
    2. saving graphic files in gif and/or jpeg formats
    3. using a .gif, .jpg or .htm extensions

      0 1 2 3 4

  8. Create small file sizes so web pages load quickly for the restaurant website by...
    1. using hexadecimal colors in tables and backgrounds
    2. reducing the number of colors when possible (using the web, adaptive or exact palettes when saving gif files)
    3. using compression / quality controls to improve file size reduction when saving jpeg files
    4. cropping images tightly

      0 1 2 3 4

  9. Produce colored text and table cells in the restaurant website to...
    1. specify colors for body text, visited links, active links,
    2. to add interest, to use as shape / value or to create navigation buttons using tables

      0 1 2 3 4

  10. Use ALT, WIDTH and HEIGHT attributes in the IMG tags to make the images load faster and to alert a person that has turned off images what the image is

    0 1 2 3 4

  11. Create background tiles, patterns and/or full screen backgrounds that add interest and load quickly in the restaurant website

    0 1 2 3 4


  12. Create indexed color images and transparent artwork by...
    1. using the appropriate dithering options
    2. selecting a single color level to be transparent

      0 1 2 3 4


  13. Organize information to aid user in readability and navigation by...
    1. changing the color of hypertext links
    2. changing the color of body text
    3. using bullets
    4. using lines
    5. creating navigational buttons that are unique

      0 1 2 3 4


  14. Create web pages that load in 8 seconds or less on a 56.6 bps modem by checking download time using a website service or computer software

    0 1 2 3 4

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Last updated: 4.29.08