This is installed on to all of the university machines, to access this go to https://myapps.port.ac.uk/. There is a list of all of the software available to use by clicking the relevant launch buttons to the right of the name. Created my worklog.html file
I should get help in improving my CV, there are regular CV and work placement practice sessions throughout the year including practice interviews and feedback from real employers, Purple door and the SPEC office are also able to help
The idea is to “sell myself” to the employer so begin the CV with a profile which is targeted and relevant to the job which is factual and to the point, make sure to avoid statements that haven’t been backed up within the CV. To target a CV effectively research job roles by looking at: adverts; job descriptions and person specifications for the certain job.
“Someone who's been employed before has some level of proof that they can be trusted to turn up, to talk to customers, to interact with colleagues, and management. People who've not done any work, don't have much evidence of employability.”
This is the HTML5 doctype: <!DOCTYPE html>
A doctype is an instruction to the web browser to tell it what version of html the webpage is written in. The doctype needs to be on the first line of the html file. If anything else is before it, even white space, certain browsers will treat the page as if it has no doctype at all.
A left angle bracket (<) would be written as < A right angle bracket (>) would be written as >
Written like : <a href="http://www.port.ac.uk">Visit the university website</a> The href attribute specifies the URL of the page the link goes to. If the href attribute is not present, the <a> tag is not a hyperlink.
The best way to format a document is to use CSS, the CSS tells the browser how to display the content and writing my own CSS sheet will enable me to control the browsers default presentation behaviour
In CSS, selectors are patterns used to select the element(s) you want to style.
To keep good practice it is best to use external style sheets, this helps reduce web page coding making it easier to maintain your website as all your styles are in the same spot.
Learnt how to use the library.
Library website:http://www.port.ac.uk/library/home/
Mind maps are useful because our brains use images, colours and symbols. They help you to concentrate on keywords and important parts of what is being said and associate ideas in linear notes.
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Computing is a Multidisciplinary subject as of necessity because it has ubiquitous applications in all areas, therefore any good web development takes in to context – Political, Social, Economic, Psychological and cultural aspects.
“The web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect — to help people work together — and not as a technical toy. The ultimate goal of the Web is to support and improve our weblike existence in the world.” Tim Berners-Lee, in Weaving The Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web"
The internet is in contrast to the broadcast model, where few broadcast to many, and creates an environment in which many broadcasts to many. It liberates the flow of information. Social networks such as twitter create solid links between businesses and their customers: businesses can listen to their customers thinking in real time, this gives businesses the empowerment to improve their services through the web
Everything that you do on-line can potentially be monitored and abused and you can never be sure that anything has been deleted.
A literature review is a text written by someone to consider the critical points of current knowledge including substantive findings, as well as theoretical and methodological contributions to a particular topic, it is a piece of writing that supports, evaluates and critiques your research topic.
Information seeking - The ability to scan the literature efficiently, using manual or computerised methods in order to identify a set of useful articles and books.
Critical Appraisal - The ability to apply principles of analysis to identify unbiased and valid work.
The style of referencing that we need to use is Harvard APA version 6, the universities referencing tool can be found on the library website: http://referencing.port.ac.uk/
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A design is a plan for the creation of something.
Suitable navigation tools that are logically organised and consistent throughout the website should be included in order to increase usability.
The website should be targeted to the audience. Create a page layout sketch in order to help with the design of the website
Google... used by police, employers, border guards etc.
Project Management issues
“the effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction with which specified users can achieve specified goals in a particular environment”
Good usability is like an iceberg, only a little is visible and the rest is below. Don't only think about the visual design think further!
http://www.jjg.net/elements/pdf/elements.pdf - Jesse James Garrett
Examples of poor navigation: www.webpagesthatsuck.com
In today's practical we looked at some project management techniques, below is a visual representation of my website.
Mobile Devices, Mobility & the Mobile Web
I have tested my website against different kinds of colour blindness, the tests for my website have been positive.
alt attributes should be used on images in order to specify alternate text in case the image can not be displayed or for other things such as use with a screen reader. Good link labelling should be used so that it is clear to people where each link will lead to, especially for the less experienced users.
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