Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

SIT774 Web Technologies and Development

Deakin University Unit Guide

Trimester 2, 2024
CONTENTS

Welcome ...................................................................................................................................................................... 2
Who is the unit team? .................................................................................................................................................. 2
Unit chair: leads the teaching team and is responsible for overall delivery of this unit .............................................. 2
Unit chair details .......................................................................................................................................................... 2
Other members of the team and how to contact them .............................................................................................. 2
Administrative queries ................................................................................................................................................. 2
About this unit ............................................................................................................................................................. 2
Unit development in response to student feedback ................................................................................................... 2
Your Unit Learning Outcomes ...................................................................................................................................... 3
Assessing your achievement of the unit learning outcomes ....................................................................................... 3
Hurdle requirements .................................................................................................................................................... 3
- Summative assessment task 1 ................................................................................................................................... 4
Your learning experiences in this Unit - and your expected commitment .................................................................. 6
Typical study commitment ........................................................................................................................................... 6
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment ....................................................... 6
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment .............................................................. 6
Note ............................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Unit learning resources ................................................................................................................................................ 7
Essential learning resources ......................................................................................................................................... 7
Recommended learning resources .............................................................................................................................. 7
Where to access unit resources ................................................................................................................................... 8
Key dates for this study period .................................................................................................................................... 8
Unit weekly activities ................................................................................................................................................... 8

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Welcome

Web technologies and the development of web applications are an integral part of the way contemporary computer
applications are built. In this unit, students will learn to develop web applications using latest technologies. Learning
experiences in this unit will help students to understand how web applications work and will give them the opportunity to
conceptualise and implement web related solutions for a range of real-world scenarios. The solutions students develop in
this unit will take into account client and server-side programming requirements and appropriate techniques. Through
project-based learning, students will build on learning from the associated programming and database units by learning how
to use client and server-side programming language to create small data-driven web applications.
This Unit Guide provides you with the key information about this unit. Please read it carefully and refer to it frequently
throughout the study period. Your unit site also provides information about your rights and responsibilities. We will assume
you have read this before the unit commences, and we expect you to refer to it throughout the study period.
To be successful in this unit, you must:

read all materials in preparation for your learning activities and follow up each with further study and research on the
topic
start your assessment tasks well ahead of the due date
read or listen to all feedback carefully and use it in your future work
attend and engage in all educator facilitated (scheduled) learning activities and other learning experiences as part of
the unit design

Who is the unit team?

Unit chair: leads the teaching team and is responsible for overall delivery of this unit

Michael Hobbs
Unit chair details

Campus: Geelong Waurn Ponds

Email: m.hobbs@deakin.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 522 73342
Other members of the team and how to contact them

Details of any other staff will be provided at the start of the trimester.

Throughout the unit you can post comments and questions. You are encouraged to do this including helping other students.
You may want to contact the Unit Chair if you have any questions about the unit and especially if you need some assistance.
Administrative queries

check-out the 'SEBE Student Hub' section on your unit site

contact your Unit Chair or Campus Leader
drop in or contact Student Central to speak with a Student Adviser

For additional support information, please see the Rights and Responsibilities section under 'Content' in your unit site.
About this unit

Unit development in response to student feedback

Every trimester, we ask students to tell us, through eVALUate, what helped and hindered their learning in each unit. You are
strongly encouraged to provide constructive feedback for this unit when eVALUate opens (you will be emailed a link).

In previous versions of this unit, students have told us that these aspects of the Unit have helped them to achieve the
learning outcomes:

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Highly detailed examples and breakdown of tasks

Good HTML examples per topic
The excellent teaching and delivery of the unit

The following aspects of the unit have been introduced, enhanced or retained in response to feedback from students who
have undertaken this unit in previous trimesters:

Updated and expanded the material on server side scripting.

If you have any concerns about the unit during the trimester, please contact the unit teaching team - preferably early in the
trimester - so we can discuss your concerns, and make adjustments, if appropriate.
Your Unit Learning Outcomes

Each unit in your course is a building block towards Deakin's Graduate Learning Outcomes - not all units develop and assess
every Graduate Learning Outcome (GLO).
These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the Deakin Graduate Learning
ULO
completion of this unit, successful students can: Outcomes
ULO1 Explain the relevance, purpose, and operation of GLO1: Discipline-specific
technologies which underpin web applications. knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
ULO2 Design and develop client side components of a web-based GLO1: Discipline-specific
application using contemporary tools, languages and knowledge and capabilities
frameworks. GLO5: Problem solving
ULO3 Design and implement RESTful web services using GLO1: Discipline-specific
contemporary tools, language and frameworks. knowledge and capabilities
GLO5: Problem solving
ULO4 Identify options for, and deploy web applications to GLO1: Discipline-specific
suitable production environments. knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
ULO5 Justify achieved outcomes through providing relevant GLO6: Self-management
evidence and critiquing the quality of that evidence against
given criteria.

Assessing your achievement of the unit learning outcomes

Hurdle requirements

To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit, students must meet certain milestones as part of the portfolio.

Brief summary of requirements Rationale

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1. Pass tasks The pass tasks in this unit provides students the opportunity to
• By the end of Week 2, students are required to have develop and demonstrate the achievement of Unit Learning
completed at least two pass tasks. Outcomes at the minimum expected standards. These tasks are
• By the end of Week 6, students are required to have included as hurdle requirements so that students are able to
at least a total of nine pass tasks complete. provide evidence of achievement of these ULOs through their
• By the end of the unit, Week 10, students are portfolio. The portfolio artefact that they submit is used to
required to have submitted all pass tasks, and have at measure their performance against the minimum standards as
least twelve of those pass tasks marked as completed. well as their ability to justify the outcomes that they have
• Pass tasks not marked as complete by the portfolio achieved through self-assessment and reflection (ULO6). The
submission date must be submitted within the hurdle requirement also provides a mechanism for student-staff
portfolio and be of a passable standard in order for a interaction to check progress and address educational and
pass grade to be awarded for the unit. Therefore, it is motivational issues before it is too late in the trimester.
in the student’s best interest to have submitted all
pass tasks for feedback by the end of Week 10. (Credit,
Distinction, and High Distinction tasks are required for
higher grades.)
2. Task Discussion
• You will be required to discuss your understanding of This hurdle requirement is to authenticate student learning and
concepts, and demonstrate achievement of unit academic integrity in the unit. The student-staff interaction during
learning outcomes, with the teaching team for key unit discussions will allow the teaching team to make judgements
tasks. You must be able to clearly communicate about student learning and progress in select tasks that are
appropriate understanding of the associated concepts representative of high-order thinking and learning.
and achievement of the unit learning outcomes for
these tasks to be marked as Complete.
• All task discussions need to occur within the teaching
period.Task discussions must be conducted face-to-
face (for campus students) or via online discussions
through MS Teams/Zoom Meeting or another
mechanism as determined by the Unit Chair (for online
students only). Please ensure that you are enrolled in
the correct mode of study.

Summative assessment (tasks that will be graded or marked)

NOTE: It is your responsibility to keep a backup copy of every assignment and the materials used to develop/complete it
where possible (e.g. written/digital reports, essays, videos, images). In the unusual event that one of your submissions
becomes corrupted, is incorrectly submitted or otherwise lost, you may be asked to submit the backup copy. Any work you
submit may be checked by electronic or other means for the purposes of detecting breaches of academic integrity such as
collusion, plagiarism and contract cheating. You must understand your responsibility to act with honesty and integrity in your
studies as Deakin takes all breaches very seriously. Make sure you read Your rights and responsibilities as a student in this
unit to find out more about academic integrity.

Deakin has a universal assessment submission time of 8pm AEDT/AEST. A late penalty will apply to assessments submitted
after 11.59pm AEDT/AEST.
- Summative assessment task 1

Learning Portfolio

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Brief description of In this unit, assessment is designed to encourage and reward you for demonstrating
assessment task achievement of the unit learning outcomes; with higher grades representing better
achievement of these outcomes.

We will be using OnTrack, which is a web application designed specifically to support your
completion of learning and assessment activities. Working regularly and completing the tasks
on time will help you collect evidence for your portfolio. Your portfolio will consist of work
that you complete in response to the unit's tasks.

These tasks are designed to help you learn, and demonstrate achievement of the unit learning
outcomes. Tasks will consist of the following kinds of activities:
• investigate technologies that underpin web application
• investigate client requirements, service requirements
• formulate web applications using current and relevant tools, languages and frameworks to
meet client-side and server-side requirements.
• identify and analyse production environments and deploy web applications to suitable
production environments.
Detail of student output You will work through a number of tasks throughout this unit and produce a range of artefacts
including design maps, web pages, program code, tests, reports, and others. This work will be
combined together with reflections on your learning into your learning portfolio for
assessment.
Grading and weighting 100%, marked and graded
(% total mark for unit) Each task in the unit is associated with a grade: either Pass, Credit, Distinction, or High
Distinction. Complete all the Pass Tasks to get a Pass. Complete all the Pass and Credit tasks to
get a Credit, complete all the Pass, Credit, and Distinction tasks to get a Distinction, and
complete all Pass, Credit, Distinction and High Distinction tasks for a High Distinction.
OnTrack lets you select a target grade, and will show you only the tasks you need to complete
in order to achieve that grade.
This task assesses your The portfolio must demonstrate that you have achieved all unit learning outcomes by proving
achievement of these Unit evidence and self-reflection against each outcome.
Learning Outcome(s) ULO1 - Explain the relevance, purpose, and operation of technologies which underpin web
applications.
ULO2 - Design and develop client side components of a web-based application using
contemporary tools, languages and frameworks.
ULO3 - Design and implement RESTful web services using contemporary tools, languages and
frameworks.
ULO4 - Identify options for, and deploy web applications to suitable production environments.
ULO5 - Justify achieved outcomes through providing relevant evidence and critiquing the
quality of that evidence against given criteria.
This task assesses your GLO1: through student ability to demonstrate specific knowledge through the application of
achievement of these web technologies to design, create and implement solutions that solve a range of problem
Graduate Learning scenarios.
Outcome(s) GLO2: through student ability to understand and communicate web programming and
development terminology.
GLO4: through student ability to critically evaluate their own work against a set of outcomes.
GLO5: through student ability to solve problems in analysis, design and implementation of web
applications.
GLO6: through student ability to reflect on their learning to determine areas of growth and
areas that still require development.
How and when you will You will be required to work on and submit tasks for formative feedback each week. The
receive feedback on your teaching team will then review your progress and provide you with individual feedback to
work assist you in completing the tasks and achieving your target grade for the unit.
When and how to submit At the end of the unit you will use OnTrack to combine together the artefacts you have
your work created and a learning summary report into a single portfolio for assessment by the end of
Week 12.

Due Friday 4 October 2024 (Week 12), 8pm (AEST).

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Your learning experiences in this Unit - and your expected commitment

Typical study commitment

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment
activities for this unit.
This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment

1 x 1 hour online lecture per week, 1 x 2 hour practical experience (workshop) per week, weekly meetings.
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment

Online independent and collaborative learning 1 x 1 hour online lecture per week (recordings provided), 1 x 2 hour online
practical experience (workshop) per week, weekly meetings.
Campus students will engage in online lectures and on campus workshops, weekly meetings, assessment activities, readings
and study time. Online students will engage in online lectures and online workshops, weekly meetings, assessment activities,
readings and study time. All students are expected to complete all allocated learning and assessment tasks for each week
and actively engage in discussions with other students and their teaching staff. This unit requires students to complete
milestones as they progress through the unit. This requirement is to ensure that students engage with teaching staff
throughout the unit.

This foundation unit has been designed to provide all students with a high level of interaction and feedback from teaching
staff as a strategy to support student success. It includes the following resources organised for 10 weeks of learning activities
to enable you achieve the unit learning outcomes:

Unit site: In OnTrack:

• Videos introducing unit content • Task sheets
• Links to readings and associated texts • Task resources, as required
• Videos presenting concepts and demonstrations • Individual feedback
• Web links • Alignment of tasks to unit learning outcomes
• Discussion forums • Visualisations of your progress to help keep you on track

Your work in this unit starts on Day 1 of the trimester. You are expected to complete the prescribed readings, watch the
concept and demonstration videos, and complete unit tasks in OnTrack. As you complete the tasks, you will be able to collect
evidence for justifying how you have met the unit learning outcomes through your portfolio. The process of developing your
portfolio is simple and easy, so keep that in mind as you read the assessment instructions below.

In order to understand how assessment in this unit works, let’s consider standard assessment practices. A typical unit has
assignments and tests that you submit and get marks for. The problem is, you only get one chance to succeed, and any marks
you lose are gone. This focuses your attention on marks, rather than on working to achieve good learning outcomes.

To focus your attention on learning in this unit, we avoid having marks for tasks during the unit and instead assess your final
work to see how well you have achieved the outcomes at the end of the unit. This is the summative assessment at the end of
the unit, where your grade is determined by the evidence you present in your portfolio.

We will work with you by providing formative feedback for these task as you submit them week by week. When you submit a
task, we will review your work and provide you with feedback. Where your work does not correctly demonstrate the
required outcomes, we will give you feedback to help enhance your learning and improve your work for your final portfolio
submission. You then need to fix and resubmit the work, so we can check it again and sign it off as Complete when you have
achieved the required standard.

We will keep track of all of this in OnTrack, which is where you submit work, receive feedback, resubmit it, and then finally
see it signed off as Complete. The process for you is then just a matter of working through the required tasks week by week,
and work with us to make sure they are ready for your final portfolio submission.

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So, learning in this unit is as simple as setting your target grade, and completing the unit tasks associated with that grade in
OnTrack. The teaching team will work with you in providing weekly feedback so that you can achieve the goals you set,
demonstrate your ability to complete the unit tasks and discuss your performance with confidence.
Note

At Deakin, courses are delivered within a learning environment that provides all students with equitable and consistent
access to facilities, infrastructure, resources, and support to assist student progress and achievement of learning outcomes.

We have introduced new terms to reflect learning activities to enhance your learning experience, aligning with our innovative
DeakinDesign learning principles and practices. The new terms better reflect how teaching teams will guide you through
your learning journey and the types of learning experiences you will have.

‘Lectures’ are the activities where teaching staff engage you through presentations with student participation.

In ’seminars’, an educator will guide you in a smaller group of students through highly interactive discussions and activities.

Your units may also include ‘practical experiences’ such as ‘laboratory‘, ‘workshops‘, ‘clinical skills‘ and more. These hands-
on activities typically take place in specialised facilities with industry tools, equipment or technology to allow you to apply
your knowledge practically.

Some other terms

If you see a ‘meeting‘ in your timetable, this is an optional drop-in session.

‘Assessments‘ or ‘team-based learning‘ indicate an in-class evaluation of your skills or knowledge. A ‘pre-assessment
practice‘ could be scheduled to prepare you for these assessments.

Find out more

Take a look at the Learning activities webpage for a full list of the terminology changes and reasons they were changed.
Unit learning resources

Your unit learning resources are available in your unit site.

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SIT774 Note: Select the
relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month
prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide
only.
Essential learning resources

Learning resources for this unit will be available to students via the Unit site. These resources include:

audiovisual material;
readings;
software for download and use for learning in the unit; and
assessment tasks in OnTrack.

Recommended learning resources

Web resource: https://www.w3schools.com

Reference books for this unit (all available online as e-books) include:

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John Dean, Web programming with HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript, Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2019.
Philippe Hong, Practical web design: learn the fundamentals of web design with HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, jQuery, and
Vue.js, Packt Publishing, 2018.
Maria Antonietta Perna, Bootstrap: related tools & skills, SitePoint, 2018.
Frain B. Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS - Third Edition. Packt Publishing; 2020.
Jonathan Reid, HTML5 Programmer’s Reference, Apress, 2015.
Pollock J (Web administrator). JavaScript: A Beginner’s Guide. Fifth edition. McGraw-Hill; 2020.
Matsinopoulos P. Practical Bootstrap. Learn to Develop Responsively with One of the Most Popular CSS Frameworks.
Apress L. P.; 2020.

Where to access unit resources

Textbooks can be sourced from various outlets including direct from the publisher, online bookshops, or retailers. Limited
copies of textbooks are also available on loan from the University Library.
Key dates for this study period

Trimester 2 teaching period begins Monday 8 July 2024

Census date Thursday 15 August 2024
Intra-trimester break Monday 12 August – Sunday 18 August
Trimester 2 teaching period ends Friday 27 September 2024
Study period (end-of-unit assessment /examination preparation period) Monday 30 September – Friday 4 October 2024
End-of-unit assessment and examination period Monday 7 October-Friday 18 October 2024
Inter-trimester break (the period between trimesters) Monday 21 October-Friday 1 November 2024
Unit results released Friday 1 November 2024 (10.30 am)

Unit weekly activities

Week Commencing Topic Assessment activity

1 8 July 2024 Introduction Submit week 1 tasks
2 15 July HTML5 Submit week 2 tasks, aim to Complete week 1 tasks
At least 2 Pass Tasks must be complete.
3 22 July Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Submit week 3 tasks, aim to Complete week 2 tasks.
4 29 July Bootstrap Submit week 4 tasks, aim to Complete week 3 tasks
5# 5 August HTML forms Submit week 5 tasks, aim to Complete week 4 tasks
6 19 August Client-side programming in Submit week 6 tasks, aim to Complete week 5 tasks
JavaScript (I) At least 9 Pass Tasks must be complete.
7 26 August Client-side programming in Submit week 7 tasks, aim to Complete week 6 tasks
JavaScript (II)
8 2 September Server-side programming (I) Submit week 8 tasks, aim to Complete week 7 tasks
9 9 September Server-side programming (II) Submit week 9 tasks, aim to Complete week 8 tasks
10 16 September Server-side programming (III) Submit week 10 tasks, aim to Complete week 9 tasks.
At least 12 Pass Tasks must be complete.
11^ 23 September Complete all Tasks and prepare portfolio for submission.
12 (Study 30 September Ensure Portfolio is submitted in OnTrack.
Period)
# Intra-trimester break: Monday 12 August – Sunday 18 August 2024 (inclusive)
^ AFL Grand Final Eve public holiday (University closed): Friday 27 September 2024

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