Assignment Instructions: You Are to Create a Website Using Dreamweaver About Your Favorite

Unit 5 Assignment Your Task: You have been hired to create a website in order to help with marketing efforts.

You can choose to either promote an upcoming event in Toronto:  Concert  Convention  Festival  Other (please speak to your teacher)

You can choose to promote Harbord Collegiate Institute:  Business and Computer Studies Department  Business Club

Assignment Instructions: You will use the web development skills that you learned in class to create your website. Using coding language(s) (such as HTML), template design platform(s) (such as Weebly, Google Sites or Wix) or a combination of the two you will showcase your skills and create an effective website.

Your website must include the following pages:  Homepage This is default page that viewers will go to when they are visiting your website. Make sure you include:  Overview of information  Appropriate graphics  The date the site was last updated  On the additional pages of your website, you must include the following information: 1. Promotion: You need to create a promotional poster (using photoshop) or movie (making movie maker) for your topic of choice.

2. Directions: Where is this located/taking place (include maps, directions and visuals to help the viewer easily find it)

3. Related Sites Page Link your websites to other websites that are related to yours.

4. Other (If you are creating a website for an upcoming event you will need to include information about pricing, fan comments, etc)

(If you are creating a website to help promote Harbord you will need to include relevant photos, events, fieldtrips, etc)

5. Work Cited Page (in MLA)

Remember that:  Your website should be well formatted and follow the online criteria for good websites. Remember, sometimes “less is more”.  You should have appropriate visuals on each web page  You should use consistent style throughout (font, colour palette, etc)  The grammar and spelling in your website should be correct throughout.

Note that if you are choosing to do your assignment fully using HTML coding your page requirement will be lower (please speak to me). Unit 5 Assignment Rubric Category Level 1 (5-6) Level 2 (6-7) Level 3 (7-8) Level 4 (8-10) There are several inaccuracies in Some of the information is Almost all the information on the All information on the web site is Knowledge the content provided by the inaccurate or some of the web site is accurate and all accurate and all the requirements of Content students OR many of the requirements have not been requirements of the assignment the assignment have been met. (Information about your requirements were not met. Not met. There is little information have been met. topic) enough content. on the website. There are onsite and offsite links on There are onsite and offsite links all web pages AND all the links, Links There are few if any onsite or There are some onsite or offsite on all web pages AND most the including links to their own pages, (To related websites) offsite links on the web pages links on some web pages AND links, including links to their own work. AND few of the links, including some of the links, including links pages, work. links to their own pages, work. to their own pages, work. Work Cited in MLA

Mark = /10 There are maybe many spelling There are several spelling There are a few spelling and/or Excellent use of spelling and Communication and/or grammatical errors in the and/or grammatical errors in the grammatical errors in the site. grammar on the site. Spelling and Grammar site. site. The web pages are attractive and The layout for the website is Layout The web pages are cluttered The web pages have a usable it has a usable layout. exceptionally attractive. (Overall layout- looking or confusing. layout, but may appear busy or simple/effective; not boring. cluttered) Mark = /10 Graphics seem randomly chosen, Graphics are related to the site, Graphics are related to the site, Graphics are related to the site, are Application are of low quality, OR distract the and are of good quality. There are of good quality and enhance thoughtfully cropped, are of high Graphics reader. Many images are broken. may be a few broken images. reader interest or understanding. quality and enhance reader interest (Graphics, poster/movie, There are no broken images. or understanding. There are no additional pictures) Detracts from the readability of Is consistent across pages and broken images. the site. does not detract from Is attractive, consistent across Background, Colour readability. pages, and adds to the site. Is exceptionally attractive, Choices & Fonts Some links do not take the reader consistent across pages, and only to the sites described. A user Links for navigation take the Links for navigation are clearly adds to the site. (Fonts; navigation; colour typically feels lost. reader where s/he expects to labeled, allow the reader to easily palette; matches product) go, but some needed links seem move from a page to related Links for navigation are clearly to be missing. A user sometimes pages (forward and back), and labeled, consistently placed, allow Navigation gets lost. internal links take the reader the reader to easily move from a where s/he expects to go. page to related pages (forward and back), and take the reader where Mark = /10 s/he expects to go.