ITB results 11/12

This PDF file has the results for the first HTML test (10%) and the second multiple choice test (20%). Grades for the coursework will follow in a week or so. BB1753 ITB.pdf

Here are the feedback sheets for the major piece of coursework on ITB. To find yours, download the PDF and search for your K number (it can be lower or upper case k) BB1753 ITB ALL

This grid shows all the marks in one column (again – by k number only) BB1753 ITB Marks 1112

Please note that grades have not been moderated or passed through an exam board yet, so it is possible that they may change (this is unusual but can happen).

If you see any glaring issues then please email me

ITB test 2 results

Results for ITB test 2 (Spreadsheets and database test) are shown on the following PDF file.

Test 1 was the HTML test (worth 10%), Test 2 is the spreadsheet and database test from last week. Both columns are percentages. Note that results are subject to moderation and final checking

BB1753 ITB 1213 (PDF file)

ITB week 10

This session covers Open Source and Free Software and talks about the similarities and differences between them. Notes are here

The second part finishes the database material and covers problem with the relational model, functions, grouping and subqueries, notes are here

Additional notes about the assignment are here – all the other material about the assignment are here

For those that missed the discussion or the link last week, information about the second test is here

Correctly structuring and presenting a technical document

This document explains the tips and techniques that can be used to structure and format a Word document so that it looks appropriate. It is expected that assignment work for Information Technology for Business (Level 4) and Web Scripting for Applications (Level 5), will use these techniques.

Correctly structuring and presenting a document

Referencing (which is mentioned on Page 7 of the handout), should use the appropriate referencing style, which for Kingston University is discussed in Harvard Referencing for Business students. This is a locally stored version – check the link for the latest version (login required).

ITB Week 5

This weeks material is very practical, involving the redesign of a website into semantic XHTML and CSS. As this is exactly the same process that you will be performing in the assignment, the lecture has been duplicated below, so that you can repeat the process should you wish (or if you missed the lecture).

The lecture notes can be downloaded as a PDF – lecture 5 handouts

If you attended the lecture and feel confident, you can jump straight into the lab exercise

Lab Exercise Styling the page – exercise sheet for Lab 5 and the Zip file containing HTML, CSS and images for lab 5

A solution for the complete site is available (i.e. the completed redesign shown in lecture and attempted in lab from the zip file)

If you missed the lecture or wish to see the process again, you can start from here:

This weeks materials are all about using Semantic XHTML and CSS to style a preexisting web site. The web site in question is the (old) version of the Faculty of Business Website (see image).

Activity One Download, extract and then have a look at the markup for this page Faculty of Business and Law.html (zip) – see if you can understand it.

Activity Two Watch the first part of the video – the lecture notes used in all these videos can be downloaded as a PDF – lecture 5 handouts

Video 1 is about 15 minutes long

Activity Three Try and edit your file (from Activity One) to remove all the excess HTML and CSS, like in the video. A completed solution is available to see if what you’ve created matches the video version

Activity Four Watch the second part of the video – where the logical parts of the document are marked up using DIVs and SPANs

Video 2 is about 7 minutes long

Activity Five Edit your document (or the solution given in Activity Three) to mark up the logical parts of the document – a completed version is available to check against. Watch out for the correct number of closing DIV tags where there are DIVs within DIVs – the trick is to have two closing DIVs at the end of the central column (closing the news area and the contentMain area), and two closing DIVs at the end of the column on the right (closing the badges part and the contentSub part).

Activity Six Watch the third part of the video on how to structure and add CSS files – and then what normalisation does

Video 3 is about 6 minutes long

Activity Seven Watch the final parts of the video which shows the steps required to style the site to recreate the original design markup used in the lecture Because this is the longest part of this process, this has been split into two parts

Styling the whole document – sorting out the column placement and overall styles (such as fonts) – about 7 minutes

Styling each individual sub area and tidying up – about 18 minutes

You should now be prepared for the Lab Exercise which asks you to style the page

Lab Exercise Styling the page – exercise sheet for Lab 5 and the Zip file containing HTML, CSS and images for lab 5

A solution for the complete site is available (i.e. the completed redesign shown in lecture and attempted in lab from the zip file)

One of the nicest books explaining the whole semantic xhtml and structured CSS approach is Transcending CSS by Andy Clarke