[Year 12 IT Apps] Web authoring software

[Savage, John L]

I'm not too comfortable with the fit between sites.google.com and CSS from a skills perspective. While an author can select attributes:values for tags, I'm not convinced that that demonstrates the skills to edit the html or a style sheet, or maybe I'm making it too difficult. As far as the key skills for AOS1 go "Sites" looks OK. But if I remember, this was discussed last year and online web-creation software was ruled out. Maybe Paula could clarify this.

Laurie Savage
Pascoe Vale Girls College

From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Van Der Westhuizen, Eugene Y
Sent: Tuesday, 26 November 2013 9:22 PM
To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] Web authoring software

Hi,

I am looking at the options for web authoring software to use in unit 1 and unit 3 next year and would like any feedback about using Google Sites. I've used Expression Web and DreamWeaver over the last couple of years but a number of students this year asked whether they could have used Google Sites. As far as I can see from the VCAA site the software needs to incorporate the following items:
Web authoring software

  *   cascading style sheet
  *   edit and format content
  *   links (relative and absolute links, internal and external links)
  *   navigation
  *   buttons
  *   screen layout
  *   tagging (metadata tags, alt tags)
  *   forms
  *   incorporate images/sound
As far as I can see from this list Google Sites would meet the requirements and want to offer this an another alternative. Has anyone gone down this path before? I'd appreciate any feedback.

Thanks,
Eugene Van der Westhuizen
Gleneagles Secondary College
Reema Boulevard
Endeavour Hills, 3802
phone: 9708 1319
fax: 9708 1324



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