Business & Computing
  
 
 
 
 

UNIT 17

Unit 17: Website Development
Unit code: A/601/3245
QCF Level 2: BTEC First
Credit value: 10
Guided learning hours: 60

 

 

Aim and purpose
The aim of this unit is to give learners a knowledge of how websites function and an understanding of their
purpose as business tools. Learners will then gain develop the skills required to design and create a multiple
page website.

 

Unit introduction
The worldwide web has given rise to a new medium of communication. Websites can allow us to ‘walk into’
a world with very few boundaries. We can find MP3 files and download them with ease. Our digital images
can be sent to relatives overseas in seconds. We can go shopping without leaving our homes and source the
very best prices with the click of a mouse button.


Essential to developing the worldwide web are the people who design effective documents that can be ‘read’
by a web browser. Web designers have the fascinating task of taking text, images, video and other resources
and crafting them into high quality documents for broadcasting across the world via the internet. Their brief is
to produce attractive and informative sites that are accessible to everyone.

 

Learning outcomes
On completion of this unit a learner should:
1 Know web architecture and components
2 Understand how websites can be used by organisations
3 Be able to design website components
4 Be able to create website components.