L3 | ONLINE PLATFORMS FOR ICT CONTENT DEVELOPMENT

• PLATFORM-ENABLED WEBSITE OR ONLINE PLATFORM

  • Gives a feature on which allows to manipulate the content of the website.
• TYPES OF ONLINE PLATFORM:

  1. SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM
  2. BLOGGING PLATFORM
  3. CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS

  • Allows you to create your personal account or profile
  • After you register, it will allow you to create pages or even groups where you can share content and ideas
• BLOGGING PLATFORMS

  • Writer or group of writers can share views on an individual subject
• HOW TO START A BLOG

  1. Choose a blogging platform, domain name, and hosting option.
  2. Design your blog using a simple theme
  3. Modify your blog to get your desired look and feel.
  4. Select the best plugins for your blog
  5. Write compelling content that adds value to readers.
• CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

  • Software where you can easily create, update, organize, and publish the content of your website
• ELEMENTS OF WEB DESIGN

  1. TEXT
  2. GRAPHICS / ILLUSTRATION
  3. WHITE SPACE
  4. LINKS
  5. COLORS
  6. VIDEO / AUDIO
  7. BACKGROUND
• TEXT

  • Mandatory element
  • Make sure to choose well the font family and type that you need to use 
  • Clear and in readable size
• GRAPHICS / ILLUSTRATION

  • Not pixelated or must be on good quality
• WHITE SPACE

  • Having a crowded website, it is very hard to direct the attention of your visitor’s eye.
  • Gives your website a room to breathe
• LINKS

  • Links or hyperlinks allow users to jump to another size or page that is related of to your site.
• COLORS

  • Important aspect
  • Visually distracting to your viewers
  • Web designers use the company logo of their client as their color reference on their website.
• VIDEO / AUDIO

  • Help better understand what they are selling or teaching
• BACKGROUND

  • Texture or background gives a more appealing sight 
  • Provide a feeling of a surface underneath.
• PRINCIPLES OF WEB DESIGN

  1. PORTABLE DSEIGN
  2. DESIGN FOR LOW BANDWIDTH
  3. DIRECTION
  4. SIMPLICITY
  5. REGULAR TESTING
• PORTABLE DESIGN

  • You should also design your website on which it can be access to a different computer platforms or devices especially for those visitors who uses mobile device to access a website.
• DESIGN FOR LOW BANDWIDTH

  • Not all user who are online are connected to a high-speed internet connection
  • You need to avoid large graphics or animation as the users may leave the site if downloading is slow.
• DIRECTION

  • Identify the order of importance of the various elements and place them in a sequence where the eye moves and perceives the things it sees.
  • There should be consistent layout and structure.
• SIMPLICITY

  • The more option you place in your site, the more difficult it is for a visitor to make a decision and more time is required to browse through them
  • Apply white space
• REGULAR TESTING

  • Every device / project needs maintenance
  • Should be regularly upgraded, updated, and tested so that problems will be quickly resolved.
• SAAS

  • SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE
  • END USERS
• PAAS

  • Platform as a service
  • developer
• IAAS

  • Infrastructure as a service
  • Administrator
• CLOUD COMPUTING MODEL

  1. SAAS
  2. PAAS
  3. IAAS
• ADVANTAGES OF CLOUD COMPUTING

  • No need to install
  • Saves hard disk space
  • Easy access to your software
  • Saves you money from buying software licenses
  • No need to update because it updates automatically
• DISADVANTAGES OF CLOUD COMPUTING

  • Can be hampered down by slow internet speed, no connection, no cloud computing
  • May still require compatible software like a browser
  • You do not own the software; you are simply renting it
  • Security risk of doing things over the internet as opposed to your personal computer alone
  • More prone to hacking