Testing a website

• Computing
• Upper Secondary (Key Stage 4)
• BTEC

Functionality Testing

Year 10 - iMedia - Lesson 1 

Why is testing important?

KO: To be-able to review a product/service to check it's effectiveness against the client/target audience requirements.

Mark Band - 1 

• Testing/checking is limited in its effectiveness in reviewing technical properties (3 Marks)

Mark Band - 2

• Testing/checking is partly effective in reviewing technical properties (7 Marks)

Mark Band - 3

• Testing/checking is fully effective in reviewing technical properties (10 Marks)

What is the difference between "Limited" and "Fully" effective?

What is the first step you must take when opening DreamWeaver?

1. Save your HTML file
2. Edit the CSS file
3. Insert a form
4. Define the site

What is the second step you must taken when you have opened DreamWeaver?

1. Define the site again
2. Make sure the properties window is visible
3. Save your HTML file
4. Edit the CSS file

Website Template instructions

1. Go to this folder and copy the Testing Task folder into your Year 10 iMedia folder.

(This PC\Student Resources\Computing\KS4\Imedia\R097 - Resources\Testing Task)

2. Open DreamWeaver

3. You need to define the site in DreamWeaver and open the properties window.

4. You then need to open the website in Google Chrome.

5.  Can you also open the Test Table Bakery file.

What do you think it is important to test a website?

What elements of a website do you think we should/need to test?

What do you think we need to include within a test table? 

Peer Assessment

Click here for the peer assessment form

Plenary

What do you need to consider when testing a component of a website?

How confident do you feel creating a testing table to test a website?

Very confident

Slightly confident

Not very confident

No idea

Functionality Testing 

Year 10 - iMedia - Lesson 2

KO: To be-able to review a product/service to check it's effectiveness against the client/target audience requirements.

Mark Band - 1 

• Testing/checking is limited in its effectiveness in reviewing technical properties (3 Marks)

Mark Band - 2

• Testing/checking is partly effective in reviewing technical properties (7 Marks)

Mark Band - 3

• Testing/checking is fully effective in reviewing technical properties (10 Marks)

What was the most important thing that you learnt in the first session and why?

What elements of a website do we need to test?

Test Table Template 

1. Can you go to the folder that you copied last week.

2. Can you open the Test Table Template it should be blank.

Peer Assessment

Click here for the peer assessment form

Plenary

At the bottom of your Peer Assessment Form, set yourself two targets of what you need to complete for next lesson - be realistic.

How confident do you feel creating a testing table to test a website?

Very confident

Slightly confident

Not very confident

No idea