ITEC323 - Web and Mobile Application Development

Year

Credit points

Campus offering

Prerequisites

ITEC313 Advanced Programming Concepts

Incompatible

ISYS323 Advanced Applications Development

Teaching organisation

150 hours over a twelve-week semester or equivalent study period

Unit rationale, description and aim

Web and mobile applications are pervasive in human's daily life. They have both become the necessary technologies to make human living more efficient. The ability to develop these applications is in high demand as an IT professional. This unit aims to develop advanced knowledge in application development. It integrates the knowledge and skills gained in the previous programming concepts units to develop industry-strength Web and mobile applications. This unit introduces essential concepts, techniques, software tools and modern frameworks required for designing, creating and testing interactive Web and mobile applications. It covers both theoretical and practical knowledge on a wide range of modern technologies used for developing and maintaining web and mobile applications. In addition, it teaches students how to improve the life of disadvantaged people especially the poor and vulnerable with novel web and mobile applications.

Learning outcomes

To successfully complete this unit you will be able to demonstrate you have achieved the learning outcomes (LO) detailed in the below table.

Each outcome is informed by a number of graduate capabilities (GC) to ensure your work in this, and every unit, is part of a larger goal of graduating from ACU with the attributes of insight, empathy, imagination and impact.

Explore the graduate capabilities.

On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

LO1 - Demonstrate high-level working knowledge and understanding of foundational web technologies and concepts, and mobile application development frameworks and toolkits (GA5, GA10)

LO2 - Experiment with web programming architectures, frameworks and toolkits to develop web-based applications (GA4, GA5)

LO3 - Develop responsive mobile web applications using industry standard frameworks (GA5, GA8)

LO4 - Effectively solve and communicate technical issues related to web and mobile applications and how these applications can assist poor or vulnerable populations (GA3, GA5)

Graduate attributes

GA3 - apply ethical perspectives in informed decision making

GA4 - think critically and reflectively 

GA5 - demonstrate values, knowledge, skills and attitudes appropriate to the discipline and/or profession 

GA8 - locate, organise, analyse, synthesise and evaluate information 

GA10 - utilise information and communication and other relevant technologies effectively.

Content

Topics covered:

• Getting Started with ASP.NET 4.5
• Building an ASP.NET Website
• Designing Web Pages
• Working with ASP.NET Server Controls
• Programming ASP.NET Web Pages
• Creating Consistent Looking Websites
• Navigation and User Control
• Validating User Input
• ASP.NET validation Controls
• JQuery and AJAX
• Data-bound Controls
• Android Development 1: Fundamentals, Activities and Intents
• Android Development 2: User interface and layouts
• Android Development 3: Lists and adapters
• Android Development 4: APIs and libraries
• Reflect on how web and mobile applications can assist poor or vulnerable populations

Learning and teaching strategy and rationale

This unit can be offered in different modes. These are: “Attendance” mode, “Blended” mode and “Online” mode, to cater for the learning needs and preferences of a range of participants and maximise effective participation for isolated and/or marginalised groups.

Attendance Mode

In a weekly attendance mode, students will require face-to-face attendance in specific physical or online location/s. Students will have face-to-face interactions with lecturer(s) to further their achievement of the learning outcomes. This unit is structured with required upfront preparation before workshops, most students report that they spend an average of one hour preparing before the workshop and one or more hours after the workshop practicing and revising what was covered. The online learning platforms used in this unit provide multiple forms of preparatory and practice opportunities for students to prepare and revise.

Blended Mode

In a blended mode, students will require face-to-face attendance in blocks of time determined by the School. Students will have face-to-face interactions with lecturer(s) to further their achievement of the learning outcomes. This unit is structured with required upfront preparation before workshops. The online learning platforms used in this unit provide multiple forms of preparatory and practice opportunities for students to prepare and revise.

ACU Online

This unit uses an active learning approach to support students in the exploration of knowledge essential to the discipline. Students are provided with choice and variety in how they learn. Students are encouraged to contribute to asynchronous weekly discussions. Active learning opportunities provide students with opportunities to practice and apply their learning in situations similar to their future professions. Activities encourage students to bring their own examples to demonstrate understanding, application and engage constructively with their peers. Students receive regular and timely feedback on their learning, which includes information on their progress.

 Students should anticipate undertaking 150 hours of study for this unit, including activities such as class attendance, readings, online engagement and assessment preparation.

Assessment strategy and rationale

A range of assessment procedures will be used to meet the unit learning outcomes and develop graduate attributes consistent with University assessment requirements. The first knowledge checking based assessment consists of a series of biweekly submissions that test students’ understanding of the learning modules. The second assessment item requires students to gradually develop a basic website by completing biweekly lab tasks. The final assessment item requires students to develop a dynamic, data-driven website first and then extend it into a responsive mobile website. The assessment tasks for this unit are designed for students to demonstrate their achievement of each learning outcome. To pass this unit, students are required to achieve an overall mark of at least 50%.

Overview of assessments

Representative texts and references

I.Spannjarrs, Beginning ASP.NET 4.5.1: in C# and VB, John Wiley & Sons, 1st edition, 2014

J.N.Robbins, Learning Web Design, 4th edition, 2012.