CS110 Fall 2019 1
CS110 - Introduction to Computers and Applications
FALL 2019 Create a Website
Due Date: Friday, September 20th
, before 11:00 p.m. to Canvas
Accept Until Date: Friday, September 27th
, before 11:00 p.m. to Canvas
Evaluation: 20 points
Submit to Canvas: Website URL
Related Materials: Website Help: Google Sites Help
Need help? TA office hours and Lab Support Schedule posted in Canvas FILES tool—Logistics
Folder
Background
• This assignment requires you create a new website using the criteria below. If you already have a
personal website, you cannot modify it to meet the requirements of this assignment -- you must
create a new site.
• You are not required to use a Macintosh computer to complete the webpage but you must use
Google Sites to create a three-page website.
• If this is the first webpage you have created, you may find it helpful to work on the assignment
during a time when a CS110 TA is holding Lab Support Hours. If you have problems, the TA will
be nearby to answer questions or help you set up your website.
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Acceptable Use Policy Notice
There are rules governing how students use their Rutgers email account. While you can and should use
your account for academic purposes as you will be doing with this assignment, you must never use this
account to try to make money or to run a business. It is important that you understand the proper
manner in which you should use your Rutgers computing privileges. Read the Acceptable Use Policy and
related documents if you have not done so recently. Violation of this policy will result in permanent loss
of your account along with other possible repercussions.
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Purpose of Assignment #2: Create a Website
• Create a three (or more)-page website using Google Sites
• Know how to save and place documents, pictures, or other information on your website, to be
viewed on the web.
• Know how to look at and edit pages you have created
• Create a website that includes specific characteristics and features
Important: For this assignment, create a website that provides only general information and no personal
identification.
• Do not include personal information on any part of the site, other than your first name in the
title.
• Do not include your email address, campus address, home address, telephone number(s), or
personal schedule.
• Use discretion in determining what information to put on your website. At the end of this
semester you can revise your website and include whatever personal information you feel is
appropriate.
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Viewing a Webpage
• You can look at your webpage at any time by opening a browser window and supplying the
address (URL) of the page or selecting the Preview Page option in Google Sites. Even if your page
is not complete, looking at it in a browser may help you make design decisions; you will see the
latest version. But remember, although you may have made changes to your webpage and see
them in the editor window, if you have not saved the changes, you will not see the updated page
in the browser window.
• You can run both applications – Google Sites and browser. You will see windows from both
programs on the screen and can move from one to the other as you develop and revise the
webpage. You only need to be aware of which one is the active window.
Open a browser window to verify the layout and design of your web pages.
Assignment Specifications: Create a Three-Page Website
• Create and name a website using Google Sites.
• Enter the name of the website in the Name Your Site box
• Complete the Your site will be located at this URL box with your username and title. For
example, Nelson's Information on cell phone use.
TOPIC for Assignment #2 (Google Sites): Your personal choices in energy consumption, waste disposal,
transportation, entertainment, food, water consumption and conservation, cleaning agents, etc. makes an
environmental impact. The topic for your website should focus on one of the many areas to help
improve the environment or to create a sustainable environment with the help of technology and/or
computing innovations. The topic you choose should include information on the use of some
technological strategy or computing innovation and how it affects the environment (positively and/or
negatively).
Some ideas:
• Transportation – are there computing innovations or technologies that help improve (or do not
negatively impact) the environment or society?
• Online shopping—how does this technology affect society, economy, culture?
• Water conservation—what technological advances might help with water conservation?
• Agriculture-- what technological advances have been made that help improve (or do not
negatively impact) the environment or society?
You are not limited to the topics above. You can choose any computing innovation that helps improve the
environment or that helps create a sustainable environment
Choose a computing innovation. Address at least three of the big ideas below:
1. Why and/or when was this technology/computing innovation introduced?
2. How does the technology work or function?
3. How does this technology/computing innovation help to preserve and/or improve our
environment or affect our society?
4. What negative effects might this technology have on the environment or society?
5. What is the future of this type of technology?
6. Does this technology threaten our privacy? If so, how?
7. What forms of data does this technology need in order to work as intended?
Be creative with your choice! Also note that Assignments #3 and #4 will revisit your choice.
• Assignment #3 will ask you to create a survey to consumers related to your topic. Details will be
posted in the Assignment 3 description.
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• Assignment #4 will ask you to answer in detail:
o What are the beneficial effects and possible harmful effects of the technology
(computing innovations) related to your choice?
o How is data collected or used to improve the environment (or gain knowledge about its
effect on the environment).
o Are there any security or privacy concerns that should be addressed that might be
related to the technology and computing innovations related to your choice?
You do not have to address these details in Assignment #2 Website but keep this in mind when
you choose your topic!
Although you will incorporate a number of specific features in the pages of the site, this assignment is
fairly free form in that most of the information you supply and the format you use is up to you. The
website you create will illustrate web editor software features, but should also give a professional look.
Don't overdo the use of features. You must include the features and sections listed below -- your TA will
look for these items when grading your webpage. Refer to the Webpage Assignment Self-Check at the
end of this document.
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Features to Include in Your Website
Feature What To Display
Focus
Your choice should address at least three of the following:
• Why and/or when was this technology/computing innovation introduced?
• How does the technology work or function?
• How does this technology/computing innovation help to preserve and/or
improve our environment or affect our society?
• What negative effects might this technology have on the environment or
society?
• What is the future of this type of technology?
• Does this technology threaten our privacy? If so, how?
• What forms of data does this technology need in order to work as intended?
Appropriate Title Include the name of your website; i.e., Nelson's Cellular Services
Appropriate theme
Choose an appropriate theme for your site from the available Google sites themes.
The background should not be so busy as to distract from the Website content. If
you prefer, you may use the blank default theme and change the background color,
fonts, and layout manually.
Center Alignment/Fonts Demonstrate center alignment and the use of various font styles or sizes.
Multiple pages Your Website should include at least three pages, each with a different focus and title.
Horizontal rule Use at least one horizontal rule to divide sections of a page; At least one page should
have two or more sections.
List Include a bullet list or a numbered list of three or more items.
Hyperlinks Include links to at least three resources.
Hint: You may wish to link to the sources you identify in a bullet list or table.
Image Include a suitable, legitimate, image of your choice that complements the theme of the
website.
Text color Place an emphasis on three words in the site by making each a different text color than
the default text color.
Table Include a table with at least five rows and at least three columns.
Video Include a suitable, legitimate video of your choice that complements the theme of the
website.
Disclaimer Statement at the bottom of the main page to indicate the content reflects only your opinion
Reminder: Your website must include links to other pages, a video link, and an image.
The topic for your website should focus on one of the many areas to help improve the environment or
to create a sustainable environment with the help of technology and/or computing innovations. The
topic you choose should include information on the use of some technological strategy or computing
innovation and how it affects the environment and or society (positively and/or negatively).
The pages of your website will include different sections, but how you present the material is up to
you. Include:
• Whatever you feel is important for others to know. You may assume those looking at your
website are not knowledgeable about your topic or the technology/computing innovations
related to it but are interested in the material you are presenting.
• Be sure to address at least three of the following in your website:
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o Why and/or when was this technology/computing innovation introduced?
o How does the technology work or function?
o How does this technology/computing innovation help to preserve and/or improve our
environment or affect our society?
o What negative effects might this technology have on the environment or society?
o What is the future of this type of technology?
o Does this technology threaten our privacy? If so, how?
o What forms of data does this technology need in order to work as intended?
Note: If you are copying material from other web sources, cite the location (URL) or include a link on your
page to the site.
Your web page must include a table with a minimum of five rows and a minimum of three columns that
includes relevant information. The title of the table will be in row one. The table below is presented only
as an example; do not use this table in your webpage. Your header will be different. The table below has
five rows and three columns (Row 1 is a header row). You may add column headers to your table if
appropriate. The table below is focused on Cell phones. DO NOT use this same information.
Nelson’s Best Cell Connections
Views on Cell Phone Use
Our business helps you manage your cell connections
Cell phone
Use
Can we Auto Correct
Humanity?
Mobile
phone
penetration
as share of the population in
the United States from 2014
to 2020
Children
and Cell
Phones
Twenty-two percent of
young children own a cell
phone (ages 6-9); 60 percent
of tweens (ages 10-14) do;
and 84 percent of teens have
one.
Cell phones Proven to save lives in
emergencies
Around 137 more lives are saved per 100,000 patients when
emergency services are called from a mobile phone in the critical
moments after the onset of an acute illness or injury compared to a
landline phone. (http://www.amta.org.au/articles/Mobile.phones.proven.to.save.lives.in.emergencies)
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Adding Images to a Website
To make an interesting page you may want to insert a variety of pictures, but this is not expected for this
assignment. Pictures take up a lot of memory and the process of inserting images on a webpage can
become quite involved depending how they were originally created. You may want to learn more about
inserting images later, on your own. For now, search Google Images to locate a suitable image and save it
to the desktop as a .jpeg file. You can also use any legitimate image you find on the Web or use your own
favorite image. The image must be viewable when your document is visited through a browser. It's best
to use an image that is in a standard format such as GIF or JPEG.
Adding Videos to a Website
Search YouTube or Google Videos for a suitable video to complement your website theme. On the Home
page of your website, copy the URL of the video and insert it into the webpage. Note that video outline
box only will appear on your webpage and the video itself will not appear on the page until you view it in
a browser. (Click on the topmost image in the table above.)
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To check everything works the way it should and to submit the assignment:
1. When your website is complete, log on to a different computer, open a browser, and enter your
website URL. Use a different browser so you see your webpage as others see it.
2. Open Canvas and submit the location (URL) of your website through Assignments tool, The edit URL
for your ScarletDocs document is submitted in the Website URL text box in Assignments on Canvas.
3. To verify your assignment has been graded, check Canvas Grades.
Use the Webpage Checklist Self-Evaluation form below before you begin the assignment and again
before submitting your finished work to Canvas. Your assignment will be graded using a similar
checklist!
Webpage Assignment Self-Check
Directions: Use the Webpage Self-Check checklist to review your work before you
submit it to Canvas.
This assignment is worth 20 points
The topic for your website should focus on one of the many areas to help improve the environment or to
create a sustainable environment with the help of technology and/or computing innovations. The topic
you choose should include information on the use of some technological strategy or computing
innovation and how it affects the environment and or society (positively and/or negatively).
Failure to focus your website on the above will earn 0 points.
Have you created a new 3-page website in Google Sites following the specs below.
Website has an appropriate name which includes your first name and the name
of your topic.
Website has an appropriate theme (from Google sites themes or your own) and
the use of different font styles/sizes.
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Website includes titles for each page (at least 3) of the site.
Website includes a list of three or more items
Three words in the website are in a different text color than the default color.
Website includes a table with at least 5 rows and at least 3 columns.
Website includes at least three links to www sites.
Website includes an appropriate, legitimate image.
Horizontal rules are used to separate sections of the page (at least one page).
Website should have two or more sections.
Website includes an appropriate video link.
Permissions are set to make the website viewable to all.
Website includes a disclaimer statement.
If material from other web sources is included, the location (URL) is cited or a
link to that Website is included on your page.
The URL for your Website is submitted in the Website URL text box in
Assignments on Canvas.
Website addresses how the technology/computing innovation affects the
environment or society (positively or negatively)
Website is easy to navigate, informative, interesting.