As it is obvious from the chart, each of the options will be studied with the same frequency; therefore the percentage of hours each of them are studied in two weeks time is equal for all the option and is 10%. All of the other subjects that are for only half a GCSE are studied the least frequently and have a 3% of study hours in 2 weeks.
From the data above, it can be concluded that Science is the most important and frequent subject studied in Manchester Academy; then English and Maths are given the importance and are studied more often. All of the options are given the third priority and the half GCSE subjects are at the bottom of the priority and are not studied that often. This shows that the subjects are divided into reasonable order of importance and the time table is organised in a way that every subject is studied as frequently as it is important so that students are given a full chance of improving and developing their skills as efficiently as possible.
(D1) Justify the use of different construction features in the design of a website
Justifying the Design of a Website
The website I am going to review and justify the construction features of is the www.manchester-academy.org website. The Manchester Academy’s website is designed to present information to visitors and the target audience are parents/carers, 16-18 year old sixth formers, or any other person interested in the school.
The website uses different techniques to meet its purpose more effectively. One of the techniques used is the use of different frames: frame 1, and a target frame. The Frame 1 includes hyperlinks to different parts of the website which have been put there to ease navigation through the pages, as well as make the different sections of the website noticeable and useful to the audience. The target frame includes detailed information about the heading/subheading mentioned in the frame 1.To make the appearance even more effective, some relevant pictures are used alongside the information on the target frame.
The hyperlinks put on the frame 1 are very effective because they ease navigation through the page meanwhile giving the website a unique and organised look. The hyperlinks are neatly organised and subheading are included where relevant connecting to the article about the subheading. Since not that massive amount of hyperlinks is used, the website does not use the visited hyperlink feature because it is not needed. If visited hyperlinks feature was used, it would make the visited hyperlink stand out more and thus make the website look messy. Using visited hyperlinks would change the format of the text and thus give it superiority and distract the audience; which is not what the purpose of this website is.
Since the website has a non-commercial purpose, it does not use any hotspots. Various hyperlinks are included in the page to navigate through the website but since not that many pictures are used or relevant to the website, hotspots have not been used in the construction of this website, which is an advantage because hotspots would increase the size of the file thus slow down the loading and downloading speed. Very few pictures are used in the design and are of small sizes; thus the website has a reasonable enough loading speed which is quite fast and helpful in saving time.
The Manchester Academy website also does not use many interactive features because the purpose of this website is non-commercial. Using interactive features will allow users to alter information or use the website to carry out different tasks. But since the purpose of the website is to give information, it does not use interactive features. However, it does use the searching feature which eases navigation and is not used for any other purpose but to present information in a better and effective way.
Thus overall, all of the choices made on including construction features on the website are relevant and effective. They all help in meeting the purpose which is to present information. This website is quite helpful in giving an overview of the school to different types of audience which is made even more effective by using the relevant construction features and avoiding the use of irrelevant features.