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Title / Create a web page using a mark-up language with a text editor
Level / 1 / Credits / 2
Purpose / People credited with this unit standard are able to: plan a web page; create text for a web page; and add hyperlinks to a website using a mark-up language with a text editor.
Classification / Computing > Generic Computing
Available grade / Achieved
Explanatory notes
1People seeking credit for this unit standard must be able to hand-code using a markup language to create an individual web page.
2Web browsers allow a page to be directly opened as a file and uploading will not usually be necessary in order to preview the page and its links.
3A plan outlines how the requirements of the web page will be realised. The plan may be modified during the task and changes justified. Evidence of planning may be oral, written, and/or graphic.
4Definitions
Conceptual design is a representation clearly indicative of the final product.
Text editor is a non-WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) program used for editing plain text.
5Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes the:
Copyright Act 1994;
Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008;
Health and Safety at Work Act 2015;
Privacy Act 1993;
Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007;
and anysubsequent amendments.
Current legislation and regulations can be accessed at
6References
ACC5637Guidelines for Using Computers - Preventing and managing discomfort, pain and injury. Accident Compensation Corporation - Department of Labour, 2010; available from Worksafe New Zealand, at
7An assessment resource to support computing unit standards (levels 1 to 4) can be found on the NZQA website at
Anoverview of web design unit standardsand comparison of requirements, and ‘The Computing Process - a clarification document’ contain further information and can be found on the NZQA website.
A reference source for web development W3Schools.com is available at
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Plan a web page.
Evidence requirements
1.1The plan identifies the purpose and target audience of the web page, and the mark-up language to be used to create the web page.
1.2The plan includes a conceptual design.
Rangemay include but is not limited to – organisational structure of website, content map.
1.3Text and media selected are appropriate to the target audience and sources are acknowledged in the plan.
Rangeprivacy, copyright.
Outcome 2
Create text for a web page using a mark-up language with a text editor.
Rangeone page of plain text.
Evidence requirements
2.1Text is entered by use of a text editor according to the conventions of the selected mark-up language.
2.2Structure tags are added to the text to meet the requirements of the conceptual design.
Rangemay include but is not limited to – <HTML>, <HEAD>, <BODY>.
2.3Title tag is selected to reflect the specific purpose and content of the page in order to optimise search engine results.
Range<TITLE>.
2.4Metadata tags are entered as required to optimise search engine results.
Rangetags may include but are not limited to – author, keywords, description.
2.5Layout tags are added to meet the requirements of the conceptual design.
Rangeincludes but is not limited to – <P>, <BR>, <UL>, <OL>, <HR>.
2.6The text editor document is saved to a file by use of program tools available for the task.
2.7The web page is opened within a browser, previewed and edited as required to meet the requirements of the conceptual design.
Outcome 3
Add hyperlinks to a web page using a mark-up language with a text editor.
Rangea minimum of two hyperlinks are required.
Evidence requirements
3.1Hyperlinks are created and tested, linking the created page to another existing web page by use of a fully qualified Uniform Resource Locator (URL).
Range<a href = [target URL]>.
3.2The completed web page is previewed in a browser and is confirmed as functioning according to the conceptual design.
Replacement information / This unit standard replaced unit standard 15167.Planned review date / 31 December 2021
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for AssessmentRegistration / 1 / 22 May 2009 / 31 December 2015
Rollover and Revision / 2 / 19 September 2013 / 31 December 2019
Review / 3 / 19 January 2017 / N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0226
This CMR can be accessed at
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