ICDL Professional

WEB EDITING
Syllabus 2.0

Syllabus Document
Purpose
This document details the syllabus for the Web Editing module. The syllabus
describes, through learning outcomes, the knowledge and skills that a candidate for
the Web Editing module should possess. The syllabus also provides the basis for the
theory and practice-based test in this module.

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This module sets out essential concepts and skills relating to the ability to understand key
web publishing concepts and to create, upload and maintain a static web site.

Module Goals

Successful candidates will be able to:

• Understand key web concepts and terms.

• Know about the basic principles of HTML and use common HTML mark-up tags to
modify the layout of a web page.
• Use a web authoring application to design and format web pages, format text, and
work with hyperlinks and tables.
• Recognise and use common web image formats and create forms in a web page.
• Understand and use cascading style sheets.
• Prepare web pages for publishing to a web server.

CATEGORY SKILL SET REF. TASK ITEM

1 Web Concepts 1.1 Key Terms 1.1.1 Understand that the Internet
supports a range of services like
the World Wide Web (WWW), file
transfer, email, instant
messaging (IM).

1.1.2 Understand the term

client/server. Understand the
functionality and relationship
between the browser, web
server.

1.1.3 Understand the terms domain,

Uniform Resource Locator
(URL), hyperlink, web hosting,
search engine.

1.1.4 Understand the use of primary

protocols: Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol
(TCP/lP), Hypertext Transfer
Protocol (HTTP), File Transfer
Protocol (FTP).

1.2 Web Publishing 1.2.1 Identify the main advantages of

having a website: access to a
global audience, ease of
updating, audience interactivity,
cost benefits.

1.2.2 Understand the process of

getting a website online like:
registering a domain, choosing a
web hosting service.

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1.2.3 Recognize search engine

optimization techniques like:
including relevant meta data,
including a site map and website
links, registering with a search
engine.

1.2.4 Recognize factors that impact on

web page download speed:
audio, video, graphical objects,
animation content, file
compression.

1.2.5 Recognize appropriate audio,

video, graphical file formats to
optimize web page download
speed.

1.3 Legal Issues 1.3.1 Understand the term copyright

and its implications for text,
images, audio, video available on
websites.

1.3.2 Understand that website content

is subject to the laws of the
country in which it is hosted.

2 HTML 2.1 Fundamentals of HTML 2.1.1 Understand the term Hypertext

Markup Language (HTML).

2.1.2 Understand the role of the W3C

consortium in developing HTML
recommendations. Understand
the benefits these
recommendations offer like:
interoperability of web sites
across browsers, enhanced
accessibility, consistent
document type declarations.

2.2 Using HTML 2.2.1 Use the browser to view web

page source code.

2.2.2 Use markup tags to structure a

web page layout: <html>,
<head>, <title>, <body>.

2.2.3 Use markup tags to develop the

layout of a web page: <h1>,
<h2>, <p>, <br />, <a href>, <img
/>.

3 Web Authoring 3.1 Design 3.1.1 Recognize planning and design

techniques like: evaluating the
needs of the target audience,
creating storyboards, organizing
the site structure, creating a page
layout template, deciding on a
navigation scheme.

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3.1.2 Recognize good practice in font

selection. Using sans serif fonts
like: Arial, Courier, Helvetica.

3.2 Using the Application 3.2.1 Open, close a web authoring

application. Open, close web
pages.

3.2.2 Create, save a new web page,

website to a location on a drive.

3.2.3 Create, save a new web page

based on an available template.

3.2.4 Add, edit a descriptive page title.

3.2.5 Change between source code

and design view.

3.3 Enhancing Productivity 3.3.1 Set basic options/ preferences in

the application: default preview
browser, default document type,
encoding, fonts.

3.3.2 Use available Help functions.

3.4 Text Input and Formatting 3.4.1 Insert, edit, delete text.

3.4.2 Understand and use relative font

size.

3.4.3 Apply text formatting: bold, italic,

font type and colour.

3.5 Paragraph Formatting 3.5.1 Set paragraph properties:

alignment, indentation.

3.5.2 Insert, remove paragraph break,

line break.

3.5.3 Create, modify a single-level

ordered (numbered), unordered
(bulleted) list.

3.6 Page Formatting 3.6.1 Set page margins: top, bottom,

left, right.

3.6.2 Add, modify, remove a page

background colour, image.

3.6.3 Change a page hyperlink colour:

visited, active, unvisited.

3.7 Hyperlinks 3.7.1 Understand the terms absolute

and relative hyperlinks.

3.7.2 Insert, edit, remove a hyperlink:

text, image.

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3.7.3 Insert, edit, remove an e-mail

hyperlink: text, image.

3.7.4 Define hyperlink target: same

window, new window.

3.7.5 Set an anchor, insert a link to an

anchor.

3.8 Tables 3.8.1 Insert, delete a table.

3.8.2 Insert, edit a table caption.

3.8.3 Align a table: left, centre, right.

3.8.4 Insert, delete rows and columns.

3.8.5 Modify column width, row height.

3.8.6 Merge, split cells.

3.8.7 Modify table border width, cell

padding, cell spacing.

3.8.8 Change background colour,

background graphic, image of
cells, entire table.

3.8.9 Add, remove a table background

graphic, image.

4 Using Objects 4.1 Graphical Objects 4.1.1 Add, remove an image on a web
page.

4.1.2 Set, modify attributes of an

image: size, border, alignment,
alternative text.

4.2 Forms 4.2.1 Insert a form on a web page.

4.2.2 Add, remove single-line, multi-

line text fields.

4.2.3 Add, remove form fields: drop-

down, check box, radio button.

4.2.4 Set, modify form field properties:

text field, drop-down, check box,
radio button.

4.2.5 Add, remove submit, reset

buttons.

4.2.6 Set, modify properties for submit,

reset buttons.

4.2.7 Set, modify form action to send

form output by email.

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5 Styles 5.1 CSS Concepts 5.1.1 Understand the term Cascading

Style Sheets (CSS), their use
and benefits.

5.1.2 Recognize the main approaches

to applying styles: inline, internal,
external.

5.1.3 Understand the structure of a

CSS rule: selector and
declaration (property, value).

5.2 Using CSS 5.2.1 Create, save a new CSS file.

5.2.2 Create, modify CSS rules: colour,

background, font

5.2.3 Attach an external CSS to a web

page.

6 Prepare Upload 6.1 Check 6.1.1 Identify and fix broken links in a
website.

6.1.2 Recognize good practice in

webpage content: including a last
updated date, details of software
required to open, view files,
ensuring compatibility of content
with web browsers.

6.1.3 Spell check a web page and

make changes.

6.2 Publish 6.2.1 Understand the process of

uploading, downloading a web
site to, from a web server.

6.2.2 Upload, download a web site to,

from a server.

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