In downloading entertainment documents and other formal documents from the internet, it is important to make sure that we follow the Copyright laws of the place/country that we reside in. Australia is a country where internet is accessed by an extremely large population therefore illegal downloading of material and plagiarism have a higher chance of occuring.
I believe that people should only download music or movies and other documents that are clearly mentioned by the owner as available for downloads. The public can also access documents that are present in the public domain. According to Copyright, public domain is when a certain piece of work has expired and can be freely reproduced or used without the permission from the Copyright owner.
Otherwise I believe that people should first obtain permission from the owner of a certain document because according to Copyright, illegal downloading and plagiarism are a breach of intellectual property making it a punishable offence.
In schools there is also the mistrust that some students might try to earn someone's work through mischiveous ways therefore it is important that the work done by a student on a computer is protected from being stolen by someone else. At our school we have measures that are installed in order to protect students' information and privacy.
As a result every student at our school has a password therefore giving the students an opportunity to save all their documents and noone else can access them. Students have their own computer servers. Our school has McAfee virus software installed for the students to protect the computers from hackers.
At our school there are also group user policies that allow each student to have access to their own year group information. There is the use of ICT user Policy that students can get to use its advantages in their contact with the world of technology. For safety reasons students have to sign the ICT user policy in order to ensure protection. At our school there is also a proxy server which has security measures and information about what the students are permitted to do within the school network. As a result there are so many ways that we can protect our documents from plagiarism and I encourage people to always respect other people's privacy in their property to avoid disobeying the law.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Phishing for security 19a and 19b
In the world where we now live in there is the use of Internet which has so many advantages such as allows communication over great distances and therefore saves time and money. However Internet has also provided the society a problem of being victims to online abuse, computer hacking and hackers acquiring sensitive information and these issues all fall under the category of phishing.
As a result I believe that everyone who uses the internet is responsible for their internet security. The ways to protect yourself when on internet are:
Use caution when you click on links.
Never accept to communicate with anonymous people online.
Do not allow social networking services to scan your e-mail address book.
Use personal bookmarks when going on a social site.
Be selective of who you accept friendships with on social sites.
Talk to children about social networking.
Be careful about installing extra software on your site.
These days many online shops have been established such as Ebay and other companies. These online shops save time for clients but they also have their disadvantages. If vendors or the online shop owners do not put measures in order that make sure that information about clients is protected, hackers can try to acquire sensitive information so as to gain credit of the clients resulting in lack of trust between the vendors and their clients. As a result clients can move away and result in lack of business procedures for these vendors and eventually forcing them to close down their businesses and look for other alternatives in life. Therefore the online security of clients from phishing should be something that should be taken seriously to keep online shops alive.
I believe that vendors or online shop owners can protect their online clients from phishing in so many ways. Firstly the vendors could create accounts for all their customers and that the clients have the right to know where these online shops are situated and their contact details. The vendors could give their clients the option to pay through the online shop's account number and all the vendors are allowed to know about the clients is name, address and phone number. The vendors could also provide an alternative for their clients that is based on the issue of cash on delivery. If there is the use of cash on delivery clients do not have to submit any account details but as they receive their product they pay cash and phishing cannot occur because there are no passwords or bank account numbers needed.
Vendors can also improve online security by even having information/tips of how to protect phishing on their websites. Vendors can also improve online security by refusing to advertise some unknown companies or advertisements on their websites made by anonymous people. For example, advertisements that tell you that you are the 100 millionth visitor of a website and that you have won a price are some of those applications that require online users to enter personal information such as an bank account number so as to have the price money put in your account. With the knowledge that there are hackers out there I believe that online vendors should never publish promotions/advertisements on their websites from anonymous people as they might end up the source of crime(phishing) that can ruin business procedures.
As a result I believe that everyone who uses the internet is responsible for their internet security. The ways to protect yourself when on internet are:
Use caution when you click on links.
Never accept to communicate with anonymous people online.
Do not allow social networking services to scan your e-mail address book.
Use personal bookmarks when going on a social site.
Be selective of who you accept friendships with on social sites.
Talk to children about social networking.
Be careful about installing extra software on your site.
These days many online shops have been established such as Ebay and other companies. These online shops save time for clients but they also have their disadvantages. If vendors or the online shop owners do not put measures in order that make sure that information about clients is protected, hackers can try to acquire sensitive information so as to gain credit of the clients resulting in lack of trust between the vendors and their clients. As a result clients can move away and result in lack of business procedures for these vendors and eventually forcing them to close down their businesses and look for other alternatives in life. Therefore the online security of clients from phishing should be something that should be taken seriously to keep online shops alive.
I believe that vendors or online shop owners can protect their online clients from phishing in so many ways. Firstly the vendors could create accounts for all their customers and that the clients have the right to know where these online shops are situated and their contact details. The vendors could give their clients the option to pay through the online shop's account number and all the vendors are allowed to know about the clients is name, address and phone number. The vendors could also provide an alternative for their clients that is based on the issue of cash on delivery. If there is the use of cash on delivery clients do not have to submit any account details but as they receive their product they pay cash and phishing cannot occur because there are no passwords or bank account numbers needed.
Vendors can also improve online security by even having information/tips of how to protect phishing on their websites. Vendors can also improve online security by refusing to advertise some unknown companies or advertisements on their websites made by anonymous people. For example, advertisements that tell you that you are the 100 millionth visitor of a website and that you have won a price are some of those applications that require online users to enter personal information such as an bank account number so as to have the price money put in your account. With the knowledge that there are hackers out there I believe that online vendors should never publish promotions/advertisements on their websites from anonymous people as they might end up the source of crime(phishing) that can ruin business procedures.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Blog 18 Digital Divide
Digital divide is the gap between people who have access to all the useful and efficient technology and those who do not have access to any advanced technology at all. A company called Nortel is a good example of an organisation that tries to reduce digital divide by helping underprivileged children cross the digital divide. The acts of Nortel to promote the use of efficient technology in all parts of the world which is the major reason why digital divide should be overcomed. The disadvantages of trying ot overcome digital divide by helping another country is that the transportation of the electronic goods and teaching how to use technology can be time-consuming and expensive. However the use of technology should be improved all over the world so as to improve communication of all continents all over the world therefore it it worth it to try and overcome digital divide no matter the expenses.
Nortel is a company that is not aimed at market dominance in reducing digital divide. They are a company that have taken interest in reducing digital divide in one country and would love to have other people join them in their journey to reduce digital divide in other countries so as to reduce this problem all over the world. Nortel is a company that knows that it cannot financially provide enough materials for all less privileged countries all over the world therefore they would love to have other companies be published by different people who embark on helping overcome digital divide in other parts of the world.
If more companies are setup to reduce digital divide in different countries, this will save time as many people can be taught to use technology in a short space of time. As a result Nortel is a company that is aimed at improving communication all over the world and is not there to create rivalry with other companies but to engage with other companies in a positive manner that will create good technology for other companies all over the world.
Nortel is a company that is not aimed at market dominance in reducing digital divide. They are a company that have taken interest in reducing digital divide in one country and would love to have other people join them in their journey to reduce digital divide in other countries so as to reduce this problem all over the world. Nortel is a company that knows that it cannot financially provide enough materials for all less privileged countries all over the world therefore they would love to have other companies be published by different people who embark on helping overcome digital divide in other parts of the world.
If more companies are setup to reduce digital divide in different countries, this will save time as many people can be taught to use technology in a short space of time. As a result Nortel is a company that is aimed at improving communication all over the world and is not there to create rivalry with other companies but to engage with other companies in a positive manner that will create good technology for other companies all over the world.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Dreamweaver/CSS Tutorials
A local folder in Dreamweaver is where you write down all your ideas that you are using to create your website. The advantages of a local folder in Dreamweaver are that it allows website management through link checking and site-cache building.
Therefore the advantages of a local folder in Dreamweaver can help the adminstrator of the website save time on website maintaining tasks , managing and synchronizing files, keeping track of extra information about the files and creating site reports. As a result, a local folder in Dreamweaver plays a vital role in the designing and maintanance of a website.
Dreamweaver has always used tables because when HTML was young, pages were set up as plain text with headings and hyperlinks. As a result the use of tables makes it easy to read information on a website because there would be information presented as descending down the page.
However the use of tables in Dreamweaver is now out of fashion because it does not allow any other standard markup therefore the lack of style in designing a website creates boredom. As time has moved on the layout mode has been introduced but its disadvantages in web developing are that it promotes improper table design if not used correctly and therefore everything goes wrong.
In Dreamweaver the tables should only be used when there is the presentation of statistical information about business, financial information and many other things though I still believe that information should be presented in a different way to reduce boredom and create excitement.
A Dreamweaver image placeholder allows you to define the size and location of images in your design without worrying about what the images will be. An image placeholder will enable you to find out which file format suits the images you have and how you want them to be represented. Some of the web-friendly graphic files that are used as image placeholders include GIF or JPEG. Therefore by the time you decide to do your final artwork of images, all the technical requirements would have been fulfilled by the image placeholder.
In HTML, colours are expressed either by name or by using a hexadecimal number. In the hexadecimal number format, the colours are represented in a six digit format, #RRGGBB. This means that RR is the amount of red, between 00(none) and FF (all), GG is the amount of green and BB is the amount of blue.
A websafe colour is a colour that is used by the common web application companies such as Netscape and Internet Explorer Palette Compatible. A websafe colour can be enabled for use and give all the colours possible and in different sizes that are possible and the best format for that would be JPEG. JPEG can have colours from high resolution to a lower resolution and as a result all colours can fit in which is why a websafe colour is expected to be presented in such a file format.
An FMA file is a common type of Flash application that displays an informational message to the audience. The information/message represented can be changed for the needs of the business procedures that are taking place. e.g If a school website wants to change information about sporting events coming up, they can just change the sports section information without affecting other sections of the website . These changes can all be made using an FMA file.
An FLA file is the source containing all the materials you are going to show in a flash movie. A SWF (small web format) is the document or movie that will be shown on the web. As a result FLA is always bigger than the SWF as it is the source of everything to be shown and SWF is made out of the FLA.
A link is a selectable connection from one word, picture or information objct to another. When someone is searching for a certain piece of information , they can be connected to different links that include videos, statistical and factual information about that subject. Links can also be found in different forms as sometimes you can be reading a certain document and then there is a highlighted word on a website that might even give the user more information. These highlighted words can be referred to as anchors.
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a style sheet language used to describe the presentation semantics (the look and formatting) of a document written in a markup language. CSS is used because it is more accurate and sophisticated in its presentation semantics of a document written in markup language. The other reasons to use CSS are that:
It controls the layout of many documents from one single style sheet.
It has more precise control of layout.
CSS applies different layout to different media types.
CSS has numerous advanced and sophisticated techniques.
Therefore the advantages of a local folder in Dreamweaver can help the adminstrator of the website save time on website maintaining tasks , managing and synchronizing files, keeping track of extra information about the files and creating site reports. As a result, a local folder in Dreamweaver plays a vital role in the designing and maintanance of a website.
Dreamweaver has always used tables because when HTML was young, pages were set up as plain text with headings and hyperlinks. As a result the use of tables makes it easy to read information on a website because there would be information presented as descending down the page.
However the use of tables in Dreamweaver is now out of fashion because it does not allow any other standard markup therefore the lack of style in designing a website creates boredom. As time has moved on the layout mode has been introduced but its disadvantages in web developing are that it promotes improper table design if not used correctly and therefore everything goes wrong.
In Dreamweaver the tables should only be used when there is the presentation of statistical information about business, financial information and many other things though I still believe that information should be presented in a different way to reduce boredom and create excitement.
A Dreamweaver image placeholder allows you to define the size and location of images in your design without worrying about what the images will be. An image placeholder will enable you to find out which file format suits the images you have and how you want them to be represented. Some of the web-friendly graphic files that are used as image placeholders include GIF or JPEG. Therefore by the time you decide to do your final artwork of images, all the technical requirements would have been fulfilled by the image placeholder.
In HTML, colours are expressed either by name or by using a hexadecimal number. In the hexadecimal number format, the colours are represented in a six digit format, #RRGGBB. This means that RR is the amount of red, between 00(none) and FF (all), GG is the amount of green and BB is the amount of blue.
A websafe colour is a colour that is used by the common web application companies such as Netscape and Internet Explorer Palette Compatible. A websafe colour can be enabled for use and give all the colours possible and in different sizes that are possible and the best format for that would be JPEG. JPEG can have colours from high resolution to a lower resolution and as a result all colours can fit in which is why a websafe colour is expected to be presented in such a file format.
An FMA file is a common type of Flash application that displays an informational message to the audience. The information/message represented can be changed for the needs of the business procedures that are taking place. e.g If a school website wants to change information about sporting events coming up, they can just change the sports section information without affecting other sections of the website . These changes can all be made using an FMA file.
An FLA file is the source containing all the materials you are going to show in a flash movie. A SWF (small web format) is the document or movie that will be shown on the web. As a result FLA is always bigger than the SWF as it is the source of everything to be shown and SWF is made out of the FLA.
A link is a selectable connection from one word, picture or information objct to another. When someone is searching for a certain piece of information , they can be connected to different links that include videos, statistical and factual information about that subject. Links can also be found in different forms as sometimes you can be reading a certain document and then there is a highlighted word on a website that might even give the user more information. These highlighted words can be referred to as anchors.
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a style sheet language used to describe the presentation semantics (the look and formatting) of a document written in a markup language. CSS is used because it is more accurate and sophisticated in its presentation semantics of a document written in markup language. The other reasons to use CSS are that:
It controls the layout of many documents from one single style sheet.
It has more precise control of layout.
CSS applies different layout to different media types.
CSS has numerous advanced and sophisticated techniques.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Blog 17 Website Colour scheme
The websites I looked at had different types of colours that represent something that is associated to the products and events they are advertising. The Live Clothing website uses a black colour as its background colour. It also uses a white colour that is presented as smoke polluting the surface area. The use of white smoke polluting the air is to present the sense of something new and elegant that everyone desires.
On the website of Paintball we have the use of white colour for the background. The colours presented create a sense of adventure in their own ways to attract the clients. E.g the colour red is used to represent a hot deal/ the latest exclusive products that Paintball is offering.
On the website of UWA there is a variation in the use of colour. The website contains black and white colours as the customary colours of the website whilst there are sparkling blue and dark orange colours to represent the latest exciting news that is coming to UWA.
The website of white pages has mild green and dark blue colours. These colours represent that the company white pages means serious business and would love to do business with you. There is also the use of red, white and light blue colours to welcome the online users to the website. The friendliness of these colours shows that everyone is welcome to use the website.
The website of The Jane Goodall Institute has a dark red colour that represents the terror that some animals experience in the wildlife. The colour light gold is to represent that some people really care about the well being of these animals and want to help these animals enjoy themselves in the wildlife.
The website of Bobjane T mart uses blue as its background colour. The yellow colour on the website is to show serious business of the deals that are present at Bobjane T mart. There is also the use of sparkling red, yellow and white colours that show the best products that are on offer at Bobjane T mart.
On the website of myer there is the use of a light blue colour to encourage people to take a break from their workplaces and just relax. Myer is a website that is all about wearing good clothes that make you feel good about yourself therefore the colours just remain white and light blue throughout the website.
Validating a website is the process of ensuring that the pages on the website conform to the norms or standards defined by various organisations. Validating a website can be achieved by ensuring that your website complies with the standards accepted by most web designers. As a result Validators can be able to detect problems in your web page and style sheet and therefore you can improve the things that your website lacks.
On the website of Paintball we have the use of white colour for the background. The colours presented create a sense of adventure in their own ways to attract the clients. E.g the colour red is used to represent a hot deal/ the latest exclusive products that Paintball is offering.
On the website of UWA there is a variation in the use of colour. The website contains black and white colours as the customary colours of the website whilst there are sparkling blue and dark orange colours to represent the latest exciting news that is coming to UWA.
The website of white pages has mild green and dark blue colours. These colours represent that the company white pages means serious business and would love to do business with you. There is also the use of red, white and light blue colours to welcome the online users to the website. The friendliness of these colours shows that everyone is welcome to use the website.
The website of The Jane Goodall Institute has a dark red colour that represents the terror that some animals experience in the wildlife. The colour light gold is to represent that some people really care about the well being of these animals and want to help these animals enjoy themselves in the wildlife.
The website of Bobjane T mart uses blue as its background colour. The yellow colour on the website is to show serious business of the deals that are present at Bobjane T mart. There is also the use of sparkling red, yellow and white colours that show the best products that are on offer at Bobjane T mart.
On the website of myer there is the use of a light blue colour to encourage people to take a break from their workplaces and just relax. Myer is a website that is all about wearing good clothes that make you feel good about yourself therefore the colours just remain white and light blue throughout the website.
Validating a website is the process of ensuring that the pages on the website conform to the norms or standards defined by various organisations. Validating a website can be achieved by ensuring that your website complies with the standards accepted by most web designers. As a result Validators can be able to detect problems in your web page and style sheet and therefore you can improve the things that your website lacks.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Website Design Techniques Blog 16
To ensure someone with a sight disability can use a website a narrator to explain the information for the visually disabled person. The narrator on a website should explain the information in a deep manner that makes the visually disabled person understand what they are hearing. Thus the narrator should have a clear sophistication of expression.
To ensure that a person who has a hearing disability can use a website there are so many ways to help them use a website. The first way is by presenting th visual site of all the products and information. The other way is that if there is a video advertisement on a website, everything that is said by the actors should appear in written form for the person with a hearing ability to read it through.
If someone has a physical disability they can use the website if there is a touch screen. If there is a touch screen, a physically person can use anything to click on what they want on a website without having to worry about using a mouse to click or type on anything. For people with learning disabilities, it is recommended that websites should be designed with the ease of use.
The ease of use in a website is by having the simplicity of language on a website and provide information in a way that provides users with enough time to read and use content. Therefore websites that target every age group and every class of people as their target audience should have the ease of use and good technology designs that allow people to with disabilities to use the website.
To ensure that a person who has a hearing disability can use a website there are so many ways to help them use a website. The first way is by presenting th visual site of all the products and information. The other way is that if there is a video advertisement on a website, everything that is said by the actors should appear in written form for the person with a hearing ability to read it through.
If someone has a physical disability they can use the website if there is a touch screen. If there is a touch screen, a physically person can use anything to click on what they want on a website without having to worry about using a mouse to click or type on anything. For people with learning disabilities, it is recommended that websites should be designed with the ease of use.
The ease of use in a website is by having the simplicity of language on a website and provide information in a way that provides users with enough time to read and use content. Therefore websites that target every age group and every class of people as their target audience should have the ease of use and good technology designs that allow people to with disabilities to use the website.
Inclusivity
A web should be designed in an inclusive manner so as to create a user frienldy environment for everyone despite their disabilities. These disabilities might include visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, language, learning and neurological disabilities. The other reason to be inclusive in web design is it is not always about how the disablities that arte visual or neurological but the disabilities might also be aging or sometimes there is not ease of use in the design of the website.
Therefore for the web content to cater for everyone no matter their disabilities should be designed in a way that has ease of use. The other ways to make a website user friendly is to have a narrator for the visually disabled, a touch screen website for the physically disabled and a the simplicity of language in the web content. The other technique to designing a website is that designers should avoid posting extremely bright coloured pictures on a website so as to cater for people who are colour blind. If we really look at it many people have disabilities that can be sensitive to the use of technology therefore a website should be inclusive to cater for everyone's needs.
Therefore for the web content to cater for everyone no matter their disabilities should be designed in a way that has ease of use. The other ways to make a website user friendly is to have a narrator for the visually disabled, a touch screen website for the physically disabled and a the simplicity of language in the web content. The other technique to designing a website is that designers should avoid posting extremely bright coloured pictures on a website so as to cater for people who are colour blind. If we really look at it many people have disabilities that can be sensitive to the use of technology therefore a website should be inclusive to cater for everyone's needs.
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