Pearson BTEC International Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma, Foundation
Diploma, Diploma, Extended Diploma
June 2023 – Version 1
Recommended Time 20 hours Paper
reference 41060M
Information Technology
UNIT 6: Website Development
Pearson Set Assignment Brief
Single Part Assessment
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Pearson BTEC International Level 3 qualifications in Information Technology
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Set Assignment Information
Party Time is a company that organises parties. The company has recently seen an
increase in demand for the services and products it provides. To meet this demand, it
wants to improve how it uses information technology.
The owners have decided to develop a company website. You work for a web
development company that has been contracted to design and create the website.
The table shows some basic information about the company, as was well as some of its
requirements. You should use this information to help you when designing and creating
the website.
Services and • Themed events.
products offered • Marquee parties.
• Special celebrations.
• Entertainment.
• Other services:
• fundraisers
• bespoke catering
• themes and props
• invitations and printworks
• sound and lighting.
Packages offered • Bronze:
• Room decorations – balloons, banners
• Table decorations – centrepieces, gifts
• DJ entertainment
• Cold buffet.
• Silver – all from Bronze package plus:
• Invitation design and handling
• Party cost clear up
• Live band entertainment
• Cold buffet and soft drinks.
• Gold – all from Silver package plus:
• Staff in attendance to ensure complete perfection
• Finding guest accommodation, booking transport
• Live band entertainment and magician
• Hot and Cold buffet and soft drinks.
Custom packages are available for specific parties, additional
decorations and additional staff. Clients must contact the company to
arrange any custom packages.
Initial website • Modern and engaging design.
requirements • Provide potential clients with information about:
• the company and the services and products it offers
• general help and advice on packages.
• Allow clients to contact the company to ask for
further information.
• An adaptive layout for users accessing with either
mobile or desktop browsers.
• Accessibility features to enable a wide range of users to
use the site easily.
Table 1
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Set Assignment
You must complete ALL activities.
ACTIVITY 1 – suggested time 2 hours
The owners of the company are eager to have a high-quality website and have asked you
to provide them with information about how other websites meet the needs of the
website owners.
You should research two websites that have a similar purpose and/or in a similar area of
business.
You must:
• compare the design and features of the two identified websites
• consider the suitability of the websites’ features and design for the intended purpose
and audience
• analyse how web design and development principles are used
• provide a supported evaluation of how well each website meets the needs of the
website owner and its users.
You should consider any positive or negative aspects of the two sites. Use specific
examples of these to support the points you make in your report.
This activity covers learning aim A.
A.P1, A.M1, A.D1
ACTIVITY 2 – suggested time 4 hours
The owners of the company would like to see some initial designs for the website before
you start developing it.
Create comprehensive designs for the website that include:
• identification of user requirements
• visual designs for the pages
• alternative design options
• technical documentation.
You should use the Set Assignment Information and what you learned through your
research in Activity 1 to inform your designs.
This activity covers learning aim B.
B.P2
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ACTIVITY 3 – suggested time 2 hours
You now need to seek feedback in order to improve the quality and appropriateness of
your designs. You must:
• show your designs to others
• gather and analyse the feedback you receive
• identify areas of the designs that could be improved
• further develop/improve your designs using the feedback given.
You must provide justification of your design decisions, including how you responded to
any feedback you received. You should include:
• how the designs will meet user needs and be fit for purpose
• consideration of alternative design options
• which suggested changes you made, which you didn’t and why.
This could be in the form of annotations on the designs or as an additional piece of
written evidence.
This activity covers learning aim B.
B.P3, B.M2
ACTIVITY 4 – suggested time 10 hours
You must now develop the website for the client.
During the development of the website you must:
• create the website using suitable tools and content
• use appropriate test plans, test schedules and data to test the website for:
• functionality
• compatibility (with different devices and browsers)
• usability (including user testing).
You must also seek feedback in order to improve the quality and appropriateness of your
website. You must:
• show your website to others
• gather and analyse the feedback you receive
• identify areas of the website that could be improved
• further develop/improve your designs using the feedback given.
During testing and feedback activities you should collect any results and feedback
you have received and document how you have responded to any problems or errors
identified. This evidence should include:
• ‘before’ and ‘after’ versions of the website showing notable changes made
during development
• details of how the website has been ‘optimised’ based on results of testing and
user feedback.
This activity covers learning aim C.
C.P4, C.P5, C.M3
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ACTIVITY 5 – suggested time 2 hours
The development of the website is now complete and your manager has asked you to
review the extent to which the project meets the client’s needs.
Write an evaluation of the design, development and optimisation of the website. Your
evaluation must:
• consider how effectively the website:
• meets the client’s requirements
• appeals to and meets the needs of the target audience
• achieves its stated purpose
• compare features of the final website with other solutions that could have been used
• provide a detailed and balanced evaluation of what the website does well and areas
for improvement
• review your own skills, performance and behaviours, and the impact that this had on
the development of the final website.
Your evaluation should be supported by evidence from all stages of the project to reach
conclusions and suggest developments.
This activity covers learning aims B and C.
C.P6, BC.D2, BC.D3
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Assessment Criteria
Pass Merit Distinction
Learning Aim A: Understand the principles of website
development
A.D1 Evaluate how the
A.P1 Compare the principles principles of website design are
A.M1 Analyse how the
of website design used in used to produce creative, high
principles of website design
two websites, including their performance websites that meet
are used to produce creative,
suitability for the intended client requirements.
high performance websites
audience and intended
that meet client requirements.
purpose.
Learning Aim B: Design a website to meet client
requirements
B.P2 Produce designs for a
website that meets client
requirements. B.M2 Justify the design
decisions, explaining how
B.P3 Review the website they will meet the user’s BC.D2 Evaluate the design
design proposals with needs and be fit for purpose. decisions and optimised website
others to identify and inform against client requirements,
improvements. explaining how they will meet
Learning Aim C: Develop a website to meet client the user’s needs and be fit for
requirements purpose.
C.P4 Produce a website for an BC.D3 Demonstrate individual
intended audience and test responsibility, creativity and
the website for functionality, effective self-management in the
compatibility, usability and design, development and review
purpose. of a website.
C.M3 Optimise a website to
C.P5 Test the website for meet client requirements.
functionality and usability.
C.P6 Review the extent to
which the website meets
clients requirements.
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