Institutional Web Management Workshop 2003:
Catching Mistakes: QA for your Web site

Title

Catching Mistakes: QA for your Web site

Session Code

B4

Facilitators

Marieke Guy, UKOLN and Anne McCombe, MIMAS

Time and venue

Thursday 12 June 2003 from 16:00-17:30 in Cornwallis North West 4

Learning Objectives

Quality is an important part of any Web site. This event will:

• Consider what exactly quality and Quality Assurance are in the context of a Web site
• Consider how QA processes can be built into our general workflow.

Target Audience

The event is suitable for all delegates.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the seminar participants will:

• Be aware of how QA fits into a Web site.
• Be shown a best practice case study of how the MIMAS Web site monitors accessibility and considers its difficulties and challenges.
• Learn about what can fail on a Web site and what type of testing needs to be done to prevent, track and solve problems and the issues they raise.
• Be given an overview of a number of different areas which will help provide a context for further readings.
• Realise that QA is formalising what you should already be doing to your Web site!

Materials

Slides

Presentation 1: Introduction

[HTML format] - [MS PowerPoint 97/2000 format]

Presentation 2: Catching Mistakes: What can go wrong with your Web site?

[HTML format] - [MS PowerPoint 97/2000 format]

Presentation 3: Introduction to Quality and its Importance

[HTML format] - [MS PowerPoint 97/2000 format]

Presentation 4: QA for MIMAS: A Case Study

[HTML format] - [MS PowerPoint 97/2000 format]

Presentation 5: The QA Focus Perspective

[HTML format] - [MS PowerPoint 97/2000 format]

Handouts

Exercises

Exercise 1 [MS Word format] - Exercise 2 [MS Word format]

Briefing Papers

Compliance with HTML Standards [MS Word format]
Accessibility Testing [MS Word format]
Approaches To Link Checking [MS Word format]
How To Evaluate A Web Site's Accessibility Level [MS Word format]

Timetable

The timetable for the workshop is given below.

Time	Topic	Comments
16:00	Introduction to the Workshop	Presentation 1: Introduction - MG
16:00 - 16:20	Catching Mistakes: What can go wrong with your Web site?	Exercise 1: Catching Mistakes - MG Report back - MG
16:20 - 16:25	Catching Mistakes: What can go wrong with your Web site?	Presentation 2: Catching Mistakes: What can go wrong with your Web site? - MG
16:25 - 16:30	Introduction to Quality and its Importance	Presentation 3: Introduction to Quality and its Importance - MG
16:30 - 16:50	QA for MIMAS: A Case Study	Presentation 4: QA for MIMAS: A Case Study - AM
16:50 - 17:10	QA Approaches to Identified Problems	Exercise 2: QA Approaches to Identified Problems - MG Report back - MG
17:10 - 17:25	The QA Focus Perspective	Presentation 5: The QA Focus Perspective - MG
17:25 - 17:30	Final Feedback and Discussion	Final Feedback and Discussion - MG and AM