Empowerment Technologies

Quarter 1 - Module 4:
Online Platforms as Tools
ICT Content of Development
 What I Know

Multiple Choice:
Direction: Read and answer the questions below. Write the letter of the correct answer.

1. What does CMS stands for?

A. Content Management System C. Content Management Serial
B. Critic Management System D. Critic Manpower System

2. What is a document which is designed for the World Wide Web?

A. Book C. Web Page
B. Newsletter D. Magazine

3. What is the term use for ready-made website

A. New Web Page C. Template
B. Design D. Builder

4. Which does not belong to group?

A. WordPress C. Facebook
B. Instagram D. Twitter

5. Which does not belong to the group?

A. MS-Word C. Google Chrome
B. FireFox D. Safari

6. What is an online platform that allows you to create your personal account or profile.
A. Social Media Platform C. Blogging Platform
B. Video Sharing Platform D. Content Management System

7. What type of software Microsoft Edge belongs?

A. Spreadsheet C. Database
B. Word Processing D. Browser

8. What element of webd designing provides a feeling of a surface underneath?

A. Text C. Video
B. Background D. Color

9. Which principle of web designing when you avoid large graphics or animations?
A. Portable Design C. Design for Low Bandwidth
B. Simplicity D. Regular Testing
10. What is an element of web desigining allows users to jump to another site or page that is
related of to your site?
A. Link C. Audio
B. Color D. Background

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 Lesson
ICT Online Platforms in
1 Creating Web Content

What I Need to Know

We are on the Information Age on which information seems so easy to reach. One
of the tools that we usually use if you need to answer a question from your subject is
a website which can we use if we are online. A website or web site is a set of related
resources from the web. These resources were considered as web pages and
multimedia (e.g.: videos, music, images).

What’s New
Table 1: Websites and apps in your computer
Activity 1: Website or Website or Application
application(apps) you are using.
Website Function
Websites or applications are
now accessible through Example: Shopee Shopping Online
smartphones. It is up us users on
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how we use it. In your smartphone
or computer list ten (10) websites or 2
applications you usually use or visit
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and identify the best feature that
you like on it. The first item listed on 4
the table is an example to guide
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you on this activity.
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 What Is It

On the listed items you presented in our previous activity, it shows that website is
a tool for information and entertainment. However, there are websites that offers you
more than just reading articles or listening to your music, these are what we call online
platform-enabled website.
A platform-enabled website or online platform gives a feature on which allows to
manipulate the content of the website. Most of the online platforms requires you to
register in order to publish, manipulate, organize, or even delete a certain web content.
As a Senior High School student, you are expected to know the different online
platform as this would help you in different task like connect people, stream your daily
activity, shop online, or even creating a website of your own.
Before I introduce the different type of online platforms which you can use. Let's
take a close look on how technologies are use these days. Take a look at the picture
below.

Photo Credits: https://pixabay.com/photos/technology-developer-continents-3435575/

The picture on this page shows that each one of us has skill of being an information
literate since information can be reach just a click away. It is only up to us to how we
create or how we evaluate the information that we garnered from online resources.

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Here are the three types of online platforms:
1. Social Media Platforms
This platform allows you to create
your personal account or profile. After
you register on this website, it will allow
you to create pages or even groups
where you can share content and
ideas. Social Media platforms enables
you to connect yourself to other users
and get updates on their news feed.
Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are
Photo Credits:
examples of Social Media platforms. https://unsplash.com/photos/yyMJNPgQ-X8

2. Blogging Platforms
A platform on where a writer or even a
group of writers can share views on an
individual subject. It is comparable to a
newsletter where you can add menus,
designs or even multimedia of a subject.
Blogger is an example of blogging site. If
you love to write or you want to share ideas
online, blogging platforms is the perfect
tool you can use. Photo Credits:
https://www.freepik.com/freevector/doodlebloggingc
oncept_3524976.htm#page=1&query=blogging&po
sition=3=3

3. Content Management System or CMS

One of the feature of this platform is
that you can publish your own website and
manage its content through intranet or in a
single computer. This is a software where
you can easily create, update, organize,
and publish the content of your website. A
popular example of CMS is WordPress.

Photo Credits:
https://unsplash.com/photos/sSPzmL7fpWc

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 What’s More

Activity 2: Identify which online platform to use

Now you have learned the three types of online platform. These online platforms are
tools that you can use to create information, share ideas and connect to other people.
Below there are ten situation, read every item carefully and identify which online
platform is the best to use.
Table 1: Identify which online platform to use.

Situation Online Platform

1. John would like to chat with his uncle abroad. Social Media Platform
2. A Senior High School student would like to create a shopping
site for his small business.
3. Mike wants to write his plans about travelling from other
provinces.
4. A teacher wants her student to send their output online.
5. An ICT student plans to create a website about their school.
6. A group of Senior High student wants to share their ideas about
how to reduce the use of plastic materials.
7. Linda would like to upload her pictures last Christmas vacation.
8. Christian would like to check the profile of his friends online.
9. Mark wants to follow his favorite basketball player online.
10. The members of Supreme Student Government would like to
share their advocacy on having Math tutorial in their school.

What Is It

Web page is designed for World Wide Web on which it is consider as the document
inside it. Mozilla FireFox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Apple's Safari are web
browsers which you can use in order to access a web page.
Nowadays, web pages serves as an important role in the business world. Web
pages allows businesses to showcase their company and advertise their products.
Even social media sites allows users to boost their popularity, this will help the users
to promote their business or advocacy to other users online.
If you're planning to create a web page of your own, you can use a website builder
like WordPress, Wix or Adobe Dreamweaver. These website builders are very
powerful tool and user-friendly on which you can create website by just dragging and
dropping the elements of your website. However, there are certain elements and
principles in building your own website. Below are the seven possible elements of a
modern web design

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 1. Text - this is a mandatory element of a web page. However, visitors got
distracted about the font family of the text on website. So while you are designing your
website, make sure that to choose well the font family and type that you need to use
on your design and make the text is clear and in readable size

Photo Credits: https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/collection-motivational-

lettering-stickers_4947782.htm#page=1&query=text%20website&position=23

2. Graphics/ Illustrations - make sure your images or illustrations are not pixelated
or must be on good quality. There are time that text give description to an image, so
you make that these two elements are well arranged.

Photo Credits: https://www.freepik.com/premium-psd/landing-page-restaurant-with-

christmas-special-food-menu_6365743.htm#query=image%20website&position=4

3. White space - having a crowded website, it is very hard to direct the attention of
your vistor's eye. These white space gives your website a room to breathe.

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 Photo Credits: https://unsplash.com/photos/Ylk5n_nd9dA

4. Links - links or hyperlinks allows user to jump to another site or page that is
related of to your site.

Photo Credits: https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/monitor-

size_2945488.htm#page=1&query=click&position=2

5. Color - the colors you use in your design is a very important aspect. There are
times that colors become visually distracting to your viewers. As some web
designers do, they use the company logo of their client as their color reference on
their website.

Photo Credits: https://www.freepik.com/free-psd/colourful-

banner-sale-template_5263427.htm#pag
e=1&query=color%20website&position=1

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6. Video/Audio - there are sites use audio/video to help their visitors to better
understand what they are selling or teaching. These elements of web designing
really helps your visitors especially those websites that offers tutorial of certain
subject.

Photo Credits: https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/illustration-human-avatar-

using-technology_2801710.htm#page=1&query=video&position=15

7. Background - texture or background gives a more appealing sight to your

website. This will provide your website a feeling of a surface underneath.

Photo Credits: https://www.freepik.com/premium-vector/modern-sale-banner-web-social-

media_5210275.htm#page=1&query=website%20background&position=4

With the use of elements of web design will make your website more appealing
to your users but you need to make sure that your website is functional, responsive
and useful. To create a usable and effective website, follow the basic principles of an
effective web design.
A. Portable Design - website design B. Design for Low Bandwidth - not all
must be portable and accessible. Your user who are online are connected to a
need to must compatible with other high-speed internet connection. In
operating system and web browsers. designing a website you need to avoid
You should also design your website on large graphics or animations as the users
which it can be access to a different may leave the site if downloading is slow.
computer platforms or devices especially
for those visitors who uses mobile device
to access a website.

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C. Direction - identify the order of E. Regular testing – every device or
importance of the various elements and project needs maintenance, same as
place them in a sequence where the your website. Website should be
eye moves and perceives the things it regularly upgraded, updated and tested
sees. There should be consistent layout so that problems will be quickly resolved.
and structure. Visitors who have encounter any errors
like problems in loading or viewing in
D. Simplicity - the more option you
your website will not hold on.
place in your site, the more difficult it is
for a visitor to make a decision and more
time is required to browse through them.
as what they usually say "simplicity is
beauty".
Figure 1: Principles of web design

Portable Design Simplicity

Design for Low Web Design

Bandwidth

Regular Testing
Direction

Web Page Design Using Templates and Online WYSIWYG.

WYSIWYG is an acronym for "what you see is what you get". There many tools
on creating or designing a website. However, there are tools offers WYSIWYG process.
These are tools on which the content (text and graphics) can be edited in a form closely
resembling its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product, such as a
printed document, web page, or slide presentation.
1. Wix -. Its interface is one of the most intuitive, slick, and powerful in the ever-
growing group of website-building servicesWix offers standout features, such as
online storage for your site assets, cool video backgrounds, animations for titles, and
mobile.(Retrieved from https://sea.pcmag.com/wix/8396/wix)

Photo Credits: Screenshot from https://www.wix.com/

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2. Weebly - This free website builder allows you to build beautiful websites in a very
short period of time – even if you do not have any programming background.
(Retrieved from https://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/website-builders/weebly/free
-website-builder-for-all/)

Photo Credits: Screenshot from https://www.weebly.com/?lang=en

3. WordPress - is the world’s most popular tool for creating websites. WordPress is
capable of creating any style of website, from a simple blog to a full-featured business
website. You can even use WordPress to create an online store. (Retrieved from
https://wpapprentice.com/blog/what-is-wordpress/)

Photo Credits: https://pixabay.com/photos/wordpress-blogging-blogger-editor-265132/

4. Drupal - It is a well-known content management system intended to help

advanced designers create a powerful website capable of handling large volumes of
visitors and hundreds of pages of content. (Retrieved from
https://www.business.com/reviews/drupal/)

Photo Credits: Screenshot from https://www.drupal.org/

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 What I Have Learned

Activity 3: Investigating a website

Instructions:
In our lesson we have learned the elements and principles needed to create a
website. On this activity, you will investigate three websites and identify if these
websites are using the elements appropriately. Using the table provided, add a mark
if the website is using the elements correctly and X mark if the website is not using the
element correctly. For every website there is a space provided so that you can write
your recommendation or suggestion on the web designing of the website.
a. Yale School of Art link: https://www.art.yale.edu/
b. Shopee link: https://shopee.ph/
c. Suzanne Collins link: http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/

Yale School of Art Shopee Suzanne Collins

Text
Graphics
White Space
Links
Color
Video/Audio
Background

Recommendations/Suggestions:

1. Yale of School of Art:

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

2. Shopee
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

3. Suzanne Collins
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

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 What’s More

Creating your Own Website using Wix.

Wix is a WYSIWYG web hosting service. It offers free, professional, and business
web hosting services. Wix also has an iOS and Android app which you can use to
manage your website whenever you do not have an access to a PC.
Wix is another Web site that offers its users to create their own Website. The
advantage of using Wix is that knowledge of Web site programming is not a
prerequisite. It also offers a wide range of templates. These templates have been
designed for every purpose intended by the user. This is possible because different
Web site developers contribute to the pool of themes available. Wix offers a drag-and
–drop facility. Users can simply grab elements such as textboxes, photos, and shapes
to arrange them in the layout they want.

Activity 4: Creating a Wix Website

For this activity you will create your personal website that focuses on your passion or
hobby.
1. Create an account on Wix by going to www.wix.com. You have to sign up to
use the website. You may choose to log in using your Facebook account or
Gmail account. Once logged in, you can use the existing templates of wix and
just modify and enhance your website.

Photo credits: https://www.wix.com/account/sites

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 2. Click Create Site.

Photo credits: https://www.wix.com/account/sites

3. Choose Other.

Photo credits: https://www.wix.com/new/vertical?ref=myaccount&additionalreferralinfo=site-

less-main-button.

4. You will be instructed to choose a template. Click Choose a Template.

Photo credits: https://www.wix.com/new/site?vertical=other

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5. Pick any template that you want. Choose categories and click any templates.

Photo credits: https://www.wix.com/website/templates

Photo credits: https://www.wix.com/website/templates/html/community-education

6. Your website will be generated and soon you will end up in the site’s Wix editor.

7. The editor is pretty easy to use. The center shows the preview of your website.
The design tools are located on the right. It is now time to edit the website to your
liking.

8. Click Edit and create your own amazing website.

Photo credits: https://editor.wix.com/html/editor/web/renderer/new?siteId=f9729d47-

3200-4fc9-85d7-4962458fe33c&metaSiteId=12f2ed08-f07c-8d31-b14b-
733cf7fe35b1&editorSessionId=42383395-932d-4a22-b619-0e046d5ed470

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9. You can click Preview in order to see the design before saving the website.

Photo credits:
https://editor.wix.com/html/editor/web/renderer/new?siteId=f9729d47-3200-
4fc9-85d7-4962458fe33c&metaSiteId=12f2ed08-f07c-8d31-b14b-
733cf7fe35b1&editorSessionId=0858a7ce-448b-4e23-8473-00c610e3f5bd
10. Once you are done editing and click Save and choose Save & Continue.

Photo credits https://editor.wix.com/html/editor/web/renderer/edit/8f21420c-bc8e-

48f3-a613-9cacc9bfc489?editorSessionId=0858a7ce-448b-4e23-8473-
00c610e3f5bd&metaSiteId=6ad45859-d245-4f35-9ec7-fd685f139b26

11. You can click Edit and type the filename. Click done to publish the website.

To understand more the Wix Website, you can access the video tutorials below:
1. How to Make a Website with WIX? WIX 2019 Complete Tutorial?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa6JS_8QtNI
2. Wix Tutorial For Beginners 2019 - Create A Wix Website In Minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTdK9q_iuE0
Let us now test your understanding by doing the activity below.

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 What I Can Do

Web Mapping Applications

Web mapping applications are Web sites developed from geographical
information system (GIS) data. Mapping
applications use GIS to create a visualize
maps. Today, a Web map is used not only for
directions and locations but also to track
consumer activity and to locate stores and
establishments.

The examples of mapping application are:

 Google Maps – This is a Web mapping application developed by Google. It
shows both graphic and satellite maps. The maps include street names,
building names, establishment names, and bus and train stations, to name a
few. Some extension applications include three-dimensional views of the
satellite images and traffic conditions. To access Google Maps,
http://www.google.com.ph/maps/

Photo credits:
https://www.googlemaps.com&si=EAIaIQobChMI

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 Google Maps
Photo credits:
https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@8.1426185,123.8355356,15z

 Wikimapia - This is a collaborative open content mapping application.

Wikimapia offers satellite view of streets, buildings, and establishments. This
Web site uses Google Maps APIs for mapping. To access Wikimapia,
http://wikimapia.org/

Wikimapia Application
Photo credits:
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=14.709800&lon=120.936200&z=12&m=w

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Activity 6: Invitation Making with Online Mapping Application
In your task, go to the website using an online mapping application.
Problem: You established a business focused on organizing events such as parties
and weddings. You have a customer who wants you to organize a birthday party at a
hotel. You are expected to present the invitation you designed to your client. You are
supposed to share the invitation with your customer using a cloud storage application.
The invitation should include a map from an online mapping application that shows the
directions going to the venue.

What I Have Learned

Activity 7: Distinguishing Your Learning.

Answer the following questions based on your learning.
The different types of online platforms for ICT content web development are Social
Media Platforms, Blogging Platforms and Content Management System or CMS. Give
five (5) examples of each type of online platforms.
Social Media Platforms
1. 4.
2. 5.
3.
4. Content Management System or CMS
5. 1.
2.
Blogging Platforms 3.
1. 4.
2. 5.
3.
Summary
Social Media Platforms are website like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter which
allows to you create your personal account. It also comes with a feature which you
can create pages and groups where you can share content and ideas.
Blogging Platforms is similar to a newsletter where you can add designs on your
liking. It is an online journal or informational website displaying information in the
reverse chronological order, with latest posts appearing first. It is a platform where a
writer or even a group of writers share their views on an individual subject. Wix and
WordPress.org are examples of blogging site.
Content Management System or CMS is a software which you can use on your
personal or computer or web browser which you can facilitates in creating, editing,
organizing, publishing content. WordPress is a Content Management System, that
allows you to create and publish your content on the web. Although it is mostly used
for web publishing, it can be used to manage content on an intranet, or in a single
computer.
Web page is document which is designed for the World Wide Web and is accessible
using a web browser such as FireFox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, or Apple's
Safari. It may contain many kinds of data or resources which you can see, hear, and
interact with. A web page may contain text, graphics, sound, video, and animation
WYSIWYG is an editor that allows you to create and design web pages without any
coding knowledge.
HTML is stands for Hypertext Markup Language.
Wix allows users to create HTML5 websites and mobile sites through the use of online
drag and drop tools.
Template is a ready-made design for a website.
Web mapping applications are Web sites developed from geographical information
system (GIS) data. Mapping applications use GIS to create a visualize maps. Today,
a Web map is used not only for directions and locations but also to track consumer
activity and to locate stores and establishments.
Tools like Google Maps and Wix are powerful tools which you can use in order to
create your own profile online. Wix allows user to create their own website hassle free.
While Google Maps allows user to explore places while using the computer.

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 Assessment: (Post-Test)

I. Directions: Identify every item below if it belongs to the element or the principle of
a web design. Write E if it belongs to the Element of Web Design and write P if it
belongs to the Principles of Web Design.

1. Portable Design 6. Graphics/ Illustrations

2. Background 7. Color
3. Text 8. Regular testing
4. Design for Low Bandwidth 9. Links
5. Simplicity 10. White space

II. Directions: Read the statements below an answer. Write “T” if the statement
is true and write “F” if the statement is false.
1. Weebly is considered as a Pure WYSIWYG platform HTML editor.
2. In designing a website it is better to use large graphics and animations.
3. Website should be regularly upgraded, updated and tested so that problems will
be quickly resolved.
4. Drupal is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) based on
PHP and MySQL
5. Some web designers use the company logo as reference to the color they will use
in their design.

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Website Function/Uses
1. Facebook Upload Pictures
2. YouTube Watch Videos
3. Lazada Shopping Online
4. Mobile Legends Online Gaming
5. W3Schools Online Tutorial
6. Clash of Clans Online Gaming
7. Google Search Information
8. Merriam Dictionary Spelling Correction
9. Subway Surf Offline Gaming
10. Messenger Chat with Friends
Activity 1: Website or application(apps) you are using.
Lesson 1:
15. d
14. b
13. d
12. c
11. a
10. a
9. c
8. b
7. d
6. a
5. a
4. a
3. c
2. c
1. c
Pre-Test Answer Key:
Answer Key
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Yale School of Art Shopee Suzanne Collins
Text X  
Graphics X  
White Space X  X
Links X  
Color X  
Video/Audio X  X
Background X  X
1. Yale of School of Art:
The background image of the website should not be set on tiles. Arrange properly the
text or articles in the website. It is much better to insert an image on every article or
announcement to add more information of the subject.
2. Shopee
The web design for this website is much better than the previous website. Only one
recommendation for this website, the owner might add a video on how to setup the
product so that the consumer will not be having a hard time on setting up the product
they bought.
3. Suzzanne Collins
The content of the page is well arranged, what I mean is the page is not very crowded
since it is a personal website. I would recommend if there will be a page for the gallery of
images on this website. And also, I would recommend if there will be link for every post of
the owner of the website since this is a personal website. Links must be chronologically
arranged.
Activity 3: Investigate a website
Lesson 1:
Situation Online Platform
1. John would like to chat with his uncle abroad. Social Media Platform
2. A Senior High School student would like to create a shopping Content Management
site for his small business. System
3. Mike wants to write his plans about travelling from other Blogging Platform
provinces.
4. A teacher wants her student to send their output online. Social Media Platform
5. An ICT student plans to create a website about their school. Content Management
Platform
6. A group of Senior High student wants to share their ideas Blogging Platform
about how to reduce the use of plastic materials.
7. Linda would like to upload her pictures last Christmas Social Media Platform
vacation.
8. Christian would like to check the profile of his friends online. Social Media Platform
9. Mark wants to follow his favorite basketball player online. Social Media Platform
10. The members of Supreme Student Government would like Blogging Platform
to share their advocacy on having Math tutorial in their school.
Activity 2: Identify which online platform to use
Lesson 1:
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I.
10. E
9. E
8. P
7. E
II. 6. E
5. T 5. P
4. T 4. P
3. T 3. E
2. F 2. E
1. F 1. P
Post-Test Answer Key
Social Media Platforms:
1. Facebook
2. Twitter
3. Instagram
4. WhatsApp
5. WeChat
Blogging Platforms:
1. WordPress.org
2. Constant Contact Website Builder
3. Blogger
4. Medium
5. Squarespace
Content Management System or CMS.
1. Wix
2. Drupal
3. TYPO3.
4. Joomla
5. Magento (for eCommerce stores)
Activity 7: Distinguishing Your Learning.