Wednesday 23 September 2015

LO1: Site 3: BBC Bitesize

Site 3 - BBC Bitesize

Purpose

BBC Bitesize is an educational site aimed at children and teenagers up to the end of GCSE studies. It has information on multiple syllabuses for the majority of subjects studied up to GCSE level. It is also aimed at teachers as they can use the site to get resources to help teach their students.





Visitor Needs

BBC Bitesize allows the user to search for a specific subject and gives them information based on their selected syllabus. It also lets the user search for specific parts of a subject at different age groups and level of difficulty. There are games, activities and tests that can be used freely by the user to help with their learning. The subjects are split up into different sections so that the site does not put of younger students trying to learn.
  
Information Flow

BBC Bitesize has a simple layout aimed at a younger audience. It is a lot more colourful and has dedicated areas for primary and secondary education. It has subjects categorised by their level, and overall aim which makes it easier for the user to navigate around the site. The navigation bar links to other parts of the BBC sites such as News, iPlayer and TV meaning that the user can easily get from one part of the BBC site to the other with relative ease. The user can create an account that can be easily accessed through the sign in button at the top of the page. When on the learning content there are buttons that take the user through the content one step at a time, making it a lot easier for the user to learn and to try and keep younger children interested. 


Features

BBC Bitesize has a search bar that lets the user search for a specific part of the website. It also has cateogrised links to different parts of the website so the user can easily navigate to the part of the site that they need. It also has links to other BBC sites including news, sport and weather. BBC Bitesize also has links on the homepage to featured parts of the website, covering all of their different audiences and including the other sections of the BBC sites. There are links to their facebook page so the user can keep up to date with all the news about Bitesize. Bitesize also has video streaming that allows the user to get more information through the videos on the site.

Benefits

Some benefits of BBC Bitesize for the business owner and the users are:
  • BBC Bitesize is up 24/7 so the users can have access to all parts of the site at all times of the day.
  • It requires less maintenance and staff than a store selling the information so less staff would be needed to maintain their site.
  • It is easy for the user to navigate through the site to find what they want, through the search bar and navigation.  
Content

On the site there are pages on multiple topics that are split up into the exam boards that provide courses for them, which are then further divided in to the individual units in the topics. There are also educational games on the site that the user can play.

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