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Unit of Study ISYS2001 - Resources for User Interaction (2021)

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Unit description

Examines the design and integration of text, graphics, audio, video and interface elements in interactive applications. This unit introduces students to screen design, interface design and user interaction as the essential elements to enhance the user experience in a practical, problem-based format.

Unit content

1. Introduction to resources for user interaction

2. Typography

3. Graphical communication

4. Light and colour

5. Design aspects, principles, elements and philosophies

6. Interface design

7. Planning documentation – scripts and storyboards

8. Introduction to audio and video

9. Digital audio editing

10. Digital video editing

11. Using resources to optimise the user experience

12. Digital media on the net

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
China - Guangxi UST N/A
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Gold Coast
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Melbourne N/A
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Online
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Papua New Guinea - IBSU Port Moresby N/A
Session1
Perth N/A
Session1,3
Sydney N/A
Session1,3

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

provide documentation and rationale for using digital resources within interactive applications

describe how content, purpose and end users can impact on design of text, graphics, audio, video and interface elements

integrate function and aesthetics into user interfaces in accordance with cultural and contextual suitability

evaluate and determine screen layouts for user interfaces and content presentation to optimise the user experience

demonstrate the appropriate use of text, graphics, audio, video and interface elements to optimise the user experience

describe and utilise the important storage formats for text, graphics, audio and video

use appropriate hardware and software to capture, create and manipulate digital resources.

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