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Unit of Study ISYS2001 - Resources for User Interaction (2025)

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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. Overview of multimedia resources for user interaction

  2. Typography, graphics, light and colour

  3. User interface design principles, elements and philosophies 

  4. Documentation, scripts and storyboards

  5. Digital audio

  6. Digital video

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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
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Perth N/A
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Sydney N/A
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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:

identify, plan and demonstrate appropriate use of text, audio and graphics to enhance common interface components and screen layouts

integrate interaction design with aesthetics into user interfaces in accordance with cultural, contextual and technological suitability

utilise applicable software and technologies to capture, create and manipulate digital resources

apply appropriate media processing methods and/or techniques to optimise the user experience

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