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Unit of Study PROG2001 - Developing the User Experience (2024)

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Unit description

Focuses on developing User Experience (UX) enabling students to design and develop interactive web-based applications. This unit provides students with the knowledge and skills to analyse different types of interactivity, apply UX design principles and practices, determine the best development approach and create quality interactive applications.

Unit content

1. Preparing the development environment

2. Implementing effective feedback and interactivity

3. Developing a minimum viable product

4. Utilising assets and scripts

5. Project development sprints

6. Testing and publishing the product

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
China - Guangxi UST N/A
Term1
Gold Coast
Term1
Term1
Melbourne N/A
Term1
Online
Term1
N/A
Papua New Guinea - IBSU Port Moresby N/A
Term1,5
Perth N/A
Term1
Sydney N/A
Term1

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 applicable software and technology required to build a minimum viable product

investigate the user, functional and technical requirements, and design an interactive application for optimal user experience

work as a team to develop a minimum viable product incorporating user interface elements, media resources and interactive features

publish a minimum viable product to meet the requirements of selected target platforms and devices

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • Google Web Designer (GWD) software is required for this unit. GWD is a free HTML5 authoring tool which is available for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. Further information and downloads can be found at https://www.google.com.au/webdesigner.

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • Google Web Designer (GWD) software is required for this unit. GWD is a free HTML5 authoring tool which is available for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. Further information and downloads can be found at https://www.google.com.au/webdesigner.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.