UFCFQJ 15 M

UFCFQJ-15-M Digital Design and Development

Overview

A practically-oriented module focused on interface design and build using web technologies.

Objectives

1. Conduct professional quality stakeholder, context and competitor research using industry-standard methodologies
2. Identify and develop creative solutions to a design problem and iterate and select among them for prototyping
3. Pursue and respond to other’s critique on their designs and, in turn, provide constructive critique on others’ work
4. Evaluate prototypes with stakeholders and identify necessary changes and improvements
5. Identify good practice in a particular programming language and use this to implement key features for mobile, web or other digital interface
6. Disseminate their work together with research evidence and communicate and justify design decisions

Curriculum

User and context research tools and practices Information architecture fundamentals: definitions, heuristics, approaches Cross channel service design and user experience mapping Prototyping: creating wireframes, templates and other visual design aids Gathering user feedback: Formal and guerrilla usability testing Design critique Scripting language fundamentals: Javascript, PHP and others Good coding practice: Use of code repositories, documentation, testing, reusability Good design practice in relation to typography, layout, information design and visualisation Issues in digital design: user experience, accessibility, responsive design, browser/device/OS compatibility, graceful degradation Emerging platforms and interactions: VR, 3D Projection, Haptics, Internet of Everything

Assessment

Portfolio (75%) Presentation (25%)