87539 VC Webmedia 1
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Credit points: 6 cp
Subject level:
Undergraduate
Result type: Grade and marksDescription
Today the web has a pervasive presence in our lives; through it we access information, communicate, connect, experience. There are many facets of design involved in generating content for the web: interface design; information design; information architecture; user experience design; interaction design, etc. Through this subject students gain a basic understanding of some of these facets of design and the production of content for websites. The design environment of the screen – the constraints and considerations – is explored. Students learn to apply their existing design skills and understanding of design principles and elements to design for the web. Using design as a conduit, students communicate information on the web through the integrated use of text, image and other media elements.
Publishing content on the web is an integral step in the introduction to web media. Technically this course introduces the basic technologies of client-side web development working with HTML and CSS. These are the basic underlying mechanisms for realising creative online content.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
| 1. | Research and plan a simple project for the web |
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| 2. | Analyse and evaluate the information architecture and design of web media |
| 3. | Understand and apply design principles and fundamentals within the design constraints and affordances of the screen-based web environment |
| 4. | Develop introductory experience in the production, structuring and designation of content for web media |
| 5. | Develop a capacity for basic problem solving skills relevant to the design and realisation of web media |
| 6. | Demonstrate an introductory understanding of the client-side web technologies of HTML & CSS |
| 7. | Demonstrate a basic understanding of the fundamentals and possibilities of web-based visual communication design |
Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)
This subject also contributes to the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes:
- Reflective approaches to design practice (A.3)
- Professional and academic visual, oral and written presentation skills (C.1)
- Capacity to create designs that respond to their context in formally or conceptually innovative ways (I.1)
- Advance ideas through an exploratory and iterative design process (I.2)
- Independent development of high level technical and craft skills for the production, presentation and documentation of your work (P.1)
- Awareness of and/or engagement with the local and global design community (P.2)
- Understanding of academic and professional ethics, copyright and appropriate acknowledgement of intellectual property (P.3)
- Development of relevant insights and arguments from research (R.1)
- Employ a range of qualitative research approaches including practice-led visual and material exploration and social and participatory methods (R.2)
Teaching and learning strategies
Studio sessions will give you the opportunity to discuss questions about the weekly topic/content with your peers and with an expert studio leader, to collaborate on activities directly relevant to key ideas and to develop your skills as a design practitioner with assistance from your studio leader. Studio sessions will provide you with the opportunity to take ownership of the ideas encountered in preparatory reading, research and the lectures. Your studio leader will facilitate discussion and offer expert insight and direction where needed, but as students you are primarily responsible for the mood of the studio session.
Lecture material will presented within the studio sessions a combination of theoretical and practical concepts that look at the web, design & design practice and web media technologies. All material is based on technologies and concepts that are part of
contemporary web design and development practice.
It is essential you bring your projects and design materials each week.
Content (topics)
• Web design - design practice in the context of web media.
• Information architecture - How to structure content using sitemaps and wireframes.
• Usability - Basic usability and interaction design principles that apply to web media.
• Design Practice - Researching, planning and managing a basic project for the web.
• Web Development - Hand-coding basic web pages using client-side technologies of HTML and CSS.
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Observation and Design Task
| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7 This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.): C.1, P.3, R.1 and R.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type: | Report | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Groupwork: | Individual | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 20% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Assessment task 2: Single Page Website
| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7 This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.): I.1, P.1, P.2, P.3 and R.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type: | Project | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Groupwork: | Individual | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 20% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Assessment task 3: Final Project
| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.): A.3, I.1, I.2, P.1, P.3 and R.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type: | Project | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Groupwork: | Individual | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 60% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Required texts
See UTSOnline (87539 VC Tech: Intro to Web Media > Resources).
Recommended texts
See UTSOnline (87539 VC Tech: Intro to Web Media > Resources).
References
See UTSOnline (87539 VC Tech: Intro to Web Media > Resources).
Other resources
See UTSOnline (87539 VC Tech: Intro to Web Media > Resources).
