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301584 (v.2) Internet Design Introduction 291
Area: | Department of Design |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | The Internet is an unparalleled opportunity for people across the world to make available information resources, principally using the World Wide Web. Begins the process of becoming a web designer, ensures a basic understanding and ability to produce useable and effective Internet resources as part of a team with other design professionals. Preparation for additional units which will extend your Internet design skills. Practical and oriented towards actual production of websites. Key issues covered include history of the Internet, how the Internet works, introduction to screen design, bitmapped and vector graphics, colour theory, storyboarding and interface design, designing for navigation, online typography issues. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have - Understood the issues involved in bringing traditional paper based designs into an online publishing environment. Created Web pages using hypertext markup language. Designed and prepared suitable bitmapped and vector-based graphics for Web delivery. Understood the concepts and principles behind Web navigation. Developed their designs into a fully functional electronic environment. Implemented, debugged, and evaluated their developed designs on aWorld Wide Web server. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Lynch, P. and Horton, S. (1999), Web Style Guide. New Haven, Yale University Press.Weinmann, E. and Lourekas, P. (2001), Photoshop 6: For Windows and Macintosh. Berkley, CA, Peachpit Press. Weinmann, E. and Lourekas, P. (2003) Illustrator 10: For Windowsand Macintosh. Berkley, CA, Peachpit Press.Black, R. and Elder, S. (1997), Webs Sites That Work. Indianapolis, MacMillan Computer Publishing.Fleming, J. (1998), Web Navigation: Designing the User Experience. Sebastopol, CA, O'Reilly and Associates.Graham, L. (1999), The Principles of Interactive Design. Albany, Delmar Publishers.Ishida, S., Reimer, M. and Adams, S. (1999), How the Internet Works. Indianapolis, MacMillan Computer Publishing.Niederst, J. (1999), Web Design in a Nutshell. Sebastopol, CA, O'Reilly and Associates.Rosenfeld, L. and Morville, P. (1998), Information Architecture for the World Wide Web. Sebastopol, CA, O'Reilly and Associate.Weiman, L. and Lentz, J.W. (1998), Deconstructing Web Graphics 2. Indianapolis, New Riders Publishing.Williams, R. (1994), The Non-Designer's Design Book: Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice. Berkeley, CA, Peachpit Press. |
Unit Texts: | Castro, E. (1999), HTML for the World Wide Web. Berkeley, CA, Peachpit Press. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Documentation 20%, Participation 20%, Project 60%. This is a Grade/Mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 100500 Graphic and Design Studios (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | Y | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | Y | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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