Internet Design - Interactivity
NED35
Overview
Level of study: What does Undergraduate Level 3 mean?
Undergraduate Level 3
EFTSL: What does EFTSL mean?
0.125
Delivery Method: What does delivery method mean?
Web Dependent
Prerequisites: What are the prerequisites?
Duration:
13 weeks
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Domestic student fee:
$750.00 (AUD)
International student fee:
$975.00 (AUD)
Description
Explore ways of making websites more engaging through effective interactivity design including interactive animation and other multimedia approaches. This unit explores emerging technologies that improve visual and information interactivity, as well as learning about designing educational websites. You will examine learning styles, navigation for learning sites, instructional design issues, interactivity design, designing for motivation and designing help features. On completion of this unit, you will understand: how to design for a better user experience; how to design for people with different learning preferences; how to use interactivity to engage web surfers; the issues related to implementing various multimedia technologies; and how to implement JavaScript, Flash and other interactive technologies.
Prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
You are recommended to have completed the following unit(s) or have equivalent knowledge before starting this unit:
- NED12 — Internet Design - Advanced
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this unit students will be able to:
- design for a better user experience
- design for people with different learning preferences
- understand advanced navigation techniques
- use interactivity to engage Web surfers
- understand issues related to implementing various multimedia technologies
- understand how to implement JavaScript, Flash and other interactive technologies in a meaningful way.
Topics
This unit addresses the following topics.
| Number | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Learning styles |
| 2 | The 4Mat system model |
| 3 | The ADDIE model |
| 4 | Navigation design for learning sites |
| 5 | Understanding interactivity issues |
| 6 | Motivation |
| 7 | Help features |
Study Resources
This unit is delivered using the following methods and materials:
Print based materials
- Study Guide
Online materials
- FAQs
- Online Assessment
- Printable format materials
- Resources and Links
Textbook information for this unit is currently being updated and will be available soon. Please check back regularly for updates. Alternatively, visit the Unibooks website and enter the unit details to search for available textbooks.
Relevant Courses
This unit is an approved elective in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Business, Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Bachelor of Technology (Information Systems), Swinburne University of Tnlgy
This unit may be eligible for credit towards other courses:
- Many undergraduate courses on offer through OUA include 'open elective' where any OUA unit can be credited to the course. You need to check the Award Requirements on the course page for the number of allowed open electives and any level limitations.
- In other cases, the content of this unit might be relevant to a course on offer through OUA or elsewhere. In order to receive credit for this unit in the course you will need to supply the provider institution with a copy of the Unit Profile in the approved format, which you can download here. Note that the Unit Profile is set at the start of the year, and if textbooks change this may not match the Unibooks textbook list.
