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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

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:
1identify applicable software and technology required to build a minimum viable product
2investigate the user, functional and technical requirements, and design an interactive application for optimal user experience
3work as a team to develop a minimum viable product incorporating user interface elements, media resources and interactive features
4publish a minimum viable product to meet the requirements of selected target platforms and devices

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. identify applicable software and technology required to build a minimum viable product
  2. investigate the user, functional and technical requirements, and design an interactive application for optimal user experience
  3. work as a team to develop a minimum viable product incorporating user interface elements, media resources and interactive features
  4. 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
  • Prescribed text information is not currently available.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • Prescribed resources/equipment information is not currently available.
Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method
Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)
Workshop 1 hour (weekly)
Assessment
Quiz10%
Project40%
Project50%

Teaching method
Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)
Workshop 1 hour (weekly)
Assessment
Quiz10%
Project40%
Project50%

Teaching method
Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)
Workshop 1 hour (weekly)
Assessment
Quiz10%
Project40%
Project50%

Teaching method
Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)
Workshop 1 hour (weekly)
Assessment
Quiz10%
Project40%
Project50%

Teaching method
Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)
Workshop 1 hour (weekly)
Assessment
Quiz10%
Project40%
Project50%

Teaching method
Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)
Workshop 1 hour (weekly)
Assessment
Quiz10%
Project40%
Project50%

Teaching method
Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)
Workshop 1 hour (weekly)
Assessment
Quiz10%
Project40%
Project50%

Teaching method
Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)
Workshop 1 hour (weekly)
Assessment
Quiz10%
Project40%
Project50%
Notice

Intensive offerings may or may not be scheduled in every teaching period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Southern Cross University employs different teaching methods within units to provide students with the flexibility to choose the mode of learning that best suits them. SCU academics strive to use the latest approaches and, as a result, the learning modes and materials may change. The most current information regarding a unit will be provided to enrolled students at the beginning of the teaching period.

Fee information

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