CUIN 558 – Designing Interactive Multimedia Instruction (3 hours credit) – The course examines the systematics approach to developing media and visual communication in a less intimidating interactive manner. Students are offered multiple opportunities to experience and evaluate user-interface designs across multiple platforms, including web, video, graphic, animated sequences, print media, software applications, along entertainment options to determine their usability and effectiveness. Human-computer interaction, optimization and performance issues, content delivery, functionality, ease-of-use, design principles, and resources and tools are also examined. The course exposes student hands-on development opportunities that include scanning images, digitizing video, and audio, and exploring the design and production of interactive multimedia are the focus of this class.
Learner Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Describe various types of interface, interactivity, and input options
- Explain essential concepts in interactive design
- Demonstrate a good understanding of human interaction with computers
- Evaluate various interactive product designs and assess their effectiveness
- Assess a user’s needs and recommend an appropriate design approach
- Apply effective user-interface designs across platforms
- Write clear goals, objectives, instructions, feedback, and help information
- Deliver interactive content across multiple platforms
- Examine the functionality, content, and usability of a finished product for interactivity
- Create an interactive product that meets acceptable standards of interactive design