Interactive Design Studio

Course Code:

VCD 471

Course Period:

Autumn

Course Type:

Core

P:

2

Lab:

2

Credits:

3

ECTS:

6

Course Language:

English

Course Coordinator:

Neda ÜÇER

Courses given by:

Kadir Gökhan GÜRBÜZ

Course Objectives:

Within the scope of this course, students learn and experience interactive designs’ practical and theoretical structure. Students explore and apply interactivity by coding and contemporary applications.

Course Content:

Within the frame of this course, concepts such as design thinking, user experience design, interface design, graphic design, texture, movement and animation are examined, discussed with examples. Students deliver interactive and creative products by studio based applications.

Course Methodology:

1-Lecture, 7-Brainstorming, 12-Groupwork

Course Evaluation Methods:

A-Exam, E-Project / Design

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes	Program Learning Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
1. Explores the interactive content.	3	1,7,12	A,E
2. Develops awareness of design thinking, user interface and user experience design.	6	1,7,12	A,E
3. Understands the principles of interactive design.	1	1,7,12	A,E
4.Designs interactive design products.	6,8	1,7,12	A,E
5. Applies coding to innovative interactive projects.	1,3,4,6,8	1,7,12	A,E

Course Flow

COURSE CONTENT
Week	Topics	Study Materials
1	What is Interaction Design?
2	Examples of interactive journals
3	Class discussion of what kind of journal to create
4	Focus on interaction
5	Prototype work
6	Examples of interactive user interfaces
7	Identifying topics for the journal
8	Mid-term exam
9	Creating first examples of journal user interface templates
10	Improving user interface and interaction
11	Focus on content and interaction
12	Get started to prototype the user interface
13	Integrating the interface into content
14	Debugging Interactive Magazine
15	Student presentations
16	Final Exam

Assessment

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms	1	40
Final	1	60
Total		100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60
Contribution of In-Term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Total		100

Course’s Contribution to Program

COURSE’S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	Uses technical and academic knowledge accumulated in visual communication design field for authentic projects.					X
2	Designs 2 and 3 dimensional creative products considering the aesthetic rules.				X
3	Employs efficiently the technical innovations required by the professional field.					X
4	Analyses problems related to the field starting from the concept and develops appropriate projects for the targeted audience.					X
5	Behaves according to the national and international professional ethical principles.		X
6	Builds awareness to universal and social problems by developed projects and offers solutions to them.					X
7	Gains sectoral experience by compulsory internship, relates academic knowledge with field experience.	X
8	Grasps the importance of interdisciplinary working by lifelong learning mind-set and collaborates with different teams.					X
9	Develops concepts and puts forth innovative and authentic works to enrich the cultural and artistic accumulation related to the field.				X
10	Transforms the creative ideas into moving and interactive visual expressions, executes multi-dimensional designs.				X

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration	14	4	56
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	14	6	84
Mid-terms	1	4	4
Final	1	4	4
Total Workload			148
Total Workload / 25 (s)			5,92
ECTS Credit of the Course			6

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