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ILS 539

Multimedia Interface Design


COURSE DESCRIPTION

An orientation course intended to give students both a theoretical understanding of, and practical experience with, designing multimedia products and the user interface in information systems. It introduces basic knowledge of human computer interaction (HCI) and various computerized, new media and Internet based multimedia system designs.


COURSE OBJECTIVES/STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

Through lecture notes, readings, discussion and course assignments/projects, this course will provide a basic understanding of the concepts involved  in multiple media interface design by introducing concepts, components and technologies of  the discipline.

Upon successful completion of the course, it is expected that students will be able to:

  • Describe general human-computer interaction design issues
  • Define basic principles for designing the user interface in information systems, with special reference to computerized systems
  • Describe basic hardware and software for multimedia product presentation
  • Define popular usability evaluation methods: usability inspection methods, analytic techniques and experimental techniques
  • Describe and practice the design and production of multimedia resources for libraries Identify and evaluate new multimedia
  • Identify and evaluate new multimedia
  • Deliver and apply interactive systems
  • Assess and evaluate interactive systems
  • Explore implementation issues of multimedia projects


COURSE OUTLINE

   I.       Introduction to the Course

   II.     Multimedia Design Principles & Multimedia Tools

   III.    Human Computer Interaction

   IV.     User-Interface Design

   V.      Instructional Design

   VI.    New Media

   VII.   Multimedia Projects Design

   VIII.  Multimedia Systems

   IX.    Interface Design for Digital Libraries

   X.     Project Preparation 

 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Prerequisites:
Students take this course are required to complete ILS 501, and have basic knowledge of computer.

 

SUGGESTED TEXTS / TEXTS USED IN THE PAST

Recommended texts :

·     Sharp, Helen; Rogers, Yvonne & Preece, Jenny. (2007). Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction. 2nd ed. Chichester, England: John Wiley.

·     Ivers, Karen S. & Barron, Ann E.(2006). Multimedia projects in education: designing, producing, and assessing, (3rd edition). Library Unlimited. ISBN 1591582490 (Paperback) 

 

Approved by the ILS Department Curriculum Committee and Faculty, Spring 2009.