DAR 252 - Interactive Design I

4 Credits, 5 Contact Hours
3 lecture periods 2 lab periods

Interactive Design I Introduction to the theory, survey, and practice of designing and developing beginning interactive applications. Includes design for current formats, design and development planning, core concepts of Animate software, HyperText Markup Language (HTML) 5 concepts, and application development. Also includes adding media to projects, core visual aesthetics, business considerations, and publishing.

Prerequisite(s): DAR 120  
Information: Prerequisites may be waived with experience in computer graphics. See a Digital Arts faculty member for information.
Gen-Ed: Meets AGEC - FA; Meets CTE - A&H.

1. Describe current formats when designing applications for personal computers, phones and tablets. 
2. Demonstrate design and development planning by identifying development resources and design resources.
3. Utilize concepts of Animate software by creating beginning interactive design applications. 
4. Apply Animate core concepts when creating online content.
5. Create output formats, formatting tags, and simple animations using HTML 5 core concepts.
6. Use software tools to develop budgets, time lines, coding, and testing and validating during application development.
7. Develop sound, video, and animation for media projects.
8. Identify various tools which can be used to make an enhanced visually aesthetic project.
9. Describe business considerations including team structure, distribution of labor, and product ownership.  
10. Demonstrate publishing of multimedia products to the web, to the mobile phone, e-books and other formats. 

1. Personal computers (PC’s)
2. Phone
3. Tablets

II. Design and Development Planning

1. Identify development resources
2. Identify design resources
3. Creating workflows

III. Animate Software: Core Concepts

1. Developing basic animations
2. Essential ActionScript code
3. Creating and using symbols
4. Adding text, graphics, audio, and video
5. Planning for the correct screen resolution

IV. Animate Software: Core Online Design Concepts

1. Web supported features
2. Online conventions for content creation
3. Publishing

V. HTML 5: Core Concepts

1. Planning final output formats
2. Using basic formatting tags
3. Creating simple animations

VI. Application Development: Core Concepts

1. Budgeting and time lines
2. Coding and application
3. Testing and validating

VII. Adding Media to Projects

1. Sound
2. Video
3. Animations

VIII. Core Visual Aesthetics

1. Color palettes
2. Readable typography
3. Interface design

IX. Business Considerations

1. Business team structure
2. Distribution of labor
3. Product ownership

X. Publishing

1. Publishing to the web
2. Publishing to the mobile phone
3. Publishing to e-books and other formats