CGT 234 - Interactive Design 4 UI/UX

Credits: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3
Description: This course emphasizes the integration of front-end design and development principles and software skills to architect effective user-friendly UI/UX (User Interface/User Experience) media. Students will focus on advanced User Interface design and development features, such as scripting and the utilization of industry-standard frameworks. Students will apply software and development skills to realistic development projects. Students will explore common industry-based media to develop effective control panels and publish screen-based media using industry-based authoring and editing software. The student will look at user experience considerations, such as user interface architecture, usability, 508 compliance, and the standards specified by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to produce an engaging end-user experience.

Prerequisites: CGT 163 with a minimum grade of 2.0
Corequisites: None.
Recommended: None.

Course Category: Occupational
This Course is Typically Offered: Winter Only
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Course Competencies

Utilize current standards for developing site structure and semantics.
Utilize advanced User Interface techniques for altering the document presentation layer.
Identify project UI/UX (User Interface/User Experience) goals.
Utilize advanced UI/UX design process to create appropriate solutions to projects.
Utilize event handling in UI/UX software.
Test the User Experience of screen-based media or design panels.
Practice graceful degradation by leveraging unobtrusive media.
Adapt to user compatibility and their variances.
Explain how UX functionality affects browser performance.
Employ UX debugging, error handling and unit testing.