Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Interactive Design (ARCH11193)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Credits | 20 | 
 
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Description: 
 
This course introduces techniques and concepts used for designing and delivering interactive media: developing time-lined and scripted interfaces, interactions and content for multimedia presentation in the context of current and emerging technologies and platforms, within commercial and arts-based practices. The emphasis is on design. Students advance through a series of lectures, demonstrations, practical project work, exercises and critique. 
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
Ability to use tools and concepts suitable for developing interactive multimedia.  
 
Ability to design and implement simple interactions, interfaces and content for multimedia presentation including animated visuals and sound.  
 
Ability to interpret and apply a set of requirements pertaining to a design task in order to produce creative work that conforms to project constraints and specifications.  
 
Ability to work in a collaborative context of group review and critique. 
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Assessment Information 
| Submission 1  - Prototype 40%, Submission 2 - Interactive 50%, submission 3 - Seminar Project 10% |  
 
Special Arrangements 
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Additional Information 
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Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Julian Rawlinson 
Tel: (0131 6)51 4336 
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Course secretary | Ms Shanika Gunasekera 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5740 
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