Information/Instructional Design

Definition of Information/Instructional Design My Personal definition of Information/instructional design is the process of creating a design that shows you ‘How to do something’ or to explain ‘How something works’. Designers need to be able to understand the task the users are performing, observe the struggles they are confronted with and configure solutions. Through this …

Week 11 Studio…

GIF testing In this week's studio session we were tasked with creating a sample gif using adobe photoshop. With instructions provided i successfully created a gif of a loading icon. Here we are able to create an illusion of movement through the use of still images which can be included in any web, tech or …

Precedent Presentation Analysis

For this presentation we were grouped in pairs for an interactive design precedent analysis and critique. We chose the RIDBC (Royal Institute for deaf and blind Children) and answered the required questions.  

Week 10 Tutorial…

We were tasked to re-designing our logo for our final project for this weeks tutorial. Through reading the evaluation sheet from the previous studio lesson we were to improve on the areas that were needed.   Below is the comparison of a before and after. Before After Attempt1 Adding a body form A more demanding …

Week 9 Studio…

    In this studio lesson we were to be in groups so we were able to critique and review each others logo's and titles for our final app designs. This allowed us to see how others reacted to our designs but also to see if there were any areas we needed to improve on. …

Week 7 Lecture Pod…

User interface visual design patterns In this Lecture pod we were given a brief introduction of commonly used navigation patterns. UI designs are usually thought of being how the website or app looks like; however interface design is more than just colours and shapes, its showing the users the appropriate tools that will help them accomplish …

Week 6 Lecture Pod…

In week’s 6 Lecture Pod we were given a brief introduction on User Scenario's and were provided with examples where user scenarios have been applied. User Scenarios are stories that the personas act out. They are thoughts or exercises, which are usually represented visually. A scenario is a outline of a scene or movie, its …

Week 5 Lecture Pod…

In week’s 5 lecture pod we explored the concept of ‘Persona’s and 'Artefact persona's'. To begin we referred to a visual diagram that displays the breakdown of the interactive media processes, here we were able to identify the five stages. We begin with understanding the users needs and site objectives.  This then drives the contents …

Week 5 Studio…

In week 5's studio lesson we were first tasked to create a mood board based on a fictional persona our tutor created called ‘Dave Smith’ on a Zumio persona template. Below is the mood board based on the information provided.   Our second task was to create two user personas for our project. For this …

Week 4 Tutorial…

To prepare for Project 2 we were tasked with making a text description, sitemap and UI flow draft. This will help us understand the flow and identify any missing elements that need to be added in our project. Text Description Below is a draft of the text description of my project. Sitemap Below is a …