DIG 3811 — User-Centered Design
. This course will familiarize students with the fundamental of digital media design principles specifically as they relate to the human-computer-human interface, usability, and effectiveness. Students will be introduced to industry standard practices in usability and task analyses as a part of the overall design process. They will explore the user- centered design paradigm from a broad perspective, emphasizing how user research and prototype assessment can be integrated into different phases of the design process. Students learn to think like a user-centered designer and carry out activities that are key to user- centered design. +DI G4153, Writing for Digital Media 3 hrs., 3 crs. . This course will emphasize the methodologies and fundamentals of writing for a digital medium and instruct students in the emerging philosophies and values of digital content production along with the application of the methods and fundamentals in the areas of language theory, document design, markup language and the editing process. Students will analyze and discuss the origins of digital journalism and evaluate its impact on today’s constantly changing flow of consumer driven information. +DIG4433, Visual Development 3 hr s., 3 crs. . of “C.” This course covers principles of visual storytelling and visual development, including the nature and tradition of visual storytelling. This course will focus on storytelling, sketching, and communication of design ideas within a design team and to potenti