ITM30716 Communication Design (Autumn 2017)

This course is compulsory in:

• Bachelor in Digital Media

The course is divided into the following main topics:

• Interactive visualisation
• Web documentary
• Mobile application
• Media and communication theory
• Methods and techniques for media design
• Design and prototyping of:

Knowledge

The student understands:

• central theories and concepts in the media and communication field
• methods and techniques for designing digital media content

Skills

The student is capable of:

• designing and prototyping content for selected digital media
• using media and communication theory in the design and development of digital media content

General competence

The student has developed the competence required to work on dissemination of information using digital media, independently and in a team.

Lectures, supervision, lab exercises, project work and report writing.

If students from international partners attend courses, the lectures will be conducted in English.

Group portfolio exam

Portfolio exam comprising of 3 assignments. The assignments must be submitted by given deadlines and in accordance with specifications issued by the course instructor. A grade will be awarded on the basis of an overall assessment. The same grade will be awarded to the whole group.

Grades scale from A to F is used.

Any resit or rescheduled examinations will have to be taken in connection with the next ordinary course examination.

This course is evaluated as follows:

• Mid-semester evaluation (optional)
• Final evaluation (compulsory)

The course instructor prepares a course report on the basis of student feedback and on his/her own experiences of the course. Course reports are discussed with the Committee for Study Quality at the Faculty of Computer Sciences.