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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Define human-computer hardware interface devices
   • Identify standard human-computer interaction devices
   • Identify game-specific human-computer interaction devices and the common controls used in their implementation
2. Research common event-handling systems
   • Identify and review industry-standard event-handling systems used in application libraries
   • Create an application, accessing and using technologies, and showcasing captured events from hardware devices
   • Consider the human-computer interaction device selection
3. Research commonly used graphical user interface (GUI) widget sets
   • Identify common widgets and their usage within an application environment
   • Identify and review industry-standard graphical user interface libraries, and their relevancy within game engine software
   • Consider the selection of widgets within a game heads-up display (HUD)
   • Use human-computer interface devices and event-handling call-backs in the creation of an application, showcasing the captured events with GUI widgets
4. Design a simple media software device
   • Design a prototype for the development of a custom user interface widget to be used within a game heads up display environment
   • Select GUI software for implementation and discuss the ramifications of the selection
5. Build and implement a simple media software device
   • Integrate all custom widget elements, as required by the prototype specifications
   • Make final checks to ensure that the functionality conforms to the original design
   • Save into specified storage systems

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

define hardware and software requirements for the human-computer interaction environment

research event handling systems and graphic user interfaces (GUI)

design a simple application, using correct methods of hardware event handling, within the context of a video game environment

produce a custom control for use within a large project

present a completed project on time.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

explain programming techniques appropriate to interactive media

define specific terminology used by computer game developers

describe common human-computer interaction devices and their application

describe common widgets and their usage

define a ‘heads-up display’

outline the technical constraints that hardware and software impose on design and development.

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