Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

CUADIG506 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Design interaction

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Issue Date: March 2024


Qualification -
Unit of Competency CUADIG506 - Design interaction
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to design and test interactions for interactive media products. It applies to individuals who apply knowledge of human-computer interaction to design and testing of interactivity of products including games, e-learning resources or websites. User experience designers liaise with a range of technical and creative team members. No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.

Assessment must be conducted in a safe environment where evidence gathered demonstrates consistent performance of typical activities experienced in creative arts industry environments. The assessment environment must include access to:

proposals or briefs on which designs can be based

facilities and resources to develop and test design of interactivity.

Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational educational and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners Student Learning Resources Handouts
Activities
Slides
PPT
Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3 Assessment 4
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Identify project requirements
  • Discuss design briefs with relevant personnel to clarify production requirements
  • Discuss, with relevant personnel, the purpose of the interactive media product
  • Identify technical parameters of appropriate interactive media products, including format and delivery platform
  • Identify target audience and user characteristics to inform design of interactions
       
Element: Generate ideas for interactions
  • Research the delivery platform and analyse its potential for human-computer interaction
  • Generate a range of ideas for interactions to engage users
  • Evaluate new ideas and incorporate them as appropriate
  • Consult relevant personnel to confirm all options are considered
  • Select a systematic approach to interaction design that will meet creative, production and technical requirements specified in briefs
       
Element: Draft interaction design specifications
  • Draft design specifications for all interactive sequences
  • Select sequences as prototypes and demonstrate prototype interactions to relevant personnel using a wireframe
  • Conduct user experience tests with prototype interactive sequence
  • Use test results to measure user engagement and identify logical inconsistencies in design
  • Document all feedback and incorporate into draft design specifications
       
Element: Finalise interaction designs
  • Re-evaluate interactions on the basis of feedback from user tests
  • Discuss and confirm additional requirements or modifications to the interaction design with relevant personnel
  • Write final interaction design specifications to reflect all additional requirements or modifications
       


Evidence Required

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ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Identify project requirements

1.1 Discuss design briefs with relevant personnel to clarify production requirements

1.2 Discuss, with relevant personnel, the purpose of the interactive media product

1.3 Identify technical parameters of appropriate interactive media products, including format and delivery platform

1.4 Identify target audience and user characteristics to inform design of interactions

2. Generate ideas for interactions

2.1 Research the delivery platform and analyse its potential for human-computer interaction

2.2 Generate a range of ideas for interactions to engage users

2.3 Evaluate new ideas and incorporate them as appropriate

2.4 Consult relevant personnel to confirm all options are considered

2.5 Select a systematic approach to interaction design that will meet creative, production and technical requirements specified in briefs

3. Draft interaction design specifications

3.1 Draft design specifications for all interactive sequences

3.2 Select sequences as prototypes and demonstrate prototype interactions to relevant personnel using a wireframe

3.3 Conduct user experience tests with prototype interactive sequence

3.4 Use test results to measure user engagement and identify logical inconsistencies in design

3.5 Document all feedback and incorporate into draft design specifications

4. Finalise interaction designs

4.1 Re-evaluate interactions on the basis of feedback from user tests

4.2 Discuss and confirm additional requirements or modifications to the interaction design with relevant personnel

4.3 Write final interaction design specifications to reflect all additional requirements or modifications

Evidence of the ability to:

research and generate a range of ideas for interactions that meet the project brief and target audience

draft interaction design specifications for interactive media products and develop prototypes from selected sequences

conduct user experience testing with prototypes, and record results

finalise interaction design specifications based on feedback and testing results.

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

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

outline various types of user experience interactions and how these may be applied across different delivery platforms

explain features of human-computer interactions that influence design of user interactions

describe usability testing techniques relevant to interactive media

outline typical formats and techniques used for documenting interactive designs.


Submission Requirements

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Assessment task 1: [title]      Due date:

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Assessment Tasks

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ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Identify project requirements

1.1 Discuss design briefs with relevant personnel to clarify production requirements

1.2 Discuss, with relevant personnel, the purpose of the interactive media product

1.3 Identify technical parameters of appropriate interactive media products, including format and delivery platform

1.4 Identify target audience and user characteristics to inform design of interactions

2. Generate ideas for interactions

2.1 Research the delivery platform and analyse its potential for human-computer interaction

2.2 Generate a range of ideas for interactions to engage users

2.3 Evaluate new ideas and incorporate them as appropriate

2.4 Consult relevant personnel to confirm all options are considered

2.5 Select a systematic approach to interaction design that will meet creative, production and technical requirements specified in briefs

3. Draft interaction design specifications

3.1 Draft design specifications for all interactive sequences

3.2 Select sequences as prototypes and demonstrate prototype interactions to relevant personnel using a wireframe

3.3 Conduct user experience tests with prototype interactive sequence

3.4 Use test results to measure user engagement and identify logical inconsistencies in design

3.5 Document all feedback and incorporate into draft design specifications

4. Finalise interaction designs

4.1 Re-evaluate interactions on the basis of feedback from user tests

4.2 Discuss and confirm additional requirements or modifications to the interaction design with relevant personnel

4.3 Write final interaction design specifications to reflect all additional requirements or modifications

Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.

Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Discuss design briefs with relevant personnel to clarify production requirements 
Discuss, with relevant personnel, the purpose of the interactive media product 
Identify technical parameters of appropriate interactive media products, including format and delivery platform 
Identify target audience and user characteristics to inform design of interactions 
Research the delivery platform and analyse its potential for human-computer interaction 
Generate a range of ideas for interactions to engage users 
Evaluate new ideas and incorporate them as appropriate 
Consult relevant personnel to confirm all options are considered 
Select a systematic approach to interaction design that will meet creative, production and technical requirements specified in briefs 
Draft design specifications for all interactive sequences 
Select sequences as prototypes and demonstrate prototype interactions to relevant personnel using a wireframe 
Conduct user experience tests with prototype interactive sequence 
Use test results to measure user engagement and identify logical inconsistencies in design 
Document all feedback and incorporate into draft design specifications 
Re-evaluate interactions on the basis of feedback from user tests 
Discuss and confirm additional requirements or modifications to the interaction design with relevant personnel 
Write final interaction design specifications to reflect all additional requirements or modifications 

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