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Evidence Guide: CUADIG402 - Design user interfaces

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CUADIG402 - Design user interfaces

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Identify project requirements

  1. Discuss concept with relevant personnel to clarify design briefs
  2. Confirm technical parameters of interactive media products, including delivery platform
  3. Identify target audience and user characteristics
  4. Assess information architecture specifications
Discuss concept with relevant personnel to clarify design briefs

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Confirm technical parameters of interactive media products, including delivery platform

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Identify target audience and user characteristics

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Assess information architecture specifications

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Produce design specifications

  1. Visualise concepts and develop preliminary sketches based on content architecture and audience characteristics
  2. Use visual design principles to sketch screen layouts showing main spatial zones
  3. Specify functional areas within screen layouts
  4. Specify metaphors if required, and look and feel of user interfaces
  5. Develop final detailed sketches taking into consideration all ideas generated
  6. Review interfaces with relevant personnel and modify design if required to meet requirements of brief
  7. Write user interface design specifications and instructions for development teams to use
  8. Adopt safe ergonomic practices when using screen and keyboards for extended periods of time
Visualise concepts and develop preliminary sketches based on content architecture and audience characteristics

Completed
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Use visual design principles to sketch screen layouts showing main spatial zones

Completed
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Specify functional areas within screen layouts

Completed
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Specify metaphors if required, and look and feel of user interfaces

Completed
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Develop final detailed sketches taking into consideration all ideas generated

Completed
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Review interfaces with relevant personnel and modify design if required to meet requirements of brief

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Write user interface design specifications and instructions for development teams to use

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Adopt safe ergonomic practices when using screen and keyboards for extended periods of time

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Test and finalise user interface designs

  1. Develop prototype of user interface
  2. Plan and implement testing of interface design with sample users
  3. Evaluate results of testing and adjust information architecture in design specifications if required
  4. Obtain final agreement on finished designs from relevant personnel
Develop prototype of user interface

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Plan and implement testing of interface design with sample users

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Evaluate results of testing and adjust information architecture in design specifications if required

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Obtain final agreement on finished designs from relevant personnel

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Assessed

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

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 concept with relevant personnel to clarify design briefs

1.2 Confirm technical parameters of interactive media products, including delivery platform

1.3 Identify target audience and user characteristics

1.4 Assess information architecture specifications

2. Produce design specifications

2.1 Visualise concepts and develop preliminary sketches based on content architecture and audience characteristics

2.2 Use visual design principles to sketch screen layouts showing main spatial zones

2.3 Specify functional areas within screen layouts

2.4 Specify metaphors if required, and look and feel of user interfaces

2.5 Develop final detailed sketches taking into consideration all ideas generated

2.6 Review interfaces with relevant personnel and modify design if required to meet requirements of brief

2.7 Write user interface design specifications and instructions for development teams to use

2.8 Adopt safe ergonomic practices when using screen and keyboards for extended periods of time

3. Test and finalise user interface designs

3.1 Develop prototype of user interface

3.2 Plan and implement testing of interface design with sample users

3.3 Evaluate results of testing and adjust information architecture in design specifications if required

3.4 Obtain final agreement on finished designs from relevant personnel

Required Skills and Knowledge

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 concept with relevant personnel to clarify design briefs

1.2 Confirm technical parameters of interactive media products, including delivery platform

1.3 Identify target audience and user characteristics

1.4 Assess information architecture specifications

2. Produce design specifications

2.1 Visualise concepts and develop preliminary sketches based on content architecture and audience characteristics

2.2 Use visual design principles to sketch screen layouts showing main spatial zones

2.3 Specify functional areas within screen layouts

2.4 Specify metaphors if required, and look and feel of user interfaces

2.5 Develop final detailed sketches taking into consideration all ideas generated

2.6 Review interfaces with relevant personnel and modify design if required to meet requirements of brief

2.7 Write user interface design specifications and instructions for development teams to use

2.8 Adopt safe ergonomic practices when using screen and keyboards for extended periods of time

3. Test and finalise user interface designs

3.1 Develop prototype of user interface

3.2 Plan and implement testing of interface design with sample users

3.3 Evaluate results of testing and adjust information architecture in design specifications if required

3.4 Obtain final agreement on finished designs from relevant personnel

Evidence of the ability to:

develop sketches for user interfaces that consider:

visual design principles

target audience characteristics

content architecture specifications

produce user interface design specifications for an interactive media product that:

respond to the design brief

meet technical and creative parameters

are in appropriate format

include instructions for development teams

develop a prototype user interface design

plan and conduct testing of prototype and analyse findings for incorporation into designs

review ideas and design specifications with relevant personnel.

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:

describe user characteristics considered in design and development of interfaces

explain spatial and functional areas of screen layout

explain steps in testing a prototype design

describe what is included in information architecture and design specifications

list typical formats and techniques for documenting user interface designs

identify basic health and safety requirements when working on computers and keyboards.