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Curriculum content descriptions

Design a user interface for a digital system (ACTDIP018)

Elaborations

exploring different features of user interfaces that allow people from different cultures to access information irrespective of language background, for example using icons and consistently placing icons or symbols in games interfaces to reduce the frustrations of game players
applying the principles and elements of design to a set of requirements in order to produce a user interface for a system that addresses an identified need, for example to emphasise or highlight an area of the screen to draw the viewer’s attention to an event or action
designing the user interface of a solution using different design tools, for example using a storyboard to outline the stages of a game or a mock-up to show the placement of icons
generating and considering alternative designs for a user interface, for example sketching different concepts for a splash screen of a game or interactive multimedia experience

General capabilities

Critical and creative thinking
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capability

ScOT terms

Information and communication technologies, Design, User interfaces

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