Theme description
The theme contains both individual and group productions. The theme will end out with a small set of interactive animations, an interactive story with focus on the story, a style, character design, animations and interactivity designed for a specific target group. The production will be documented and tested on different stages of development. There will be fundamental teaching in group processes and iterative development.

Purpose
The module aims at introducing concepts of basic animation, classic storytelling and character design as well as work with CSS animations and enhanced interactivity through Javascript.

User interface development
“This subject area comprises the design and development of digital solutions with special emphasis on the production of user interfaces. The focus is on all aspects of the development process based on common development methods, including planning, design and production of digital media tasks”.

Here you’ll learn:
• Drawing graphics with a consistent visual expression and a specific style
• Sketching and drawing of graphics in Illustrator and Photoshop, that are open for further editing and used in a multimedia production
• Preparation of storyboard, dramaturgical elements, character sheets and animation principles as the fundament for design decisions in the team and feedback from the teachers.
• Visual research and inspiration online etc
• Ideation and brain storming
• CSS animations and basic Javascript to enhance interactivity
• Theories and methods used include: pseudo-code and sequence diagrams.
• Procedural programming, browser’s developer tools, and code flow will be covered, with an emphasis on the students being able to produce their own code
• Controlling and using videos, audio and images of various types

User experiences
“This subject area comprises the design and development of digital experiences with a focus on understanding the user, the user’s interaction with solutions as well as on evaluating and testing solutions, including the use of data”.

Here you’ll learn:
• Peer review as a preliminary test (conducted with fellow students)
• Production of animations that enhances the user experience and communication

Content production
“This subject area comprises content production for selected digital media. The focus
is on understanding digital media and relevant types of content as well as on the
dissemination and use of data”.

Here you’ll learn:
- Production of spritesheets to be animated with CSS
- Revisit the production and edition of sound and video

Business
“This subject area comprises business models, data understanding, the basis of
existence of a business and the multimedia designer’s role in the value chain”.

Here you’ll learn:
• Start using Kanban Charts (as part of the SCRUM method)
• The first few collaboration rules for successful teamwork
• Work with multimedia designers central work areas like: Define, plan, design,
implement and test a simple multimedia production.

Technology
“This subject area comprises understanding and exploration of technologies that form part of digital media products and digital media production”.

Here you’ll learn:
To code CSS animations and access the browser’s DOM to enhance interactivity. To use Illustrator to create characters for a story. To use screen recording to document the developing process and the digital production.

All
Here you’ll learn:
The basics of group dynamics and teamwork. Ideation process in teams. Work with
sketches, worksheet, storyboard and Kanban chart to document and plan the digital
production..

User interface development
• knowledge of a practice-oriented development methods for digital media production
• knowledge of practice-oriented design processes and documentation forms used in digital media productions
• knowledge of digital exchange formats currently used in digital media productions
• knowledge of basic methods for modelling, structuring and developing digital user interfaces

User experiences
• an understanding of the methods applied by the profession in connection with user testing of digital productions

Content production
• knowledge of basic methods and theories regarding user understanding within digital content production.

Business
• knowledge of the multimedia designer’s role in the value chain in digital productions

Technology
• knowledge of the key technologies applied by the profession in connection with the production of digital content

User interface development
• apply basic theories, methods and tools to the design and development of user interfaces
• apply basic modelling and structuring methods in the development of digital user interfaces

User experiences
• plan and conduct user tests of digital media productions, including selection of the right user test for a given digital media production

Content production
• produce basic-level digital content based on user understanding and based on a given strategic brief

Business
• apply basic theories, methods and tools for managing simple multimedia productions of relevance to professional practices in the field

All
• participate in interdisciplinary work processes in connection with the design and development of digital content
• under supervision, acquire basic knowledge, skills and competencies within the design and development of digital content .
• participate in interdisciplinary work processes in connection with the design and development of digital user interfaces
• under supervision, acquire basic knowledge, skills and competencies within the design and development of digital user interfaces .