Purpose
The theme builds upon the HTML, CSS and JS skills you have gained throughout 1 st semester, and develop them further by working with more complex multimedia productions.

Moving from static sites, with static content, we’ll move on to building sites based on dynamic content, content that could change at anytime, content that is hosted separately.

User tests, in various forms are introduced and conducted as you work on qualifying your designs and tailor the user experience.

We’ll work with CSS grid and the HTML <template> tag and we’ll make JavaScript do the heavy lifting.

Finally, we’ll use Git as a collaboration tool by introducing merging and branching.

The theme is divided into two sections. During the first two weeks we dive into the technical aspects needed for dynamic sites, and in the final two weeks, we do three iterations on the case.

User interface development :
The 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:
• More HTML <template>
• Vanilla Javascript (arrays, loops, objects literals, DOM manipulation)
• JSON
• AJAX
• intro til API's and Git.

Content production:
The 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:
- A vast amount of digital content is still written words - even though video and
other content formats are rapidly taking over. Therefore knowledge about how
to build text and write for interactive digital media is(still) a must - and as such
writing for web will be a part of the teaching (and your learning) throughout
this theme. An essential part of generating content for digital, interactive
media is an understanding of the “nature” of interactive media - in essence
the interactive part. Therefore a part of the teaching will also deal with how to
generate a chose about information hierarchy (information architecture). As
helping tools for getting to know about this and being able to frame your
findings and knowledge we will also teach Flowchart and Wireframes.

Technology:
The subject area comprises understanding and exploration of technologies that form
part of digital media products and digital media production.

Here you’ll learn:
• JSON
• AJAX
• Introduction to API's
• Git as a collaboration tool

All:
Here you’ll learn:
How to build more complex multimedia productions based on dynamic content which
is hosted separately. More specifically you will learn how to present dynamic
content/data via templates, json and ajax.

User interface development :
• of key methods and tools related to project management and estimation of digital media productions.
• of key and current programming paradigms for programming complex digital user interfaces, and the ability to account for the choice of programming practice based on practice.
• of the methods and theories applied in the profession for the presentation of data.

Content production:
• of the methods and theories applied in the profession for complex digital content production.

Technology:
• understanding of the technologies used to store and exchange data, and the ability to account for the choice of technologies based on practice.

User interface development :
• assess and argue in favour of the value-adding nature of solutions for digital user interfaces.
• select and apply key principles, technologies and methods to the programming of complex digital user interfaces.
• assess and process given visual material to ensure consistency in a digital media production.
• apply key technologies, methods and formats for exchanging and presenting data.

All:
• identify relevant theories, methods and tools for the execution of complex
digital media productions.
• acquire new knowledge and skills within the programming and design of
complex user-centred user interfaces.
• identify relevant theories, methods and tools for the production of complex
digital content in teams.
• acquire new knowledge, skills and competencies within the design and
production of complex digital content.