Module Descriptors
INTERMEDIATE GRAPHICS FOR THE WEB
GRAP50083
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Colin Chambers
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 126
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • CWK - A&D weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Resources
Subject specific studio[s] and seminar room with 35mm slide projection and video facilities.
Subject specific workshop[s].
Specialist computing facilities.
Tutorial Room.
Slide Library.
Design Study Collection.
Module Additional Assessment Details
Formally submitted project, comprising web artefacts and finished visuals, together with notebooks and layouts. This will provide evidence of your ability to solve visual problems (Learning Outcome 3) that incorporate structures, sequences, typography and images (Learning Outcome 2) that result from a research orientated creative process (Learning Outcome 1).

Module Learning Strategies
Undertaking a practical investigation of image and type within a sequencial production.
Attending and participating in workshops and seminars covering;

Imaging techniques.
Typography with relationship to the Web.
Sequence and structure.
Current software.
Module Texts
Essential:
Web Graphics Tools and Techniques: Peter Kentie, 1997 Peachpit Press, ISBN: 0201688131.
Being Digital: Negroponte N, Hodder and Stroughton, 1995 ISBN: 0340645253.

Recommended:
You will be expected to take advantage of the extensive library facilities available within the University; keeping abreast of current developments through appropriate periodicals and being aware of the work of major practitioners in your subject.


Module Indicative Content
This module introduces and develops the grammar of graphic design in the context of digital communications, current web design practice and digital construction capabilities and techniques. The module explores the integration of imagery, text, icons, structures and sequencing. Through practical projects you are asked to experiment with computer based creative tools.