Interface Design–IMED 1341.2W001(online course)

In this course we will explore creating interface designs for websites, kiosks, cds, and mobile devices. We will look at the skill development in the interface design process including selecting interfaces that are meaningful to and relative to a project’s content and delivery system. Emphasis is placed on aesthetic issues such as iconography, screen composition, colors and typography.

Course Preparation:

Follow these steps to prepare for your IMED 1341 course.

1. Prepare yourself for a Lone Star College distance learning course.

• Before starting your course, make sure that you do each of the steps listed below, especially if you’ve never done an LSC-Online distance course.
  • 1. Get my LSC-Online Login information.
  • 2. Get my computer ready.
  • 3. Login to LSC-Online Angel.
  • 4. Access the Mandatory Online Student Orientation.
  • 5. Order my textbook.
  • 6. Review the Syllabus for the course listed at my instructors website.

• First day of class, login and enter the online classroom for First Day activities.
• During the semester, make sure you visit the online classroom a minimum of 3 times a week for updates and more often when you have team activities.
• If your question pertains to an assignment’s topic or how to complete your assignment, contact your instructor.

• If your question is about something not working in Angel,  contact technical support listed at the Lone Star College Online Help Desk web page. On this page you can see the days and hours that the Help Desk is opened.

Course Information:

Prerequisite for this course

ARTC 1302 and ARTC 1317. It’s good to have some experience with graphics–jpg, gif compression, resize an image size, change resolution to 72 dpi, and download images to the computer.

Class Materials

Textbooks for the online course: order your textbooks immediately and always use the ISBN when you purchase your books!

1. REQUIRED Book, by Steve Krug, Don’t Make Me Think, 2nd edition ISBN 0-321-34475-8

2. OPTIONAL Book, by Jeff Johnson, GUI Bloopers 2.0, ISBN 978-0-12-370643-0

*Order books online by going to the efollet online bookstore.

Books may be shipped to your home or to the Lone Star College bookstore of your choice for pickup. For immediate processing of your order. Follett Bookstores accept MasterCard, Visa, American Express, and Discover Card. Follett will also process your order upon receipt of money order or cashier’s check.

If you get the message that “No Books are Available,” then you are at the wrong place on the web site. Call me so I can walk you through the process.

You can also go to the Lone Star College-Kingwood campus bookstore to purchase books.

Software: Photoshop CS4 or CS5. You may choose to use the software in the labs on the campus to complete your work or you may purchase the software to enable you to do the work from home if you do not already have the software.

You can purchase the educational version (this is a full version) of Photoshop CS4/CS5 by doing a Google search for educational or academic versions of Adobe Photoshop CS4 or CS5 and comparing prices.

Other software required for the course:

• Compression software: WinZip –Windows compressions software–OR StuffIt for Macintosh, Note: Many of todays computers have built in compression, so check to see if yours does before purchasing secondary software
• Firefox, Netscape and Internet Explorer browsers—Read about browser settings for eCollege that you’ll use for the distance course. Make sure your pop-up windows is allowed and that you have the correct Java version as listed in the instructions for preparing for class directionss. You’ll use Firefox or Safari and IE for viewing your html coding for your own web pages that you create because you aren’t sure which browser or browser version that people will use when viewing your web pages.
• Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit (Macintosh) is needed for a text processor. Your computer should have one of these already.

Assignment Submission

• A minimum of 6 hours per week, every week, will be required to complete assignments. Some students may need more than 6 hours per week. Assignments are due every week.
• Complete and submit all assignments on time or before the due date. Assignments turned three days early will be offered the opportunity to have the instructor review the assignment and make suggestions for corrections to be made for resubmission by the due date. Assignments turned in late will be assessed a penalty for every day they are late.