MIT 511 - Multimedia Design and Development (Fall 2009)
Print Design (Publisher/InDesign/Scribus) – Apply the typographical principles and graphic principles to print design. This project will require you to design and print sample pages for printed instructional material (a book, workbook, study, guide, etc.) that entails multiple pages. You will be asked to write a description of the instructional problem being addressed, the audience, the purpose of the instructional material, and the rationale for the choices made about layout grid, fonts, graphic elements, contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity. You will then design five sample pages (e.g., title page, table of contents, chapter/section title page, instructional page, worked example or practice problem page, index, glossary, chapter or section summary, chapter or section introduction, bibliography) according to principles discussed in the course.
Sample Design Document, Original Pages, Redesigned Pages
Print Design Project Specification
Multimedia Peer Review Checklist
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Job Aid (Demonstration using Camtasia/Captivate/Camstudio) – Using a problem that you have discovered or created, write an audience description and design an appropriate electronic job aid using Captivate, Camtasia or Camstudio. You have to provide a written statement of problem, audience analysis, the type of job aid chosen, and rationale for all design decisions made. The job aid will be peer reviewed/pilot tested and the feedback incorporated before submitting to the instructor. Sample Job Aid Project and Sample Job Aid Design Document
Job Aid Design Project Details
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Graphics Design (Photoshop/Fireworks/GIMP/PaintNET) – Design a DVD cover using photoshop or another graphic creating/editing tool. You will be asked to provide a design document with details of audience analysis, different tools and techniques used. Also, include the narrative for the design principles you applied in the collage design. Sample Graphic Design Document and Sample DVD cover.
Graphic Design Project Details
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Screen Design(Use Macromedia Dreamweaver) - Take a poorly designed website and revamp it and explain what you changed? Standards, Accessibility and Usability issues to be considered while designing. This project will require you to revise an existing website. Specifically, you will (a) find an instructional/informational web site, (b) evaluate the web site using the screen design checklist, (c) describe what’s wrong with the site, why it is wrong, and how you would fix it, (d) describe what is right about the site and why, (e) revise at least five pages from the site and (f) Get feedback from your peers on the revised design (g) document your re-design decisions, and (h) submit your revised pages along with a report documenting the design problems you found and how you changed the screen design.
Original Site and Redesigned Site and Sample Screen Design Document