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Designing for the Web unit (ZAD230)

This unit will be offered subject to minimum enrolment numbers. A decision to continue or cancel the offering will be made no less than one week before classes are due to start. 

If you have enrolled and your enrolment will change as a result of this decision you will be contacted via your UTAS email and supported to find an alternate unit to complete your enrolment.

Introduction

In this unit you will focus on key web design practices and methodologies and applying web development tools to a web design brief. Through guided sessions and self-paced tutorials, you will learn how to apply user experience and interface design methods to web design projects. By exploring existing web design approaches, you will develop and practise skills in critique and design decision making. You will also consider social and ethical aspects of web design and web use including accessibility, inclusivity, First Nations Acknowledgement, trust, privacy, and data protection.

Summary

Unit name Designing for the Web
Unit code ZAD230
Credit points 12.5
College/School University College
Discipline Pathways
Coordinator Doctor K Verell
Available as an elective? Yes
Delivered By University of Tasmania
Level Intermediate

Sustainable Development Goals

The Unit Coordinator has identified that this unit aligns with the following UN Sustainable Development Goals. We welcome your thoughts and feedback on the alignment of the unit with these goals.

Availability

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify and discuss key concepts and components of web technologies
  • Apply user experience and interface design methods to a web design process
  • Adopt web development tools to respond to a provided brief and design a website
  • Reflect critically on social and ethical aspects of web technologies and their use

Fee Information

2027 fee information will be available in August.

Requisites

Prerequisites

KDA144|ZAD121 Design Thinking

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

ZAD111 Coding for Web|ZAD126 Coding for Web

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

TBA

AssessmentAT1: Contextual Analysis (30%)|AT2: Research and Testing (30%)|AT3: Website Design (40%)
TimetableView the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required

N/A

Recommended

N/A

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