Unit 3
Index
Design Concepts
- Relationship(s) between the Elements Of Design and the Principles of Design
- Features of a user interface
- Logical and hierarchical organisation of content
- Graphical User Interface (GUI) suitable for target audience
- Relevant help features of a Graphical User Interface
- Usability
- Inclusivity
- Accessibility
Hardware
- Hardware Specifications of digital devices and their impact upon usability
- Characteristics of Development Trends in emerging mobile devices
- Suitability of emerging mobile devices to meet client (user) needs.
- Usability of digital devices for specified client requirements.
Impacts of Technology
- The Concept of Intellectual Property (I.P)
- Intention and purpose of I.P in Australia in relation to copyright and/or design of digital products.
- The Concept of online defamation in Australia
- Legal Action available in Australia to counteract online defamation
- The concept of Freedom Of Information (F.O.I) in Australia.
- The Rights and responsibilities of the Freedom Of Information Act 1982 (Australia).
- Advantages, disadvantages and implications of virtual and physical collaboration.
- Impact of Digital Convergance trends in contemporary digital technologies.
- Make sure to review all types of intelectual property
Application Skills
- Online Software Tools
- Video Application Features
- Multi-Layer track editing
- Titles
- Transitions
- Effects
- Sound Application Features, including sound effects.
- Publishing Features
- Colour Schemes
- Layers
- Frames
- Typography
- Templates
- Print/Display Option
- Types of Digital Publications
- Advantages and Disadvantages of different types of digital Publications
Project Management
- Project Management Approaches
- Prototype
- Structured
- Project Planning Tools
- Storyboards
- Site Maps
- Flow Charts
- GANTT Charts
- Project Management Software
- Considerations for a digital product and/or digital solution
- Structure
- Usability
- Accessibility
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
Unit 4
Managing data
Knowledge
- security techniques for the management of data, including:
- disaster recovery plan
- audit trail
- types of backup techniques and archiving of data
- full
- differential
- incremental
- online data storage methods
- data warehouses
- data marts
- data in the cloud
- purpose of data mining
- processing of data considering security of data through the use of:
- passwords
- firewalls
- biometrics
- anti-virus software
- digital signatures
- digital certificates
- encryption
- concept of user-generated content
- advantages and disadvantages of user generated content
- concept of hypertext markup language (.htm/.html)
- concept of Web 2.0 and Web 3.0
- purpose and features of content management systems (CMS)
- purpose of World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
- purpose of W3C conventions
- purpose of the Web Design and Applications standard from the W3C standards, including:
- HTML and CSS
- Graphics
- Audio and video
- Accessibility
- Internationalization
- Mobile web
- validation techniques for online forms
Skills
- analyse sources of information for verifiability, accuracy and currency
- test and evaluate online applications for browser compatibility
- apply the Web Design and Applications standard from the W3C standards as relevant
Networks
Knowledge
- types and characteristics of communication protocols, including:
- transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP)
- hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)
- hypertext transfer protocol over secure socket layer (HTTPS)
- types and characteristics of communication standards, including:
- 802.11x (wireless)
- 802.3 (ethernet)
- types of network security measures
- firewalls
- passwords
- physical security
Skills
- design a LAN
- justify the design of a LAN
Impacts of technology (Semester 2)
Knowledge
- data and information security related to personal or sensitive information
- purpose of a code of conduct
- elements of a code of conduct, including:
- work hours
- employee email use
- employee internet use
- employee privacy
- employer’s monitoring of work emails, internet access and computer use
- online censorship of information in a global context
- issues with the use of cloud computing
- confidentiality of data
- sensitivity of documents
- level of accessibility
- availability of online applications
- impact of digital technologies and global markets on:
- productivity
- access to knowledge or resources
- outsourcing
- impact of Web 2.0/Web 3.0 on the use of digital technologies
Application skills
Knowledge
- how digital communication is used for educational purposes
Skills
- use available functions of online software
- use online tools for tutorials/learning
- use forms for online data collection
Project management
Knowledge
- concept of service level agreements
- features of service level agreements, including:
- availability of service
- type of services
- advantages of local and global outsourcing compared with in-house production
- purpose of outsourcing data management
- evaluation of software, including usability
Skills
- apply project management techniques to meet client requirements
- apply a design process to create a digital solution
- use appropriate tools to evaluate the effectiveness of a digital solution in accordance with the design brief
- Surveys
- Client feedback