ahandrewh teaches IAT-235information design

The Spring 2024 version of IAT-235Information Design

Course overview

Important information for an overview of Information Design.

Projects and exercises

Course-work for the term.

Projects

Longer and more complex work.

P1: Layout
  • Individual project.
  • From January 8 to January 29.
  • Worth 15% of final grade.
P2: Research and Present
  • Individual project.
  • From January 29 to February 12.
  • Worth 15% of final grade.
P3: Wireframes
  • Group project.
  • From February 12 to March 11.
  • Worth 25% of final grade.
P4: Design and Develop
  • Group project.
  • From March 11 to April 8.
  • Worth 25% of final grade.

Exercises

Sketching and code exercises to practice design and development.

Balance and Hierarchy Sketch
  • From January 8 to January 12.
Framing Sketch
  • From January 15 to January 19.
Gestalt Sketch
  • From January 29 to February 2.
Content Sketch
  • From February 5 to February 9.
Grids Sketch
  • From February 12 to February 16.
HTML Exercise
  • From February 26 to March 1.
CSS Exercise
  • From March 4 to March 8.
CSS Layout Exercise
  • From March 11 to March 15.
Questions
  • From March 11 to March 15.
Survey
  • From March 25 to March 29.

Reading reflections

Written reflections on reading content. Only two required over the term.

Reading reflection #1
  • From January 8 to January 8.
Reading reflection #2
  • From January 15 to January 15.
Reading reflection #3
  • From January 29 to January 29.
Reading reflection #4
  • From February 5 to February 5.
Reading reflection #5
  • From February 12 to February 12.
Reading reflection #6
  • From February 26 to February 26.
Reading reflection #7
  • From March 4 to March 4.
Reading reflection #8
  • From March 11 to March 11.
Reading reflection #9
  • From March 18 to March 18.

Code tutorials

Course code tutorial files and links to live 'playgrounds' for completed tutorials.

Lectures

All lectures slides for Spring 2024.

Developing Process (January 8)

An introduction to the course and thinking about an information and user experience design process.

Structuring Content (January 15)

Thinking about layout and structure to direct movement through content.

Understanding Context (January 29)

The importance of research to help understand context in a design process.

Content Structures (February 5)

Considering not only the design of content, but the content itself as a part of our process.

Bare Bones (February 12)

An introduction to interaction design and wireframing.

Semantics, Accessibility and Markup (February 26)

This week we will introduce HTML and how proper use can mean more accessible websites.

Responsiveness and You (March 4)

An introduction to responsive web design and styling your HTML with CSS.

Build Responsively (March 11)

Focusing on the building of responsive web layouts and an introduction to your final project.

Technical Questions (March 18)

A lecture for answering any lingering questions you have about the final project, HTML, or CSS.

Beyond Information Design (March 25)

A lecture to help you think about moving forward beyond information design and into other areas of design and development.