Unit 3B Applied Information Technology
week 7
Coursework - Digital Data and Information
Creative Application of Information Design Principles
• application of information design principles
• development of strategies for applying technologies and consideration of purpose, meaning, audience and client specifications
• characteristics of information produced for purposes
• independent use of standards and conventions to create multi-tiered solutions
• techniques and terminology for representing the design of solutions and output for those purposes
• common formats and conventions
• criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of a solution.
This week you will continue with the Production Task. This task will be produced in a similar format to the Production question in the W.A.C.E. External Examination that you will sit in November.
Web Based Resources for Task 2 - Production
Design Resources for Task 2
4 Principles of Good Design for Web Sites
Elements and Principles of Design
Additional Resources
Web Standards Curriculum this site is an excellent resource for Section 4 of the WACE examination. In particular you should study the sections 7. What a good website needs, 8. Colour Theory (scroll through this page to see examples of web pages with explanations of the chosen colours and the reasoning behind them) 9. Building a site wireframe and 10. Colour schemes and design mockups. These four chapters contain examples and ideas that you can include in your design.
Examples of Good Design This site explains with examples what is good design
Principles of Design explains the principles of proportion, emphasis, direction, contrast, balance
Elements of Design explains the elements of line, shape, space, size & scale, texture, colour
Unit 3B AIT