FIT3157 - Advanced web design - 2018

Building upon the skills learned in the Interactive media major core units (Interactive media foundations and Interactive media studios 1 & 2), FIT3157 introduces students to the design and development of mobile online media using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and WordPress. This unit is broadly divided into three parts, with groups of four weeks comprising each part. The first and second part of the unit, students will learn the principles and practicalities of responsive web design, touch based interaction and the programming of mobile functionality and animated visual effects. The final four weeks of the unit will cover WordPress content management and theme development, the managing of custom content in WordPress and the building of dynamic WordPress sites.

At the completion of this unit, students should be able to:

1. analyse, evaluate and design responsive web layouts for touch screen and mobile devices;
2. implement mobile functionality for web applications;
3. design and develop dynamic webpages using animation and visual effects;
4. implement web sites with content management by applying an understanding of server-side concepts and client-server interactions.

In-semester assessment: 100%

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

1. Contact hours for on-campus students:
   • One hour lecture/seminar
   • Three hours tutorial/laboratories
2. Additional requirements (all students):
   • A minimum of 2-3 hours of personal study per one hour of lecture time in order to satisfy the reading, tute, prac and assignment expectations.

See also Unit timetable information

Interactive media

Software development

Web development