Elements and Performance Criteria
- Clarify project requirements
- Use design specifications in consultation with relevant personnel to clarify the target user, audience and purpose of interactive media products
- Obtain samples of text content and media assets to be integrated into user interfaces
- Determine file output format for delivery platform of interactive media products
- Generate ideas
- Research interactive media product user interfaces, designs, images, artwork and other creative sources that may inspire design ideas
- Obtain other relevant information that may influence or be incorporated into design ideas
- Determine need for copyright clearance and identify potential for fair use of copyright material
- Obtain and record copyright clearance if required
- Use sketches and concepts in specifications as the basis for generating range of design ideas that are technically feasible and provide creative solutions to all design issues
- Present interface design ideas to relevant personnel for discussion and feedback
- Plan approach
- Select final design, incorporating feedback from relevant personnel as required
- Identify range of appropriate industry-standard graphics software
- Discuss and select graphics software with relevant personnel to ensure selection meets specified outcomes
- Explore range of typographical and visual design elements that could be used in development of interface designs
- Produce user interfaces
- Use graphics software to develop structure for user interfaces based on final design concepts
- Source or create and integrate all graphic interactive components
- Apply visual design and communication principles to the development of user interfaces
- Ensure that user interfaces meet the principles of user-centred design and relevant standards
- Ensure that user interfaces enhance the display of digital content
- Document styles for text and presentation for use in style sheets and templates or themes
- Save user interfaces in an appropriate output format that satisfies technical parameters in consultation with relevant personnel
- Evaluate user interfaces