SOCIOLOGY | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
VCD3112 | Introduction to User Interface Design | Fall | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi İPEK TORUN |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | This course concentrates on training the students to develop effective graphic design interfaces with Web page design. Analysis and design phases of the Web development process will be executed through given tasks. Besides, students explore new software and technical information for creating content and design graphics for Web. Concept development from group discussions to final execution is encouraged. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1) define basic web technologies 2) define the Internet technologies that enable the World Wide Web 3) display skills to implement web sites based on web standards 4) design adaptable, accessible and optimized web sites 5) display skills to build HTML pages 6) display skills to style HTML pages using CSS 7) define capabilities and limitations of JavaScript 8) display skills to create and optimize multimedia content for the web 9) use common design patterns while designing web sites 10) display skills to balance aesthetics and usability issues when designing websites |
The course is structured in three parts. First part aims students to understand the “High Level Design Decisions and Design Strategy for Web Development”, analyzing the requirements of the stakeholders of a web site to develop a conceptual content model prior to the visual design of the web page. Second part will concentrate on visual design of web interfaces through a prototyping process for visualizing the ideas in the conceptual model and developing clear navigation tools for information requirements of stakeholders. Students will transfer their prior knowledge on layout, colors and typography to web medium. The third part aims to give technical skills on production of web sites, including the animation tools, hypertext markup and optimized graphics. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | First meeting: Introduction to the course, class discussion on course and student objectives | |
2) | A brief history of the web. Introduction to web technologies and internet infrasructure. Assignment 1: Website analysis | |
3) | HTML elements, attributes and document structure. Exercise 1: Building a basic HTML page. Presentation of Assignment 1. Assignment 2: Simple CV | |
4) | Introduction to CSS: Selectors, statements and the cascade. Exercise 2: Styling Assignment 2. Assignment 3: Styling Exercise 1 | |
5) | Semantic HTML and accessibility. CSS box model and positioning, attribute and pseudo-selectors. Resources: Using images on a web page. Project 1: Design patterns | |
6) | Resources: static resources and image optimization. Project 1 research presentations and critique. | |
7) | Graceful degradation and responsive design. CSS @ rules and media types. Project 2: Portfolio website | |
8) | Javascript: Programming basics. Variables, types, arrays, hashes and functions. Project 2 critique. | |
9) | Javascript: The Document Object Model (DOM). Project 2 critique. | |
10) | Javascript frameworks and graceful degradation. Browser compatibility. Project 2 Presentation | |
11) | HTML Forms. CSS tips & tricks. Final project. | |
12) | Text encoding. Language specifics. Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Final project critique. | |
13) | Embedded multimedia. Final project critique. | |
14) | Recap. Final project critique. |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Will be distributed weekly |
References: | 1) ISO-9241-151 Ergonomics of human-system interaction — Part 151: Guidance on World Wide Web user interfaces 2) Sam Quayle, 2010, An Introduction to HTML Prototyping 3) Jennifer Tidwell, A Pattern Language for HCI Design, http://www.mit.edu/~jtidwell/ 4) Handcraft — Online prototyping tool. Alternative to Codeanywhere 5) TextMate — Recommended code editor for Mac OS X E - TextEditor — Recommended code editor for Windows Mozilla Developer Network — HTML, CSS and JavaScript reference 6) When can I use… — A good resource for checking browser compatibility of HTML and CSS features 7) A List Apart — Recommended reading on web technologies Course slides — The presentation I use in class FontSquirrel — Good resource for web-ready fonts and home of the @font-face generator 8) Google Web Fonts — Web fonts served by Google for free Code Academy — Online course for learning programming basics with JavaScript 9) InVision — Web bsed tool for building image-based mock-ups |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Application | 8 | % 15 |
Quizzes | 1 | % 5 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | % 40 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 56 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 13 | 44 |
Homework Assignments | 8 | 16 |
Quizzes | 1 | 4 |
Final | 1 | 4 |
Total Workload | 124 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions. | |
2) | To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels | |
3) | To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences. | |
4) | To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes | |
5) | To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills | |
6) | To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields. | |
7) | To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime. | |
8) | To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective | |
9) | To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge | |
10) | To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects | |
11) | To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member. | |
12) | To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school. |