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Courses » Visual Communication Design for Digital Media

Visual Communication Design for Digital Media

About the course

The course will impart knowledge on the different aspects of visual communication design, emphasizing on virtual media platform. In contemporary visual design pedagogy, virtual media technology is an emerging paradigm. The course will emphasize on understanding of visual cognition, which is the key factor to achieve user-friendly design. Usage of contemporary technology like, eye tracking will also be introduced as user testing tool. The course will enable the students to learn visual design in virtual media through a methodological approach.


Intended audience

Students and professional from the disciple of Visual Communication design, User experience design or equivalent domain.
It is a Elective Course for UG and PG of design and architecture domain, including B.Des, M.Des, B.Arch, M.Arch, B.FA, M.FA etc.


Pre-requisites
NA


Industries that will recognize this course

Any User Experience design, Interaction design and Visual design companies.

1100 students have enrolled already!!

Course Instructor


Saptarshi Kolay is presently an Assistant Professor at Architecture and Planning department of Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. After completing his under graduation in Architecture form Jadavpur University, he went on to explore User Centric design at Design Programme of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Along with teaching he is pursuing his PhD from the Department of Architecture and Planning, IIT-Roorkee. He was selected in student-exchange programme for Aalto University, Finland and Escola De Arte and Desino, Spain. He has received Rafiq Azam Travel Bursary, Yuva-Ratna award and has participated in Design workshop by MIT, Media lab. His current research interest includes gerontology and socio-cultural sustainability, way-finding design, visual narratives, etc.


Course Plan

Week 1 Introduction to Visual Design
                Introduction to Virtual Media Technology

Week 2 Applications of Visual Design in Virtual Media Paradigm
                Design Thinking and Visual Cognition

Week 3 Contemporary Trends in Virtual-Media
                Visual Design Methodology (continues to week 4)

Week 4 Visual Design Methodology
                Case Studies of Visual Design in Virtual Media Technology


Suggested reading

Krug, S. (2006) Don’t Make Me Think, Rider publication. 
Lauer, D.A. and Pentak, S. (2008) Design Basics, Wadsworth Publishing.
Lupton, E. (2004) Thinking with Type: a critical guide for designers, writers, editors and students, Princeton Architectural Press. 
Lidwell, W., Holden, K. and Butler, J. (2010) Universal Principles of Design, Rockport Publishers.
Anshel, J. (2005) Visual Ergonomics Handbook, Taylor & Francis.
Certification Exam

1. The exam is optional for a fee.
2. Date and Time of Exams: April 28 (Saturday) and April 29 (Sunday) : Morning session 9am to 12 noon; 
3. Exam for this course will be available in one session on both 28 and 29 April.
5. The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published.

Certificate

1. Final score will be calculated as : 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score.
2. 25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of average of 4 weeks course: Best 3 out of 4 assignments.
3. E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup. It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Roorkee. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.