Digital Design Tools

Course code VCDP 1115

Credit 3.0

Length 54.0 hours

Course outline View

In this course, students will learn the tools involved in designing for digital and interactive media. Students will focus on technical skills from the design of professional graphics for digital uses to the creation of high-fidelity clickable prototypes for mobile and web applications. Beyond these technical skills, students will also learn the basic stages and tasks involved in digital or interaction design projects and will practice using cloud-based tools to collaborate and manage projects digitally. The course will finish with a comprehensive project where students use their technical skills to communicate not only design aesthetics but also motion, interaction, and user flow.

Prerequisites

VCDP 1111 taken prior or concurrently.

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What you will learn

  • Digital graphics
  • Masking
  • Basic animation
  • Sketching and wireframing
  • Mockups
  • Low-fidelity and high-fidelity prototypes
  • Cloud-based collaboration
  • Digital and interaction design project stages
  • Communication skills for team design projects
  • Getting stakeholder or user feedback on designs

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Course schedules

Select your program to see the available course schedules.

Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

Additional information

1. Interview with department to discuss previous experience
2. A portfolio assessment of previously completed related work OR
3. The demonstration of skills via the successful completion of 1-4 related projects/assignments similar to those completed in the course, chosen at the discretion of the department

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, and we acknowledge our privilege to be here.