INF4210 – Information design
Course description
Course content
Information design (goals, principles, criteria and techniques). Information design tools (XML-based technologies, multimedia). Information design in practice (web design, e-business, informing). Information design as a step towards a sustainable industrial culture.
Learning outcome
To found the work with information on rational goals, principles and criteria. To create learning environment for studying the Internet and other modern information design technologies.
Admission
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Prerequisites
Formal prerequisite knowledge
None
Recommended previous knowledge
None
Overlapping courses
10 credits with INF3210 – Information design (discontinued) and 9 credits with IN-ID.
Teaching
Two hours of lectures and two hours of tuition weekly. The students must hand in and pass two obligatory tasks before they are admitted to take the exam.
Examination
Oral exam. Graded marks. One half of the grade is based on a semester project.
Other
Note that the first lecture is compulsory. The subject is regarded equal to IN-ID and INF3210 when practicing exam regulations.
Course Auditor: Yngve Lindsjørn