VU23146 - Plan and design a wearable object or app component

Unit code:VU23146Study level:TAFE

Nominal hours

Location

Werribee

Prerequisites

(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)

Overview

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to plan and design a wearable object or app. This unit introduces the type of agile development processes used in the industry and will provide an opportunity to apply the basics of good app design. It provides the opportunity to benchmark best practice in app design and learn the basics of user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) design.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:

Describe good design practises incorporating industry benchmarks and best practise for agile development processes and design requirements for wearable objects and apps
Design a basic app or wearable object and present results in a design brief

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

Agile design processes including team construction, structures and how teams work together
Basic design principles, best practise and design theories, such as human centred design
Purpose and features of user personas wireframes and user stories
Basic principles of UX and UI design
Features and purpose of design briefs
Structure of a real-world problem statement
Work health and safety (WHS) requirements and workplace procedures relevant to wearable objects and app development
Basic concepts of intellectual property and copyright laws and requirements in relation to existing wearable objects and app coding
Legislative and organisational requirements relating to wearable objects and app development sector

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.