Skip to main content

Course details

The course teaches User Interface Design (UI) and User Experience (UX) as a strategic area of development for new media. This involves assessing the technical needs of an interface and the appropriate delivery platform. By understanding the power and limitations of Interface Design and User Experience tools and how to work with them, students will create prototyping systems that effectively employ colour, layout, and typography to receive user feedback. The students will learn about design methods, design process, testing and inspections of user interfaces as well as prototyping in three levels of fidelity both on paper and digitally. Students will be assessed by a combination of quizzes, group and individual projects.

Prerequisite(s)

Credits

3.0

Cost

$574.24 - $575.24 See individual course offerings below for actual costs.

Course offerings

Spring/Summer 2023

Below are two offerings of MDIA 2540 for the Spring/Summer 2023 term.

CRN 68043

Duration

Mon Apr 03 - Mon Jun 26 (11 weeks)

  • 11 weeks
  • CRN 68043
  • $574.24
Class meeting times
Dates Days Times Locations
Apr 03 - Jun 26 Mon 18:00 - 21:15 Online
Instructor

Shahab Pourtalebi

Course outline

View

Cost

$574.24

Important information
  1. Internet delivery format.
  2. Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
  3. No class on April 10 and May 22. This is not a self-paced course. You will be expected to be available and online on the posted days and times shown on your registration schedule. It is important you have a stable and consistent internet connection to access course content. Please log into learn.bcit.ca using your BCIT student email and password on the first day of class. You will require access to the Adobe Creative Cloud in order to complete this course. Students who are currently registered in one or more part-time courses can purchase a subscription for Adobe Creative Cloud Pro at a discount through BCIT’s new software portal kb.bcit.ca/student/adobe-creative-cloud-subscription-part-time-student-3130
Status

In Progress

This course offering is in progress. Please check this page for other currently available offerings or subscribe to receive email updates.

CRN 67188

Duration

Wed Apr 05 - Wed Jun 21 (12 weeks)

  • 12 weeks
  • CRN 67188
  • $574.24
Class meeting times
Dates Days Times Locations
Apr 05 - Jun 21 Wed 18:00 - 21:00 Online
Instructor

Shahab Pourtalebi

Course outline

View

Cost

$574.24

Important information
  1. Internet delivery format.
  2. Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
  3. This is not a self-paced course. You will be expected to be available and online on the posted days and times shown on your registration schedule. It is important you have a stable and consistent internet connection to access course content. Please log into learn.bcit.ca using your BCIT student email and password on the first day of class. You will require access to the Adobe Creative Cloud in order to complete this course. Students who are currently registered in one or more part-time courses can purchase a subscription for Adobe Creative Cloud Pro at a discount through BCIT’s new software portal kb.bcit.ca/student/adobe-creative-cloud-subscription-part-time-student-3130
Status

In Progress

This course offering is in progress. Please check this page for other currently available offerings or subscribe to receive email updates.

Fall 2023

Below are two offerings of MDIA 2540 for the Fall 2023 term.

CRN 48086

Duration

Tue Sep 12 - Tue Nov 28 (12 weeks)

  • 12 weeks
  • CRN 48086
  • $575.24
Class meeting times
Dates Days Times Locations
Sep 12 - Nov 28 Tue 18:00 - 21:00 Online
Instructor

Shahab Pourtalebi

Course outline

Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.

Cost

$575.24

Important information
  1. Internet delivery format.
  2. Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
  3. This is not a self-paced course. You will be expected to be available and online on the posted days and times shown on your registration schedule. It is important you have a stable and consistent internet connection to access course content. Please log into learn.bcit.ca using your BCIT student email and password on the first day of class. You will require access to the Adobe Creative Cloud in order to complete this course. Students who are currently registered in one or more part-time courses can purchase a subscription for Adobe Creative Cloud Pro at a discount through BCIT’s new software portal h kb.bcit.ca/student/adobe-creative-cloud-subscription-flexible-learning-student-3130/
Status

CRN 49023

Duration

Wed Sep 13 - Wed Nov 29 (12 weeks)

  • 12 weeks
  • CRN 49023
  • $575.24
Class meeting times
Dates Days Times Locations
Sep 13 - Nov 29 Wed 18:00 - 21:00 Online
Instructor

Ron Jacklin

Course outline

Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.

Cost

$575.24

Important information
  1. Internet delivery format.
  2. Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
  3. This is not a self-paced course. You will be expected to be available and online on the posted days and times shown on your registration schedule. It is important you have a stable and consistent internet connection to access course content. Please log into learn.bcit.ca using your BCIT student email and password on the first day of class. You will require access to the Adobe Creative Cloud in order to complete this course. Students who are currently registered in one or more part-time courses can purchase a subscription for Adobe Creative Cloud Pro at a discount through BCIT’s new software portal h kb.bcit.ca/student/adobe-creative-cloud-subscription-flexible-learning-student-3130/
Status

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • Integrate Information Architecture principles to user experience and interface design.
  • Recognize the main disciplines of web usability, interface design and user experience.
  • Evaluate and critique web site interfaces under industry standards.
  • Demonstrate user and task analysis processes.
  • Design and conduct usability testing and web evaluations.
  • Design and implement app and website prototypes.
  • Design low, medium and high-fidelity prototypes (paper and digital).
  • Discuss ethical issues involved in testing interactive user interfaces.

Effective as of Fall 2019

Related Programs

UI / UX Strategy 1 (MDIA 2540) is offered as a part of the following programs:

School of Business + Media

  1. New Media Design and Web Development
    Diploma Full-time
  2. User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) Design
    Associate Certificate Part-time

Subscribe

Interested in being notified about future offerings of UI / UX Strategy 1 (MDIA 2540)? If so, fill out the information below and we'll notify you by email when courses for each new term are displayed here.

  • Privacy Notice: The information you provide will be used to respond your request for BCIT course information and is collected under Section 26(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). For more information about BCIT’s privacy practices contact: Associate Director, Privacy, Information Access & Policy Management, British Columbia Institute of Technology, 3700 Willingdon Ave. Burnaby, BC V5A 3H2, email: privacy@bcit.ca.