SIT253 - Content Creation for Interactive Experiences
Unit details
Year: | 2023 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Shaun Bangay |
Prerequisite: | Must have completed a minimum of two SIT coded units (excluding mathematics units coded SIT19-, SIT29-, SIT39-) |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | SIT757 |
Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 2 hour online class per week, 1 x 2 hour practical per week |
Scheduled learning activities - online: | Online independent and collaborative learning including 1 x 2 hour online class per week (recordings provided), 1 x 2 hour online practical per week. |
Content
This unit aims to provide students with the ability to design and create audio and visual assets for creative productions such as video games and virtual reality. Students will design and build audio and visual elements appropriate to a given creative concept, and apply key concepts including; principles of good audio and visual asset design, representation, audio creation and manipulation, interactive audio, composition, lighting and colour, 3D modelling, and textures to the creation of assets. This hands-on unit will allow students to present their work in a professional portfolio and practice their oral presentation in front of an appropriate audience.
ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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ULO1 | Implement the requirements for designing and developing audio and visual elements to produce and integrate assets appropriate to a given interactive application content. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
ULO2 | Design and develop audio, 3D models and texture assets by identifying and applying further research to extend the concepts taught for inclusion in your professional folio. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
ULO3 | Through self-management update and maintain an electronic portfolio that presents the audio and visual game content to audiences in a professional manner. | GLO2: Communication GLO6: Self-management |
Assessment
Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Portfolio | Three folio submissions | 60% | Weeks 4, 7 and 11 |
Online test | Modelling and integration challenge | 30% | Week 10 |
Oral presentation | 5-minute presentation | 10% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SIT253 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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