ID 3103 – QUP

Introduction to Computing I

Five programs in five weeks!

This will be a fast paced, engaging course that explores the connection between the design process used by industrial designers and how software applications are used to help communicate a product’s form, function and use. These tools have made the process of creating a product easier, allowing for exploration of design alternatives. Through hands-on exercises, students will learn how to illustrate and render a product, create an interactive prototype for testing, and document their design with a video and interactive booklet for marketing or instructional purposes. We will cover a different program each week during the shortened summer sessions. Four of these programs will come from the Adobe Creative Suite: Illustrator, Photoshop, AfterEffects and InDesign, the mainstay software applications within the graphics and design industries. The fifth program, Axure, will be used to create an interface prototype. Grading will include homework along with an assignment each week. The assignments will focus on one program per week but show how content is created and moved between programs. The course is open to all majors and does not require a prerequisite. This is a good option for students in the Industrial Design (ID) Minor program given the coverage of the design process and software applications used. To learn the basics of the software applications, students will be required to review specific courses at lynda.gatech.edu (free access to GT students) as part of their homework. Additionally, students taking the course off campus are required to have access to the Adobe Creative Suite ($20 monthly subscription), Axure (free license) and t-square.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the course students are expected to demonstrate knowledge, skill and abilities in the following areas:

• Understand how computer aided industrial design (CAID) fits into the overall design process and how to use it with traditional methods
• Learn how to apply variety of programs into the CAID process
• Illustrate a product in 2D
• Rendering a product to make it look 3D
• Prototype an interface on the product
• Create research or instructional videos
• Make an interactive booklet

Prerequisites

None but course can count towards ID minor.

Course Materials

None but students taking the course off-campus must have access to the Adobe Creative Suite and Axure.

Class Time & Location

On campus course … Early Short Summer Session (May 16 – June 16) M, T, W, Th – 12:0 – 2:00 pm Computing Lab – Room 358