FM1BATD75 Template Design

FM1BATD75 Template Design

  • Course description
    • Course code
      FM1BATD75
    • Level of study
      5.1
    • Program of study
      User Interface Design
    • Credits
      7.5
    • Course coordinator
      Marna Haskins
Teaching term(s)
2025 Spring
Authors
Marna Haskins
About the Course

The course provides knowledge of processes, tools and skills to build and maintain design templates to speed up and create consistency of all product components across a project. The course provides relevant standards, quality requirements and best practice for template design. Candidates are also introduced to data visualisation and gain practical skills to create dashboards and graphs. The course builds on competence from Design Systems.

Course Relevance
The course provides the competence of advanced design techniques and methods to maintain consistency across the design projects. The course aims also to build relations and collaborate with other peers such as UX designers, graphic designers and front-end developers to keep consistency across the project.

Course Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes - Knowledge

The Candidate...

  • has knowledge of concepts, processes and tools that are used to build and maintain design templates
  • has knowledge of concepts, processes and tools that are used in data visualisations
  • has insight into relevant standards and quality requirements for a template design
  • can update his/her knowledge in accessibility guidelines for UI design
Learning outcomes - Skills

The Candidate...

  • can apply vocational knowledge to build and develop UI design templates
  • can apply knowledge to visualise data and create dashboards and graphs
  • masters relevant vocational design tools and techniques to build and develop UI design templates and data visualisations
  • can find information and material for building and developing UI design templates
  • can study a UI design template and identify design related issues and what measures need to be implemented to improve the template
General Competence

The Candidate...

  • can carry out UI template design based on a given project brief or selected target groups
  • can build relations with his/her peers such as UX designers, graphic designers and front-end developers
  • can develop work methods for building and maintaining design templates
Teaching and Learning

In this course, the following teaching and learning methods can be applied, but are not limited to:

  • Lecture: Educator-led presentations or activities providing knowledge, skills, or general competencies in the subject area.
  • Group work: Collaborative activities where students work together to solve problems or complete tasks.
  • Tutoring: One-on-one or small group sessions with an instructor for personalized guidance and support.
  • Student presentations: Opportunities for students to demonstrate their understanding of course material by presenting to peers.
  • Online lessons: Digital content delivered via an online learning platform.
  • Guidance: Individualized advice and direction from instructors to support students in their learning journey.
  • Workshops: Practical sessions focused on hands-on application of theoretical concepts or skills.
  • Self-study: Independent study where students engage with course material on their own without any teacher support.
Reading list

Teaching materials, reading lists, and essential resources will be shared in the learning platform and software user manuals where applicable.

Assessments
Form of assessmentGrading scaleGroupingDuration of assessment
Course Assignment
Pass / Fail
Group/Individual
1 Week(s)