MFC5043 - Interactive Storytelling

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

This module provides instruction in, and analysis of, different types and methods of creating and interacting with digital narratives. You are introduced to classic hypermedia texts in the context of technological development. You learn to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of different digital narrative formats, their publishing platforms and their application for storytelling in both fiction and non-fiction forms.

To consolidate and test your learning you play, create and co-create digital narratives. You will see two small projects through from inception, pitching and planning through to prototyping, playtesting and delivery, one individual project and one group project. It is anticipated you will be able to include artefacts from this module in your creative portfolio produced at Level 6.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Workshops
Hours: 40
Intended Group Size: 20

Screenings/Play-throughs
Hours: 10
Intended Group Size: 20

Guided independent study
Hours: 250



Further Details Relating to Assessment

Collaborative Writing
This is a piece of collaborative writing to demonstrate theoretical and practical understanding of the principles of interactive storytelling and the ability to work in a group to see a project through from start to finish.

Individual Artefact
This is a sustained interactive/branching narrative, demonstrating the ability to design interactive stories and to select and deploy appropriate interactive storytelling techniques to achieve specific user-experiences for participating audiences. This could be presented as audio, video, text or mixed media.

In Games Design classes, formative assessment serves to bolster the skills essential for module completion and success. This includes engaging in practical computer lab workshops, undertaking design, and modelling tasks, delivering case study presentations, writing essays, completing short quizzes, and conducting specific investigation tasks. The provision of formative feedback is integrated seamlessly into class sessions, ensuring an ongoing and iterative process to enhance learning outcomes. This will provide ample opportunities for feedback and feed forward to students before their assignments.

Full details of the assignment briefs and criteria are available within the Module Handbook.

Assessment:

Fact File

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Level - 5
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered -

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