This is a foundation design course that establishes a set of best practices allowing the student to approach digital media through a user centered lens. Students research and explore a variety of pre-visualization methods that are inherent in the online digital environment, merging new tools like user interface, interactivity, visual sequencing and storytelling into their final projects. At the conclusion of this course students will gain a thorough understanding of paper prototyping, user testing, and pre-visualization methods for onscreen environments creating a user centered design foundation for digital media. Prerequisites: DM 2110 Vector Illustration, and DM 2120 Raster Image Processing