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Digital Design
Term | Definition |
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Digital Citizenship | A concept which helps stakeholders understand what technology users should know about how to use technology appropriately |
Ethics | Moral Principles or Values |
Privacy | The state of being free from intrusion or disturbance in one's private life |
Copyright | The exclusive right to make copies and license a literary, musical or artistic work |
Patent | Protects an invention, process, device or method. |
Piracy | The unauthorized reproduction of use of a copyrighted work |
Trademark | A distinctive mark or feature characteristic of or identified with a person or thing |
Open Source | Software whose source code is available free of charge to the public to the public to use, copy modify, sublicense or distribute |
Fair use | Permits limited use of copyrighted material without acquiring permission from the copyright holders |
Creative Commons | A type of copyright where creators allow users to share media and projects more freely than with regular copyright. |
Storyboard | A sequence of sketches that depict changes of action and scene in a design plan. |
Balance | Provides stability and structure to a design. It is the distributed weight in the design by the placement of elements on the page. |
Proximity | Creates relationship between elements. Elements should be visually connected in some way. Provides a focal point. |
Alignment | Aligning elements creates a visual connection between elements which leads to order and organization. |
Repetition | Strengthens a design by tying elements together and creating association and consistency. |
Contrast | Emphasize or highlight key elements by contrasting them with other elements. |
Space | The distance or area between, around, or within elements. Positive and negative space are important in every design |
Line | The linear marks made with a drawing tool or the edge created when two shapes meet. |
Shape | A self-contained defined area of geometric (squares and circles), or organic (free formed) shapes. |
Direction | Horizontal suggests calmness, stability and tranquility. Vertical gives a feeling of balance, formality and alertness. Oblique suggests movement and action. |
Size | The relationship of the area occupied by one shape to that of another. |
Texture | The surface quality of a shape - rough, smooth, soft hard glossy etc. |
Color | Light reflected off objects. Three main characteristics: hue (the name--red, green, blue, etc.), value (how light or dark it is), and intensity (how bright or dull it is). |
Plagiarism | Duplicating another's ideas and calling the work his/her own |