Character Generating Pages Design Training

Learning Outcomes

• Analyse the requirements for character generating pages based on user needs and project specifications.
• Design character generating pages that incorporate visual design principles and user interaction elements.
• Implement character generating pages using appropriate software tools and technologies.
• Evaluate the functionality and usability of character generating pages through testing and iteration.
• Demonstrate the ability to troubleshoot and refine character generating pages for optimal performance.

Target Audience

This course is intended for graphic designers, multimedia artists, game developers, and web designers who wish to specialize in creating character-driven interactive content.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Hands-on practical sessions are essential for learners to gain proficiency in operating character generation software and hardware. These supervised exercises allow learners to apply design principles, create and animate pages, and integrate them into a simulated broadcast workflow, directly meeting the unit standard outcomes.

Practical Activities

• Basic Page Creation and Styling — Learners create a lower third graphic and a full-screen title page using a character generation software, applying typography and colour guidelines. (4h)
• Animation and Layering — Learners add animation effects such as crawl, roll, and fade to their pages, and manage multiple layers including logos and images. (4h)
• Data-Driven Graphics and Integration — Learners build a template that pulls live data (e.g., scores or time) and integrate their pages with a production switcher in a simulated live environment. (4h)
• Comprehensive Project: Live Broadcast Simulation — Learners complete a set of character generating pages for a simulated news broadcast, from design to live playout, followed by peer review. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.