Interaction Design

Mål og innhald

The course introduces students to analysis, design, and evaluation of the interaction between people and information and communication technologies. The aim is to give students an adequate understanding of the concepts of usability, user experience, and user-centered design. Special attention is given to interaction design activities, including establishing requirements, prototyping, and evaluation. Students will gain hands-on experience in designing interactive technologies and learn about current developments in the fields of interaction design and human-computer interaction.

Læringsutbyte/resultat

Upon completion of the course the student should be able to:

• present a definition of interaction design.
• explain the concepts of usability and user experience.
• outline and discuss usability goals and user experience goals for designing an interactive product.
• demonstrate knowledge of design principles.
• present a simple lifecycle model of interaction design.
• describe different kinds of requirements.
• describe prototyping and different types of prototyping activities.
• discuss the advantages and disadvantages of low-fidelity and hi-fidelity prototypes.
• produce simple prototypes of interactive products.
• explain the key concepts and terms used in evaluation.
• demonstrate knowledge of different types of evaluation methods.
• discuss the conceptual, practical, and ethical issues involved in evaluation.

Undervisningssemester

Spring

Eksamenssemester

Spring

Undervisningsspråk

English

Studienivå

Bachelor

Institutt

Department of Information Science and Media Studies

Krav til studierett

Open

Krav til forkunnskapar

None

Tilrådde forkunnskapar

INFO100 or equivalent

Fagleg overlapp

INFO262 overlaps 10 ECTS with INFO261 and INFO161

Undervisning og omfang

Lectures (16-20 hours), group work, student presentations, and feedback on submitted assignments.

Obligatoriske arbeidskrav

None

Vurderingsformer

School exam (2 hours): 20%

Portfolio assessment based on:

1 group assignment: 40% of the total grade

1 or 2 individual assignments: 40% of the total grade

Karakterskala

Letter grade (A-F)

Emneevaluering

The course is evaluated by students every three years, and by the responsible lecturer each year.

Kontaktinformasjon

studieveileder@info.uib.no