Interaction design is incorporated into a product’s overall design from the very beginning to optimize the product functionality
and the user experience the product offers.
This course offers a cross-disciplinary, practical, and process-oriented introduction to the field, showing not just what principles ought to apply to interaction design, but crucially how they can be applied.
Group works, exercises, and presentations take a large part of this course.
This course offers a cross-disciplinary, practical, and process-oriented introduction to the field, showing not just what principles ought to apply to interaction design, but crucially how they can be applied.
Group works, exercises, and presentations take a large part of this course.
To offer a cross-disciplinary, practical, and process-oriented introduction to the field. The target students need no preliminary
background and can be from the various field.
- The students can explain the basic idea of the user interface, user experience, and HCI.
- The students can explain the principles of Interaction design
- The students can apply the principles and frameworks to design interactive products for user experiences.
| Class schedule | HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) | Amount of Time Required | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Guidance | Preparation for lesson and review | 150minutes |
| 2. | Introduction to interaction design. - Introducing good and poor design. - Group discussion and workshop about good and poor design |
Preparation for lesson and review | 150minutes |
| 3. | Introduction to interaction design (cont.) - What is user experience (with examples) - The process of interaction design Design Principles - Applying design principles in practice. - Group discussion and workshop about interaction design |
Preparation for lesson and review | 100minutes |
| Group discussion report | 50minutes | ||
| 4. | Understanding and conceptualizing interaction - The problem space and conceptualizing interaction - Group discussion and workshop about conceptualizing interaction |
Preparation for lesson and review | 150minutes |
| 5. | Understanding and conceptualizing interaction (cont.) - Group discussion and workshop about conceptualizing interaction - Group project preparation |
Preparation for lesson and review | 150minutes |
| Group discussion report | 50minutes | ||
| 6. | Presentation of group project | Preparation for lesson and review | 150minutes |
| Individual report | |||
| 7. | Emotional interaction - Emotions and user experience - Types of interfaces - Group discussion and workshop about emotional interaction |
Preparation for lesson and review | 150minutes |
| Group discussion report | 50minutes | ||
| 8. | Interfaces - Various interfaces and their pros. and cons. - Group discussion and workshop about interfaces |
Preparation for lesson and review | 150minutes |
| 9. | Frameworks for interaction design - Group discussion and workshop about interaction design |
Preparation for lesson and review | 150minutes |
| 10. | Prototyping Exercise on interaction design (1) [Final Project] - Gathering data, data analysis, and discovering requirements |
Preparation for lesson and review | 50minutes |
| Progression of your group work | 150minutes | ||
| 11. | Exercise on interaction design (2) - discovering requirements, design, and prototyping |
Preparation for lesson and review | 50minutes |
| Progression of your group work | 150minutes | ||
| 12. | Exercise on interaction design (3) - prototyping, and preparation for the presentation Presentation of final project progress |
Preparation for lesson and review | 50minutes |
| Progression of your group work | 200minutes | ||
| 13. | Exercise on interaction design (4) - prototyping, and preparation for presentation |
Preparation for lesson and review | 50minutes |
| Preparing presentation | 200minutes | ||
| 14. | Presentation in group regarding interaction design - Preparing presentation + review - Final report |
Preparing presentation + review | 100minutes |
| Final report | 200minutes | ||
| Total. | - | - | 2650minutes |
| In class group discussion | Individual report | Group project presentation | Final presentation | Final report | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5% | 0% | 10% | 10% | 5% | 30% |
| 2. | 5% | 5% | 5% | 10% | 5% | 30% |
| 3. | 10% | 5% | 5% | 10% | 10% | 40% |
| 4. | 0% | |||||
| 5. | 0% | |||||
| Total. | 20% | 10% | 20% | 30% | 20% | - |
Evaluated by in-class group discussion (20%), individual report (10%), group presentation in class (20%), final presentation
(30%), and final report (20%).
The criteria for obtaining 60% (to pass) is that the student is able to propose the improved design based on the topics discussed in the classroom.
The criteria for obtaining 60% (to pass) is that the student is able to propose the improved design based on the topics discussed in the classroom.
Textbook: H. Sharp, Y. Rogers, and J. Preece, Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction
- Office hours: Wed 1PM-4PM, Friday 1PM-4PM
Prior Appointment by email only (emails of professors will be given in class)
- Course that cultivates an ability for utilizing knowledge
- Course that cultivates a basic interpersonal skills
- Course that cultivates a basic self-management skills
- Course that cultivates a basic problem-solving skills
| Work experience | Work experience and relevance to the course content if applicable |
|---|---|
| Applicable | Help the students acquire not only basic knowledge but also practical skills to create new user experiences by themselves. |
- 3.GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
- 5.GENDER EQUALITY
- 12.RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION & PRODUCTION
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