User Interface Design (Spring 2024)
Official course description:
Course info
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Abstract
The objective of this course is to learn the fundamentals of user experience design and interface design. Basic theories, methods and techniques from user experience design and interface design are applied in group design exercises.
Description
Understanding
the qualities of user experience (UX) and interfaces to digital products,
systems and services is fundamental in the broader field of digital design. In
short, this area covers how we, as people, interact with digital technology,
and how these interactions can be shaped to create a high quality experience,
from aesthetic as well as functional perspectives. The course also introduces
and elaborates on fundamental interaction design theory.
Formal prerequisites
This course is a 2nd semester course on the BSc Digital Design and Interactive Technologies
Intended learning outcomes
After the course, the student should be able to:
- Apply basic scientific principles, theories and methods for user interface design
- Apply current best practices for user interface design in a digital design process
- Design a screen-based application in accordance to contemporary principles, theories, methods and practices for user interface design
- Design a test for a screen based prototype and evaluate the prototype according to specified conditions
- Analyze the qualities of a user interface design and relate it to fundamental interaction design theory
Learning activities
In this course, the students will learn the fundamentals of user experience design and interface design.
The course covers basic theories, methods and techniques from user experience design and interface design and applies them in group design exercises, where students design, prototype and evaluate the user experience and interface of a screen-based application. The design work relies on a combination of current research and best industry practice, and evaluation is carried out with user representatives in realistic contexts.
Course literature
The course literature is published in the course page in LearnIT.
Ordinary exam
Exam type:D: Submission of written work with following oral, External (7-point scale)
Exam variation:
D2G: Submission for groups with following oral exam supplemented by the submission. Shared responsibility for the report.
The students construct and present at the oral exam their prototype. A submission outlining the project is submitted beforehand (report submission, 5-6 pages).
Group
- Groups of 3-5 students
20 minutes
Mixed exam 1 : Individual and joint student presentation followed by an individual and a group dialogue. The students make a joint presentation followed by a group dialogue. Subsequently the students are having individual examination with presentation and / or dialogue with the supervisor and external examiner while the rest of the group is outside the room.
reexam
Exam type:D: Submission of written work with following oral, External (7-point scale)
Exam variation:
D2G: Submission for groups with following oral exam supplemented by the submission. Shared responsibility for the report.
Group
- Groups of 3-5 students
20 minutes
Mixed exam 1 : Individual and joint student presentation followed by an individual and a group dialogue. The students make a joint presentation followed by a group dialogue. Subsequently the students are having individual examination with presentation and / or dialogue with the supervisor and external examiner while the rest of the group is outside the room.
Time and date
Ordinary Exam - submission Wed, 22 May 2024, 08:00 - 14:00Ordinary Exam Tue, 18 June 2024, 09:00 - 21:00
Ordinary Exam Wed, 19 June 2024, 09:00 - 21:00
Ordinary Exam Thu, 20 June 2024, 09:00 - 21:00
Ordinary Exam Fri, 21 June 2024, 09:00 - 21:00
Reexam - submission Wed, 24 July 2024, 08:00 - 14:00
Reexam Wed, 21 Aug 2024, 09:00 - 17:00