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Course syllabus - Interaction Design

Scope

7.5 credits

Course code

DVA112

Valid from

Autumn semester 2013

Education level

First cycle

Progressive Specialisation

G1N (First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements).

Main area(s)

Computer Science

School

School of Innovation, Design and Engineering

Ratified

2013-02-13

Status

This syllabus is not current and will not be given any more

Literature lists

Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.

    • Ratified date: 2013-10-15
    • Latest update: 2013-10-15

    Books

    Buxton, William

    Sketching user experiences : getting the design right and the right design

    Amsterdam : Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann, cop. 2007 - 445 s.

    ISBN: 9780123740373 (pbk.) LIBRIS-ID: 10515196

    URL: Bibliotekets e-bok/Library e-book

    Mandatory

    Reference Literature

    Greenberg, Saul; Carpendale Sheelagh; Marquardt, Nicolai; Buxton, Bill

    Sketching user experiences

    Amsterdam : Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann, 2012. - viii, 262 p.

    ISBN: 9780123819598 (pbk) LIBRIS-ID: 12719186

    Kniberg, Henrik.; Skarin, Mattias.

    Kanban and Scrum : making the most of both.

    C4Media : 2010. - xiii, 104 p.

    ISBN: 978-0-557-13832-6 LIBRIS-ID: 12165384

    Benyon, David

    Designing interactive systems : a comprehensive guide to HCI and interaction design

    3. ed. : Harlow : Pearson/Education, cop. 2014 - xxx, 604 s.

    ISBN: 9781447920113 LIBRIS-ID: 14676289

Objectives

Provide students with insight into the principles, processes and models for developing interactive systems and products so that people have benefit and enjoyment of them. The course will provide inspiration and encourage lateral thinking and creativity in communicating the development of innovative digital products.

Learning outcomes

The student should after the course be able to:
- Demonstrate an ability to apply user-centered system development in design projects
- Demonstrate ability to conduct user studies to evaluate the usefulness of a system
- Demonstrate - through literature studies, references and practical work - how to take account of the basic psychological concepts such as cognition and perception in the development of interactive systems
- Create interactive application prototypes

Course content

Content of course consists mainly of how to design and develop interactive systems so that communication between system and user works in a desirable and expected ways. The course will focus on the perception and cognitive psychology from a human/computer interaction perspective. Review of methods for interaction design, interaction models, evaluation- and implementation models. The course includes a project work for the application of human/computer interaction theories.

Tuition

Lectures, laborations and project in groups.

Requirements

Mathematics C or Mathematics 3b/3c

Examination

Exercise, laboratory work (LAB1), 3.5 credits, marks Pass (G)
Project (PRO1), 4 credits, marks 3, 4 or 5

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Grade

Pass with distinction, Pass with credit, Pass, Fail