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Course syllabus - Interaction Design
Scope
7.5 credits
Course code
DVA123
Valid from
Spring semester 2015
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
2014-01-31
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.
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Books
Interaktionsdesign och UX : om att skapa en god användarupplevelse
1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2014 - 168 s.
ISBN: 9789144097640 LIBRIS-ID: 16983480
Reference Literature
Design : process och metod
1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2015 - 237 s.
ISBN: 9789144108858 LIBRIS-ID: 18219023
Sketching user experiences
Amsterdam : Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann, 2012. - viii, 262 p.
ISBN: 9780123819598 (pbk) LIBRIS-ID: 12719186
Interaction criticism: An introduction to the practice. Interacting with Computers
Interacting with Computers, 23(6), 2011
URL: Link
Universal principles of design : 125 ways to enhance usability, influence perception, increase appeal, make better design decisions, and teach through design
Rev. and updated ed. : Gloucester, Mass. : Rockport, 2010. - 272 p.
ISBN: 9781592535873 LIBRIS-ID: 11732013
Jag älskar att allt ligger överst: En designstudie av ytinteraktion för kollaborativa multimedia-framträdanden
Mälardalen University Press Dissertations No. 72, 2009
URL: Link
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Books
Interaktionsdesign och UX : om att skapa en god användarupplevelse
1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2014 - 168 s.
ISBN: 9789144097640 LIBRIS-ID: 16983480
Reference Literature
Design : process och metod
1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2015 - 237 s.
ISBN: 9789144108858 LIBRIS-ID: 18219023
Sketching user experiences
Amsterdam : Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann, 2012. - viii, 262 p.
ISBN: 9780123819598 (pbk) LIBRIS-ID: 12719186
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Books
Design : process och metod
1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2015 - 237 s.
ISBN: 9789144108858 LIBRIS-ID: 18219023
Reference Literature
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
Sketching user experiences
Amsterdam : Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann, 2012. - viii, 262 p.
ISBN: 9780123819598 (pbk) LIBRIS-ID: 12719186
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
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Books
Sketching user experiences
Amsterdam : Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann, 2012. - viii, 262 p.
ISBN: 9780123819598 (pbk) LIBRIS-ID: 12719186
Reference Literature
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
Kanban and Scrum : making the most of both.
C4Media : 2010. - xiii, 104 p.
ISBN: 978-0-557-13832-6 LIBRIS-ID: 12165384
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
The course objective is that students will acquire the ability to apply fundamental principles, processes and models for designing interactive systems and digital artifacts so that people have the benefit and enjoyment of them. The course will also awaken reflection around sustainable development, social and ethical aspects during design and development of new technologies.
Learning outcomes
Student should be able to:
- demonstrate the ability to apply the design process for the design of interactive digital artifacts
- demonstrate the ability to conduct user studies to evaluate a design
- demonstrate - through literature studies, references and practical work - how a design work is based on scientific contribution in the field
- design and develop interactive prototypes and digital artifacts
- present and discuss information, problems and solutions in dialogue with different groups verbally and in writing
- the ability to make judgments with regard to sustainable development and scientific, social and ethical issues in interaction design
Course content
This course focuses on the design process for interactive systems. How they should be designed and developed to enable communication between system and user functions in a desirable and expected manner. Methods of interaction: design methods in creative phase, concept development, interaction techniques and evaluation techniques are presented and applied. The course includes practical design work in exercises and projects. The course presents ethical aspects, social aspects and sustainable development within interaction design. The course also includes academic writing in the field and provides an overview of current research in the area.
Tuition
The course includes lectures, exercises, individual assignment and group project work.
Requirements
Mathematics C or Mathematics 3b/3c
Examination
Exercise (INL1), 2.5 ECTS credits, marks 3, 4 or 5
Project (PRO1), 5 ECTS credits, marks 3, 4 or 5
A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.
Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.
Grade
Pass with distinction, Pass with credit, Pass, Fail
Interim Regulations and Other Regulations
The course completely overlaps with Interaction Design in .NET and DVA123 Interaction Design.