Semester: 3
ECTS: 4
Lectures: 15
Practice sessions: 15
Independent work: 90
Module Code: 24-521-0339
Semester: 3
ECTS: 4
Lectures: 15
Practice sessions: 15
Independent work: 90
Module Code: 24-521-0339
Module title:
Interactions design
Lecturers and associates:
Module overview:
This module provides students with the skills and knowledge needed to design user experience and interaction systems, use appropriate tools, and apply the ways of thinking required for designing interactive systems with modern user experience.
This module is core to subspecialisation in Design and provides the foundation for web design and application design modules that students will take in the following semesters. Skills brought by this module will contribute significantly to student’s development as professionals in respecting fields.
The module assessment is based on individual student projects. In these projects, students must design and test interaction systems according to the given specification.
Literature:
Required readings:
1.Lynch, P.J., Horton, S. (2016) Web Style Guide: Foundations of User Experience Design 4th edition, New Haven and London, Yale University Press
Supplementary readings:
1.Garrett, J.J. (2010) The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web and Beyond, Berkeley, New Riders
2.Krug, S. (2014) Don´t Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, Berkeley, New Riders
3.Miles, A., Hannon, C., Denney, H., Gross, J., Kaushansky, K., Cossey, M., Silfver, P., Hinman, R., Merwe, R., Bradley, S. (2013) Navigation and Interaction, Freiburg, Smashing Magazine GmbH
4.Zumbrunnen, A., Karafillis, A., Rundle, J., Leone, L., Peatt, K., Boag, P., Pintilie, S. (2014) Navigation and Interaction vol 2, Freiburg, Smashing Magazine GmbH