ADTS1600 Interaction Design and Prototyping Course description

Interaction design is an interdisciplinary discipline in which experts from several disciplines are involved in the development process from idea to final product. Product design, graphic design, anthropology, communication and cognitive psychology are included as subject disciplines in addition to information technology.

In the course the students will get to know these subject areas, but the practical work will be limited to the development of prototypes, user testing, evaluation and some graphic design.

No requirements over and above the admission requirements.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student is capable of:

• different prototyping techniques
• user-centered design
• Research through Design
• sketching / drawing techniques, simple graphic design, shape and color use
• general design principles for good user experiences. Emotional design
• theories of communication, basic psychology, observation
• tools for making interactive prototypes (digital tools, Arduino, sensor technology)

Skills

The student is capable of:

• be able to work out ideas in teams and make decisions
• be able to produce interactive prototypes using simple means (paper) and more advanced digital tools
• be able to use knowledge of form, color and graphic design in designing products
• be able to describe goals for usability and user experience
• be able to perform user tests and use the results in further development of a product
• be able to use known evaluation methods (heuristic evaluation, cognitive walk-through)

General competence:

The student is capable of:

• working on the development of concepts for given issues
• testing ideas on users through early prototyping
• communicating ideas to other designers, developers, management, users and clients

Lectures and work on practical assignments. Case studies are included as part of the teaching. The students work in groups. Group size is usually 3 to 5 students (Determined by the course leaders).

The following coursework is compulsory and must be approved before the student can sit the exam:

• Three compulsory group assignments. They make up three deliveries that build on each other and that must be approved in order to pass the course.

Exam form: Portfolio assessment. The portfolio shall consist of a total of four parts:

• A group report (normally 3-5 students) of 15-20 pages describing the development process and showing theoretical and practical skills.
• The three compulsory submissions will also be processed and included in the folder.

One overall grade is given for the portfolio.

The exam result can be appealed.

In the event of resit and rescheduled exams, another exam form may also be used or a new assignment given with a new deadline. If oral exams are used, the result cannot be appealed.

All.

Grade scale A-F.

Two internal examiners. External examiners are used regularly.