Objective: The course explains the role of human interaction with IT products, systems, and services, explains the factors and problems related to it to motivate interaction design, and teaches some user-centered methods for analysis, evaluation and design of interactions.
Learning Outcomes: After completing the course, the student can assess the role of human interaction with IT products, systems, and services and identify factors and problems related to it within a practical design case. The student is able to:
- use methods for analysis and evaluation of existing interfaces;
- understand the role of requirements, plan and conduct a simple requirements collection and analysis;
- use basic principles of usability and user experience for user interface design;
- use interaction design methods in designing for target user experiences.
Content: The course provides an overview of interaction design, introducing the terminology and fundamental concepts, the main activities, and the importance of user involvement in the design process. The course addresses establishing requirements for IT products, systems, and services. The focus is on usability and user experience from the viewpoint of the intended users, their tasks and the context of use. The course covers user-centered methods for designing for and evaluating usability and user experience of IT products, systems, and services. All the main activities of interaction design are carried out in a practical design case.
Learning Outcomes: After completing the course, the student can assess the role of human interaction with IT products, systems, and services and identify factors and problems related to it within a practical design case. The student is able to:
- use methods for analysis and evaluation of existing interfaces;
- understand the role of requirements, plan and conduct a simple requirements collection and analysis;
- use basic principles of usability and user experience for user interface design;
- use interaction design methods in designing for target user experiences.
Content: The course provides an overview of interaction design, introducing the terminology and fundamental concepts, the main activities, and the importance of user involvement in the design process. The course addresses establishing requirements for IT products, systems, and services. The focus is on usability and user experience from the viewpoint of the intended users, their tasks and the context of use. The course covers user-centered methods for designing for and evaluating usability and user experience of IT products, systems, and services. All the main activities of interaction design are carried out in a practical design case.
- Lärare: Leena Arhippainen
- Lärare: Heidi Hartikainen
- Lärare: Netta Iivari
- Lärare: Leena Ventä-Olkkonen