Syllabus Overview

Interaction design fundamentals

Goals:

•To become familiar with the fundamental design principles of interaction.
•Develop an understanding of the conceptual and technical aspects of the interaction design process.
•Acquire the skills necessary to conceive, design and develop an interactive product or service system.
•Develop communication and presentation skills necessary to discuss interactive projects in a team environment.

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Objectives :

Students will…

be able to Understand(research and analyze) a (kind of) target audience(s) through questionnaire\interview\focus group\ contextual inquiry and other ways.

•be capable of using scenario\storyboard\use case and persona to Describe and Define User(s)+Needs and Wants .
•be capable of making flowchart and wireframe in preparation of LoFi prototype .











•have the capability to persuade(convince) people to appreciate your concept design .
•understand and know how to present and discuss their research in an interactive presentation.
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Class Structure:

•Students present work assignments due ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++
•Critique - of new work ++++ ++++
•Lecture - new material ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++
•In class work on assignments ++++ ++++
(Finally, the percentage of time spent on each will be determined by project phase)
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Grades :

1.Based upon attendance, class participation and successful completion of assignments by specified due dates.
2.Demonstration of subject comprehension
3.Fulfillment of assignment specifications and revisions as requested
4.Deadline adherence
5.Be prepared with materials requested by instructor for participation in class work, demonstrations and lectures.

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Project Overview:
The creation of your works is divided into a number of steps grouped into three main parts of instructions.


In Part I, you will:

(Due February 16 –February 19)
•Setup project folders on an external drive as per instructions below
•Creation of Blog using (Google's) Blogger.com
•Find your interesting audience (people and place).
•Find marketing research on your users for tastes and habits or relevant something.
•Find existing product or service aimed at this audience for design inspiration and discussing problems and possible solutions.
•Present a Power Point Presentation that shows your works about above.


(Due February 19- February 23)
•Present a Power Point Presentation that shows the rapid concept design for your audience, that can be a product or service and should emerge under your previous design methods.
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In Part II, you will:

(Due February 23- March 12)
•observe and communicate with your audience(through questionnaire\interview\focus group\contextual inquiry and other ways)
•Compose your user with persona.
•Create scenario, storyboard and use case for your product or service.
•Present a Power Point Presentation that shows your works about above.
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In Part III, you will:

(Due March 12- March 26)
•Modify in details
•Create a flowchart for your concept
•Create wireframes
•Do presentation about all your work by turn(8 minute per student)(March 26)
•Hand over (D)CD.
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Setting up folders (D)CD.On your external drive create a folder titled “IXF-09s-XXX(your name and Num.)”Within that folder, create eight main additional folders with the following titles :( Within the main folders you will also create additional folders).