Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

• To provide students with competences in involving users in software design and development of user interfaces.
• To provide students insight into the process of interaction design
• To provide a foundation for students to understand the concept of user centric design and can relate this to software engineering in general.
• To obtain experience in prototyping as foundation for design

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Must be able to understand central concepts interaction design, user centric development, process models, GUI, usability, and user experience, amongst others
• Must know different techniques and methods for elicitation of user requirements hereunder creativity techniques
• Must be able to characterise different types of users and their needs
• Must have knowledge about how to involve users in a design process. This includes knowledge about design models such as participatory design
• Must have knowledge about prototyping as design approach
• Must have knowledge about different techniques of how to do usability test designs such as cognitive walkthroughs, heuristic evaluation, focus groups, questionnaires, field studies, etc.
• Must understand how to formulate different goals and evaluation criteria for interaction design of different interfaces

Skills

• Must be able to perform user evaluation of a particular software, system or interface using specific user involving techniques
• Must be able to elicitate user requirements by involvement of users and application of techniques (such as “think-aloud” test, and interviews, amongst others)
• Must be able to reflect on the interaction design and decide on which users to involve in the process
• Must be able to demonstrate how a system or interface design has been made through use of conceptual models

Competences

• Must have competencies in evaluation of different user interfaces (GUIs) and interface styles
• Must have competencies in analysing different target/user types and understand the differences in involvement of various user segments and user groups for feedback on design
• Must have competencies in involvement of users for user requirement elicitation
• Must be able to apply an iterative method for interaction design
• Must be able to select and apply user-involving evaluation methods and techniques

Type of instruction

Refer to the overview of instruction types listed in § 17. The types of instruction for this course are decided according to the current Joint Programme Regulations and directions are decided and given by The Study Board of Electronics and IT.

Exam

Exams