Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : ID3205 : Interaction Design { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Dhananjay Singh Bisht
Syllabus
WHAT IS INTERACTION DESIGN?
Good and Poor Design, The User Experience, Understanding Users, Accessibility and Inclusiveness, Usability and User Experience Goals
THE PROCESS OF INTERACTION DESIGN
What Is Involved in Interaction Design?, Some Practical Issues
CONCEPTUALIZING INTERACTION
Conceptual Models, Interface Metaphors, Interaction Types, Paradigms, Visions, Theories, Models, and Frameworks
COGNITIVE ASPECTS
What Is Cognition?, Cognitive Frameworks
SOCIAL INTERACTION
Being Social, Face-to-Face Conversations, Remote Conversations, Co-presence, Social Engagement
EMOTIONAL INTERACTION
Emotions and the User Experience, Expressive Interfaces and Emotional Design, Annoying Interfaces, Affective Computing and Emotional, Persuasive Technologies and Behavioral Change, Anthropomorphism
INTERFACES
Interface Types, Natural User Interfaces and Beyond
DATA GATHERING
Five Key Issues, Data Recording, Interviews, Questionnaires, Observation, Choosing and Combining Techniques
DATA ANALYSIS, INTERPRETATION, AND PRESENTATION
Quantitative and Qualitative, Basic Quantitative Analysis, Basic Qualitative Analysis, Which Kind of Analytic Framework to Use?, Tools to Support Data Analysis, Interpreting and Presenting the Findings
DATA AT SCALE
Approaches to Collecting and Analyzing Data, Visualizing and Exploring Data, Ethical Design Concerns
DISCOVERING REQUIREMENTS
What, How, and Why?, Data Gathering for Requirements, Bringing Requirements to Life: Personas and Scenarios, Capturing Interaction with Use Cases
DESIGN, PROTOTYPING, AND CONSTRUCTION
Prototyping, Conceptual Design, Concrete Design, Generating Prototypes, Construction
INTERACTION DESIGN IN PRACTICE
AgileUX, Design Patterns, Open Source Resources, Tools for Interaction Design
INTRODUCING EVALUATION
The Why, What, Where, and When of Evaluation, Types of Evaluation
EVALUATION STUDIES: FROM CONTROLLED TO NATURAL SETTINGS
Usability Testing, Conducting Experiments, Field Studies
EVALUATION: INSPECTIONS, ANALYTICS, AND MODELS
Inspections: Heuristic Evaluation and Walk-Throughs, Analytics and A/B Testing, Predictive Models
Course Objectives
- To develop sound fundamentals of interaction design among students.
- To expose the students to the state of the art concepts and techniques in the field of interaction design.
Course Outcomes
1. Students feel confident in terms of fundamentals of interaction design, usability and UX design. <br />2. Students are ready to take up any real world problem as interaction/UX designers.
Essential Reading
- R.S. Bridger (2017), Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics, Taylor & Francis
- Helen Sharp, Jenny Preece, Yvonne Rogers (2019), INTERACTION DESIGN 5/E, Wiley
Supplementary Reading
- Norman, Donald A. (2014), The Design of Everyday Things, Basic Books
- Krug, Steve (2014), Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, New Riders
Journal and Conferences
- SIGCHI
- ICoRD