Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : ID6201 : User Experience Design { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Dhananjay Singh Bisht
Syllabus
Introduction to Interaction Design. Concepts of Interaction, Task analysis, design, Fitness, Information age, Controls and displays, Feedback, Affordances, Bits and atoms
Human information processing Attention Skilled and unskilled operations Vigilance Feedback Long term memory Encoding Chunking Network theory of memory Transfer of learning Mental models Task performance
Usability engineering Usability testing Fitt’s Law, Hick Hyman Law Norman’s principles Nielsen’s heuristics Contextual inquiry Work models Cultural probes Brainstorming Affinity diagrams Card sorting Personas Scenarios Story boards Story maps Cognitive and Pluralistic walkthrough
Consumer experience Consumer touchpoints Consumer journey map Experience map Service blueprint Empathy map
Special Topics
Course Objectives
- To develop awareness of different aspects of user experience design as a part of professional design.
- To develop sound fundamentals of user experience design among students for application purposes..
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
- David Benyon (2019), Designing User Experience: A guide to HCI, UX and interaction design, Pearson
Supplementary Reading
- W. O Galitz (2007), The Essential Guide to User Interface Design: An Introduction to GUI Design Principles and Techniques, Wiley
- Scott Faranello (2016), Practical UX Design, Packt Publishing Limited
Journal and Conferences
- Ergonomics in Design, Applied Ergonomics
- International Conference on Research into Design