INTERACTION DESIGN - 2021/2

Module Overview

Technology and its interfaces form part of our everyday lives. How we engage with these tools, artifacts, devices and access their content – whether it be for edification, education, entertainment or utility – profoundly effects the way we live and thrive. This module is all about designing those interfaces, interactions and experiences; how to apply technical and creative skills to make the things around us more usable and indeed useful.

Module provider

Music and Media

Module Leader

FROHLICH David (Music & Med)

Number of Credits: 15

ECTS Credits: 7.5

Framework: FHEQ Level 5

Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A

Module Availability

Semester 2

Prerequisites / Co-requisites

N/A

Module content

 

Indicative Content includes:-

• Introduction


• Requirements methods


• Requirements workshop                               


• Design methods                                


• Design workshop


• Evaluation methods


• Dimensions of user experience


• Designing media seminar

Assessment pattern

Alternative Assessment

N/A

Assessment Strategy

The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge of key concepts in the field, to critically assess the design of interactive things, and to plan requirements, design and evaluation activities with respect to digital media systems.

Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of:

• Coursework (portfolio) An extended project including a user requirements study and application of findings to generate a novel design response. Students will work in pairs for this project to encourage the learning of collaborative work dynamics. Students present their initial project findings in for peer review and feedback prior to completion.


• Coursework (prototype). Students are tasked to generate a prototype realisation of their interactive design using simple prototyping software tba.  They will be assessed on the quality of the prototype, its documentation and a live demonstration to the class.

• Students present their project findings for peer review and feedback prior to completion.


• Each contact session involves practical exercises whose results are shared with peers and the lecturer for feedback.  In addition, two workshops involve live generation and feedback on work. The student-led seminar sessions give student’s an opportunity to prepare a formal presentation of their work and receive feedback from peers and the lecturer.

Module aims

• User-centred approaches to digital media experience design and innovation
• Two forms of design research; research for design and research through design.
• Identify and work at key stages in the design lifecycle

Learning outcomes

Methods of Teaching / Learning

22 contact hours consisting of:

• Lectures presentations, paired with discussion and practical work


• Workshops


• Guest lecture(s) and discussion period(s)


• student-led seminar sessions


• revision and recap

Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.

Reading list

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Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2021/2 academic year.