We use a variety of physical, digital, and virtual interfaces every day. How many of these do we find easy, effortless, and a pleasure to use? How many of these do we find frustrating to use?
Some user interfaces are well designed and provide a good user experience, but many interfaces are poorly designed. Throughout this module, you will learn about the quality of design and the need for a professional, integrated, and user-centred approach to interface design and development.
You will explore a variety of analysis and design methods and understand what good interaction design is, and how to design easy to use, effective, and efficient interfaces. You will learn about different design principles and how to use these principles to optimise the interaction between humans and computers. You will master the fundamental skills of user experience (UX) design and are likely to find yourself automatically analysing designs and spotting usability problems.
Total Contact Hours (Lectures, Classes) 40
Interface Analysis essay worth 40%.
Interface Design Group Project and Group Project Report worth 60%.
Reassessment Method: Like-for-like Including composite form of reassessment for failed components – written research project report.
On successfully completing the module, students will be able to:
Apply appropriate Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) theories and practices to the design, implementation, and evaluation of interfaces.
Analyse, identify, and describe interaction design strengths and weaknesses.
Identify usability and human interaction issues associated with interface design.
Design (or re-design), test, and evaluate an interface.
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