Interaction Design

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Design a solution interacting with a computer system
• Evaluate a design for interacting with a computer system
• Choose appropriate methods of evaluating an interactive system

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• How different disciplines (human factors, cognitive psychology, engineering, graphics design, ethics etc.) influence the design of interactive systems
• The classification of input/output devices and techniques
• How to design, prototype and evaluate a user interface
• How users interact (dialogue) with system

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Classify the different input/output devices as to their effect on human-computer interaction
• Describe the main concepts (conceptual model, metaphors and paradigms) that influence human-computer interaction
• Explain the main theories of cognition and how these are used when designing interactive systems
• Describe the process of designing for interaction and why a user centred approach is preferred

• User Psychology
• Hardware (input/output) devices
• Models and Metaphors
• Interaction styles, Graphical User Interface (GUI) and windowing systems
• Design methodology
• Accessibility
• Guidelines, standards and metrics
• Evaluation
• Advanced Interfaces

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Prentice Hall, (1993). User Interface Design. Cox K & Walker D.

Barfield L (1993). The User Interface: Concepts & Design. Addison Wesley.

Preece J, Rogers Y, Sharp H (2007). Interaction Design: beyond human-computer interaction. Wiley.

Jones (2006). Matt Mobile Interaction Design. Wiley.

Norman DA (2002). The Design of Everyday Things. Basic Books.

Serengul Smith-Atakan (2006). The FastTrack to Human-Computer Interaction. Thomson Learning.

Dix A, Finlay J, Abowd G and Beale R, (2003). Human-Computer Interaction. Prentice Hall.

Shneiderman B, (2004). Designing the User Interface. Addison Wesley.

(2007). Sharp Interaction Design. Wiley.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External