This document outlines the structure and requirements of an interface and interaction design course. The course consists of workshops, presentations, group projects, readings, and an exam. It is structured around design sessions that guide students through scenarios, personas, prototyping, and other design activities. Students will work in groups to complete a design project, give a final presentation, and write a book summary. The document provides deadlines, learning resources, and explains the grading breakdown.

1. Interface and Interaction Design
Introduction to the course
Hans Põldoja

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3. Introductions round

4. http://imkedesign.wordpress.com

5. Structure of the course
• 3 × 2 day workshop (24 hours)
• Presentations (4 hours)
• Group projects (36 hours)
• Independent reading and book summary (40
hours)
• Exam

6. January
Mon 30.01
Introduction to the course. Choosing topics for
group projects. Creating personas.
Tue 31.01
Writing scenarios. Organizing a participatory
design session. Writing user stories.

7. March
Mon 05.03
Creating paper prototypes. Interaction design
patterns.
Tue 06.03
Testing and improving paper prototypes.

8. April
Wed 02.04
Creating user interface prototypes. Shooting a
scenario video about the design project.
Thu 03.04
Shooting and editing the video.

9. Presentations
• Final presentations Monday 16.04
• e-Vent demo day Tuesday 22.05

10. Design session 1
Scenarios
Video scenario
User stories
Personas
Idea
Paper prototypes
User interface prototypes
Design session 1I

11. Learning environment
• Course blog: http://imkedesign.wordpress.com
• Course tag: imkedesign (#imkedesign)
• SlideShare, Scribd, Twitter, Delicious, Flickr,
YouTube, Mendeley, blogs, ...

12. Course readings
• 200...300 page book or selected chapters
• Book summary (800–1200 words)
• Books available in IFI and local libraries

13. Exam grading
• Group work — 80%
• Book summary — 20%
• 80% of attendance required

14. e-Vent

15. Projects from previous
years

16. Roles needed in the group
• Scenario writing
• Sketching and prototyping
• Graphical design and image editing
• XHTML and CSS
• Movie shooting and editing
• Project management
• ...

17. Thank You!
• hans.poldoja@tlu.ee
• http://imkedesign.wordpress.com