IFI7313.DT Interaction Design Methods course in Tallinn University, 1 February 2018

1. Introduction to the
course
Hans Põldoja
IFI7313.DT Interaction Design Methods

2. Hans Põldoja
Head of Studies, Associate Professor of Educational Technology
Tallinn University, School of Digital Technologies
Education:
Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture (2016)
Tallinn Pedagogical University (2003)
hans.poldoja@tlu.ee
http://www.hanspoldoja.net

3. Introductions round

4. https://ifi7313.wordpress.com

5. Course objectives
• Practical: overview of interaction design methods, practical
IxD skills and group work skills
• Theoretical: working with academic literature on the field,
presenting design research in MA thesis

6. Structure of the course
• 4 ECTS / 104 hours
• 7 meetings (25 hours)
• work on a group project (59 hours)
• work on literature (20 hours)

7. Week 1: Idea generation
February 1–2
Week 3: Requirements
analysis
February 15
Week 5: Prototyping
March 1–2
Week 7: UI Design
March 15
Idea generation,
competitive reviews
Personas, scenario-
based design
Thursday Friday
Week 9: Final presentations
April 6
Concept mapping,
user stories,
information
architecture
Developing paper
prototypes
Designing high-
fidelity prototypes
Final presentations
Testing and revising
paper prototypes
Independent work: Finalizing personas and scenarios, organizing scenario-based design sessions
Independent work: Concept mapping, writing user stories, designing information architecture
Independent work: Testing paper prototypes
Independent work: Designing high-fidelity prototypes

8. Week Theme Contact hours
Group
assignments
Reading Total
29.01.2018 Idea generation 8 4 2 14
05.02.2018 Personas and scenarios 8 2 10
12.02.2018 User stories 4 4 2 10
19.02.2018 Information architecture 6 2 8
26.02.2018 Prototyping 8 6 2 16
05.03.2018 Prototyping 4 2 6
12.03.2018 User interface design 3 5 2 10
19.03.2018 User interface design 8 2 10
26.03.2018 User interface design 8 2 10
02.04.2018 Final presentations 2 6 2 10
25 59 20 104

9. Group projects
• Types of projects:
• Web applications
• Mobile applications
• Content-driven projects
• Group size: 3…4 members

23. Learning environment
• Course blog: https://ifi7313.wordpress.com
• Group blogs
• Google Drive for readings and full presentations
• GitHub
• SlideShare, YouTube, etc.

24. Assessment and grading

25. Assessement
• Exam
• 11 graded assignments:
• 3 individually graded assignments (A1–A3)
• 8 graded group assignments (A4–A11)
• Max 100 points

26. Your project ideas?

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Hans Põldoja
hans.poldoja@tlu.ee
IFI7313.DT Interaction Design Methods
https://ifi7313.wordpress.com
Tallinn University
School of Digital Technologies