This document outlines the syllabus for an interaction design fundamentals course. The goals are to familiarize students with interaction design principles, the design process, and develop skills to conceive and design interactive products. The class will involve lectures, in-class assignments, student presentations, and critiques. Students will complete projects in three parts: research on users and competitors, rapid concept design, user research and personas, and low-fidelity prototyping with scenarios, storyboards, and wireframes. The projects will be organized in folders on an external drive and presented throughout the semester. Grades will be based on attendance, participation, assignment completion, comprehension, and meeting specifications.

1. Syllabus Overview
Interaction Design Fundament
Hu Ying
School of Design, HNU
whoing@gmail.com

2. Goals
• To become familiar with the fundamental design
principles of interaction.
• Develop an understanding of the conceptual and
technical aspects of the interaction design process.
• Acquire the skills necessary to conceive, design and
develop an interactive product or service system.
• Develop communication and presentation skills necessary
to discuss interactive projects in a team environment.

3. Objectives
Students will…
• be able to Understand(research and analyze) a (kind
of) target audience(s) through questionnaireinterview
focus group contextual inquiry and other ways.

4. •be capable of using scenario
storyboarduse case and
persona to Descript and Define
User(s)+Needs and Wants .
•be capable of making flowchart
and wireframe in preparation of
LoFi prototype .
•have the capability to persuade(convince) people to
appreciate your concept design .
•understand and know how to present and discuss
their research in an interactive presentation.

5. Class Structure
6
weeks
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•Students present work assignments due ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++
•Critique - of new work ++++ ++++
•Lecture - new material ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++
•In class work on assignments ++++ ++++
(Finally, the percentage of time spent on each will be determined by project phase)

6. Grades
1.Based upon attendance, class
participation and successful
completion of assignments by
specified due dates.
2.Demonstration of subject
comprehension
3.Fulfillment of assignment
specifications and revisions as
requested
4.Deadline adherence Attendance Policy
3 absences result in failure for the semester.
Late arrival to class (15 minutes or more) results in an absence for the
class.
5.Be prepared with materials
Note: There is much to cover in this class. It is full of techniques and
requested by instructor for technical terms that you must learn each week. Missing even one class
can cause significant disruption in your progress.
participation in class work,
demonstrations and lectures.

7. Project Overview
The creation of your works is divided into a number of steps
grouped into three main parts of instructions.
In Part I, you will:
(Due September 28 –October 8)
•Setup project folders on an external drive as per instructions
below
•Creation of Blog using (Baidu's) hi.baidu.com
•Find your interesting topic
•Find your interesting audience (people and place).
•Find marketing research on your users for tastes and habits
or relevant something.
•Find existing service aimed at this audience for design
inspiration and discussing problems and possible solutions.
•Present a Power Point Presentation that shows your works
about above.

8. In Part I, you will:
(Due October 8- October 12 )
•Present a Power Point
Presentation that shows the
rapid concept design for
your audience, that can be a
service and should emerge
under your previous design
methods.

9. In Part II, you will:
(Due October 12- October 19)
•observe and communicate with your audience(through
questionnaireinterviewfocus groupcontextual inquiry
and other ways)
•Compose your user with persona.
•Create scenario, storyboard and use case for your product
or service.
•Present a Power Point Presentation that shows your works
about above.

10. In Part III, you will:
(Due October 19- November 5)
•Modify in details
•Create a flowchart for your concept
•Create wireframes
•Do presentation about all your
work by turn(8 minute per student)
(November 5)
•Hand over (D)CD.

11. Setting up folders (D)CD.
On your external drive create a folder titled “IXF-09arts-
XXX(your name and Num.)”
Within that folder, create four main additional folders with the
following titles :( Within the main folders you will also create
{
additional folders).
“research”
which contains
resources:
including links,
jpg, text and
PowerPoint flies
“rapid
concept design”
which contains
the first concept
design (jpg files
or PDF or
PowerPoint flies)
“user study”
which will
contain a
PowerPoint
flies(including
questionnaire
interviewfocus
group
contextual
inquiry and
persona) and
some Word
files(including
above part text)
“LoFi prototype”
which will
contain
scenario,
storyboard, use
case, flowchart
and wireframe.

12. http://hi.baidu.com/interactiondesign1hub
Thank you!