IC2005 Methodology of Interaction Design 7.5 credits
This course will be discontinued.
Last planned examination: Spring 2024
Decision to discontinue this course:
The course is discontinued at the end of the spring semester of 2024 according to Head of School decision: J-2022-1555.
Decision date: 2022-06-16
The course was given for the last time autumn 2019. The last opportunity for examination in the course is given in the spring of 2024.
All modules (INL1, SEM1, TEN1) can be examined according to agreement with the examiner up to and including VT24.
The aim of the course “Methodology for interaction design” is for participants to implement HCI design methods in the design and development process of interactive systems. The course provides practical knowledge of how to use well-known and established HCI design methods as well as theoretical knowledge of how to think and reasoning on them during the design process. Note that the course puts people rather than technology at the centre of the design process. Interaction design is not just about the technical system that is developed but about describing and explaining how a computer system is going to affect the way people work.
The course is project-based. Participants divided into small groups work with different design project in which they apply the HCI design methods described in this document.
Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
The course includes the following methods, technologies and design philosophies:
• Design for quality in use and user-centered design
• Ethnographic observation and interviews
• Brainstorming and bodystorming
• Personas, scenarios and storyboards
• Sketching and prototyping techniques
• Evaluation paradigms and methods
Intended learning outcomes
After completing the course with a passing grade the student should be able to:
• use adequate user-centered design when developing interactive systems in the different software engineering phases: ideation and concept development, prototyping and evaluation
• analyse advantages and disadvantages of different design methods
• reflect on user-centered design in software engineering
• describe the design process, the skills of the designer and the product quality
• account for the theoretical background of user-centered design
• combine design methods for new design situations
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
The course is given if at least 30 students accept their offered place.
For independent students the requirements are:
- 180 credits (credits) in computer and systems science/IT/computer science or equivalent
- documented proficiency in English B or equivalent.
Recommended prerequisites
Course in HCI - Human Computer Interaction.
Equipment
Literature
Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
Examination
- INL1 - Assignment, 3.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
- SEM1 - Seminar, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
- TEN1 - Examination, 3.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination
Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination
Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.