Introduction to the Interface and Interaction Design course in Tallinn University. 8 February 2010.

1. IFI 7103 Interface and
Interaction Design
Hans Põldoja
Tallinn University

2. Introduction round
ed. and prof. background - experience in IxD - blogs - web

3. http://imkedesign.wordpress.com

4. Structure of the course
• 3 × 2 day workshop (36 hours)
• Group projects (28 hours)
• Independent reading and book summary (40
hours)
• Graded assessment

5. February
Mon 08.02
Introduction to the course, personas, scenarios.
Tue 09.02
Participatory design, design session, user stories.

6. March
Wed 24.03
Information architecture, card sorting, paper
prototyping.
Thu 25.03
Paper prototyping (continues), testing paper
prototypes with users, other prototyping
techniques.

7. April
Mon 05.04
Implementing the user interface. Usability and
accessibility. Usability evaluation methods.
Tue 06.04
Finalizing the prototypes. Discussion of course
readings and book summaries.

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

9. Course readings
• 200...300 page book or selected chapters
• 2...3 page book summary
• Books available in IFI and local libraries

10. Graded assessment
• Group work - 80%
• Book summary - 20%
• 80% of attendance required

11. Needed equipment
• Good pen (for each one)
• Digital camera (per group)
• Scissors (per group, 3rd and 4th day)

12. Flashmobster demo

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