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User-centred Design (5 cr)

Code: YTSP0400-9S0V1

General information


Timing
01.08.2019 - 31.12.2019
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
5 cr
Mode of delivery
Face-to-face
Unit
School of Technology
Teaching languages
English
Degree programmes
Master's Degree Programme in Information Technology, Full Stack Software Development
Teachers
Jouni Huotari
Marc Pallot
Marc Pallot
Groups
YTS19K1
Master's Degree Programme in Information Technology, Full Stack Software Development
Course
YTSP0400
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Evaluation scale

0-5

Objective

You understand the terminology and principles of human-centered design. You can apply tools to create an user interface and a clickable prototype, and use usability evaluation methods to gather user requirements and feedback for software development .

Content

The key topics are:
- Concepts, models, methods, procedures, and processes for user-centered design and development of systems and services
- Designing and delivering user experience (UX)
- User interface construction
- Usability evaluation

Materials

Will be announced at the beginning of the course.

Completion alternatives

Exercises (during workshops), quizzes, team work, final exam.

Student workload

Lectures and workshops 30h, Assignments 80h, Independent studies 25h; Total 135h (one credit equals 27 hours of student work)

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The evaluation is based on the quality of the four workshop implementations (a total of 80 points). In addition, all the quizzes must be passed. For the grades 1 and 2, you need to get 20 and 30 points, respectively.

To pass the course, you know the basics of user-centered design and you can analyse the usability and user experience. In addition, you can design a simple user interface based on a requirement definition of an idea.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

For the grades 3 and 4, you need to get 50 and 70 points, respectively.

You know the theory on user-centered design and you can analyse the usability and user experience. You can design a user interface and a clickable prototype based on a requirement definition.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

For the grade 5, you need to get at least 85 points.

You demonstrate mastery of the theory on user-centered design and you can analyse the usability and user experience in a versatile manner. You can design an extraordinary user interface for a clickable prototype based on a requirement definition.

Qualifications

Previous experience of software development is needed.

Further information

The actual lecturer is Marc Pallot, see https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-pallot-389671

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