| Code |
14721
|
| Year |
2
|
| Semester |
S1
|
| ECTS Credits |
6
|
| Workload |
PL(30H)/T(30H)
|
| Scientific area |
Design
|
|
Entry requirements |
Basic notions of Design principles and UI development.
|
|
Mode of delivery |
Face-to-face instruction.
|
|
Work placements |
Not applicable.
|
|
Learning outcomes |
Dominate techniques for problem identification and contextual user needs.
Provide students with knowledge about processes and methodologies essential to the organization and communication of clear functional objective information in developing interactive projects.
Design optimization processes information regarding interaction, consistency and clarity of reading and navigation.
Apply creative techniques to generate and select concepts for digital products.
Acquisition of operational skills for structuring textual and visual content.
Develop project plan and interactive structure using informative and narrative features taking advantage of the fundamentals of graphic and audiovisual language
Establish organizational skills in the presentation of content and development of critical and analytical view about objectives and interactive content.
|
|
Syllabus |
Analysis of interactive products, and identification of specific problems.
Graphical interfaces: functional aspects and interaction concept objectives.
Visual metaphors, navigation and guidance.
Interactivity and consistent experience.
Nonlinear structures and information architecture.
Pre-production structuring objectives, research and state of the art, definitions of concepts.
Development processes, structure, sketching and experience of use, troubleshooting.
Materialization and content integration.
Development of models and mockups.
Navigational prototype development with different fidelity levels: low, medium and high resolution.
Usage of evaluation techniques for digital products.
|
|
Main Bibliography |
Antonelli, Paola. Design and the Elastic Mind, MoMA 2008
Buxton, Bill. Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design, Morgan Kaufmann 2010
Norman, D. A. Emotional Design – Why We Love Everyday Things. Basic Books 2003.
Saffer, Dan. Designing for Interaction: Creating Innovative Applications and Devices, New Riders, 2010
Tidwell, Jenifer. Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design. O’Reilly Media, Inc., 2005
Krug, S. Don’t Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability. New Riders 2005
|
|
Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
|