Interactive Design

Course Code:

VCD 379

Course Type:

Elective

P:

2

Lab:

2

Credits:

3

ECTS:

5

Course Language:

English

Course Coordinator:

Neda ÜÇER

Course Objectives:

With this course, it is aimed that students acquire user experience, user interface design, interaction design knowledge and skills with practical projects after understanding the interactive design field in a theoretical framework.

Course Content:

Within the scope of this course, students are expected to create solutions for environmental and social problems with user interface design and user experience design projects.

Course Methodology:

1- Lecture, 5-Problem Solving, 8-Pairwork

Course Evaluation Methods:

B-Oral Exam / Presentation, E-Project / Design

Vertical Tabs

Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes	Program Learning Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
1. Develops interactive design projects.	1,2,3	1,5,8	B,E
2. Understand the user interface and user experience design principles.	3,4	1,5,8	B,E
3. Produces solutions for environmental problems with interactive design projects.	3,6	1,5,8	B,E
4. Acquires interactive design skills.	3,10	1,5,8	B,E

Course Flow

COURSE CONTENT
Week	Topics	Study Materials
1	Introduction to the course
2	What is the interaction design?
3	Interactive design examples
4	Field selection for an interaction design project
5	Starting to focus on the interaction
6	Studying on Prototype
7	Interactive user interface examples
8	Mid-term
9	Determining the subject for the project
10	Creating the first examples of project user interface templates
11	Improving user interface and interaction
12	Focusing on content and interaction
13	Beginning prototyping the UI
14	Integrating the interface into the content
15	Debugging in the interactive design
16	Final Exam

Assessment

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms	1	40
Final	1	60
Total		100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60
Contribution of In-Term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Total		100

Course’s Contribution to Program

COURSE’S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	Uses technical and academic knowledge accumulated in visual communication design field for authentic projects.					X
2	Designs 2 and 3 dimensional creative products considering the aesthetic rules.					X
3	Employs efficiently the technical innovations required by the professional field.					X
4	Analyses problems related to the field starting from the concept and develops appropriate projects for the targeted audience.					X
5	Behaves according to the national and international professional ethical principles.		X
6	Builds awareness to universal and social problems by developed projects and offers solutions to them.					X
7	Gains sectoral experience by compulsory internship, relates academic knowledge with field experience.	X
8	Grasps the importance of interdisciplinary working by lifelong learning mind-set and collaborates with different teams.				X
9	Develops concepts and puts forth innovative and authentic works to enrich the cultural and artistic accumulation related to the field.				X
10	Transforms the creative ideas into moving and interactive visual expressions, executes multi-dimensional designs.					X

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration	14	4	56
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	14	4	56
Mid-term Exam	1	4	4
Final Exam	1	4	4
Total Workload			120
Total Workload / 25 (s)			4,8
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

None