Interaction Design Methods course. 30 January 2014, Tallinn University.

1. Introduction to
Interaction Design
IFI7156 Interaction Design Methods

3. (IxDA)

4. “Interaction design refers to
the process that is arranged
within the existing resource
constraints to create, shape,
and decide all use-oriented
qualities (structural, functional,
ethical, and aesthetic) of a
digital artifact for one or many
clients.”
(Löwgren & Stolterman, 2007)

6. problem
solution

7. A simple interaction design
model
Identify needs/
establish
requirements
(Re)Design
Evaluate
Build an
interactive
version
Final product
(Rogers, Sharp, & Preece, 2007)

8. Research-based design process
(Leinonen, Toikkanen, & Silfvast, 2008)

9. This course
Feedback
Feedback
Group
blog
Project
idea
Contextual
inquiry
2 weeks
January 30
Group Assignments
Individual Assignments
Personas
Design
session
Scenarios
Concept
mapping
2 weeks
February 13
Testing
Testing
tasks
2 weeks
February 28
User
stories
2 weeks
March 13
Testing the
paper
prototypes
Paper
prototypes
Feedback
User
interface
prototypes
4 weeks
March 27
Final
presentation
2 weeks
April 24
May 8

10. A real life...
Contextual
inquiry
Personas
Scenarios
Design
session
Concept
mapping
User
stories
Testing
task
Paper
prototypes
Testing the
paper
prototypes
User
interface
prototypes

11. The components of interaction design
(Rogers, Sharp, & Preece, 2011)

12. References
• IxDA (n.d.). IxDA Mission. Retrieved from http://www.ixda.org/about/ixda-mission
• Leinonen, T., Toikkanen, T., & Silvfast, K. (2008). Software as Hypothesis: ResearchBased Design Methodology. In Proceedings of the Tenth Anniversary Conference on
Participatory Design 2008 (pp. 61–70). Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University.
• Löwgren, J., & Stolterman, E. (2007). Thoughtful Interaction Design: A Design
Perspective on Information Technology. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
• Rogers,Y., Sharp, H., & Preece, J. (2007). Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer
Interaction (2nd ed.). Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons.

13. Photos
• Juhan Sonin, http://www.flickr.com/photos/juhansonin/5135576565/

14. Hans Põldoja
hans.poldoja@tlu.ee
Interaction Design Methods
http://ifi7156.wordpress.com
Tallinn University
Institute of Informatics
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