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2020 unit offering information will be available in September 2019
Unit aim
Equips students with the tools to design immersive interactive systems for the internet-of-things (IoT). Students will learn the difference between traditional user experience design and user experience in IoT. Students will be required to implement a small interactive system for pervasive and immersive user experience.
Unit content
Topic 1: User experience design for the internet-of-things (IoT)
Topic 2: Overview of IoT components (networks and things) and their effects on user experience design
Topic 3: Understanding people, activities, context and technologies
Topic 4: Product information and strategies
Topic 5: Interface and interaction design
Topic 6: Cross-device interactions and inter-usability
Topic 7: Interoperability
Topic 8: Responsible IoT design
Topic 9: Designing data visualisations for immersive interactions such as virtual reality
Topic 10: Iterative design: Prototyping and learning
Topic 11: Designing complex and interconnected products
Topic 12: Recent trends in user experience design
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify and explain the challenges of designing user-centred interactive experience in IoT | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 2 | apply appropriate methods and techniques to successfully design interactive technologies that engage users | Creativity | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 3 | consider and use appropriate activities, context, multi-platform technologies for interactive system design | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | |||||
| 4 | design, develop and create user-centred interactive systems for IoT | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||
Prescribed texts
Session 1
- Rowland, C, Goodman, E, Charlier, M, Light, A & Lui, A, 2015, Designing Connected Products: UX for the Consumer Internet of Things, O’Reilly.
Session 2
- Rowland, C, Goodman, E, Charlier, M, Light, A & Lui, A, 2015, Designing Connected Products: UX for the Consumer Internet of Things, O’Reilly.
Teaching and assessment
Gold Coast
| Teaching method |
| Lecture on-site 1 hour (12 weeks) |
| Tutorial on-site 2 hours (12 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Report (Analysing trends in user experience design) | 30% |
| Assignment: Critique of interactive systems | 30% |
| Case Study (Design and prototype) | 40% |
Fee information
Domestic
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Commencing 2020 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 2
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