DESN315

Course Schedule

Week Date Topic Assignment
01 Sept 7th

1. Course Introduction

Attendance, Participation, Culture of Critique

2. Interaction Design Introduction & Process

Download IxD Introduction & IxD Process lectures

3. Design Research & Ethics

http://www.ethics.gc.ca/eng/education/tutorial-didacticiel/
Assignment: TCPS 2 certificate

1. Interaction Principles & Navigation

Download IxD Principles lecture

2. Reading: Don Norman’s Design of Everyday Things

download reading here

3. Begin Assignment 1: Digital Fiction

  • Research: an example of digital non-linear narrative
  • Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis
02 Sept 14th

1. Lecture: Card Sorting and Sketching

Card-Sorting-Armen.pdf
Activity: Project 1: Card Sort Digital Narrative Assignment

2. Discuss “Design of Everyday things”

3. Glossary of Terms

– pick a topic

1. Activity: Information Architecture for Digital Narrative:

diagrams describing the info architecture
(Sticky Notes, Cards, Whiteboard)

  • Sketching, Wireframes

2. Reading: Designing Interactions, by Douglas Englebert

download reading here
03 Sept 21st

1. Lecture: History of Interaction Design

download IxD History lecture

2. Video: Alan Kay Talk & Discussion

watch video here

1. Activity: Brainstoring for Digital Narrative Assignment

Assignment: Assignment 1: Group sketching and Mockups

2. Reading: What is a Designer – Monteiro

download Monteiro Excerpt reading & discussion
04 Sept 28th

1. Lecture: Design is a Job

lecture & discussion

1. Assignment 1 : PSD mockups due

2. Reading: Real World Web

download reading here
05 Oct 5th

1. Lecture: Prototyping

download Prototyping-Slides.pdf

2. Tutorial: CSS Animations & Javascript

read tutorial here

1. Assignment #2: Meta Product

2. Reading: Meta Products

download reading here
3.06-Meta-Products-chp-1-2
06 Oct 12th

1. Co-creation & Participatory Design

2. Research & Concept Development

3. Connecting – watch video & discussion

1. Electronics II Workshop
07 Oct 19th

Touch & Gestural Interactions

Mobile Application Design & Prototyping

 Studio Time
08 Oct 26th

Interactions in Space

Kinect and other 3D interfaces

 1. Assignment 2: Final Presentations
09 Nov 2nd

Information Architecture and Wireframing

 Assignment 3: Corelam Redesign
10 Nov 9th

TBA

 Studio Time
11 Nov 16th

TBA

 Studio Time
12 Nov 23rd

TBA

 1. Assignment 3: Final Presentations