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Unit Summary

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

AQF level

9

Level of learning

Introductory

Pre-requisites

CSC10214 - Designing the User Experience OR CMP81001 - Principles of User Experience Design Unless advanced standing has been approved for one of the above units.

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.

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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
2 apply appropriate methods and techniques to successfully design interactive technologies that engage users
3 consider and use appropriate activities, context, multi-platform technologies for interactive system design
4 design, develop and create user-centred interactive systems for IoT

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. identify and explain the challenges of designing user-centred interactive experience in IoT
    • GA4:
  2. apply appropriate methods and techniques to successfully design interactive technologies that engage users
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  3. consider and use appropriate activities, context, multi-platform technologies for interactive system design
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
  4. design, develop and create user-centred interactive systems for IoT
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA4:

Prescribed texts

  • Rowland, C, Goodman, E, Charlier, M, Light, A & Lui, A, 2015, Designing Connected Products: UX for the Consumer Internet of Things, O’Reilly.
Prescribed texts may change in future teaching periods.