COURSE UNIT TITLE

: IGITAL EXPERIENCE DESIGN

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Graphic

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ZIYACAN BAYAR

Offered to

Graphic

Course Objective

The course aims to discuss the link between user experience design and graphic design, which is a current design approach in developing digital products. For this purpose, discussions on the definition, function and methods of user experience design and application projects accompanying these discussions are planned as the outputs of the course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to perceive the difference between interface design and user experience
2   Perceiving design as a holistic experience
3   To have practical and theoretical knowledge about design test methods
4   Strengthening the relationship between the user and the designer
5   To be able to adapt the concept of co-design to the design processes
6   To be able to develop the social analysis skills of the designer

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the lesson, discussion on goals and objectives
2 The relationship between design and experience, discussion on
3 Discussion on the stages of designing an experience
4 Implementation project topic selection and discussion of the topics
5 Discussing the first steps of pre-design research
6 Discussion of pre-design research outputs
7 Discussion of pre-design research outputs
8 Discussion of sample design solutions
9 Discussion of sample design solutions
10 Discussion of sample design solutions
11 Execution of post-design tests
12 Implementation of post-design test revisions
13 Preparation of final reports
14 Delivery of the final report and discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Gündelik şeylerin tasarımı Donald Norman
2- Interaction Design- Jennifer Preece, Yvonne Rogers, Helen Sharp
3- User Experience, Chauncey Wilson
4- The UX Book- Rex Hartson, Pardha Pyla
5- A Project Guide to UX Design- Russ Unger, Carolyn Chandler

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course starts with the assimilation of the idea of perceiving design as experience in the first stage. In the second stage, the testability of the design and the user-designer relationship are explained. In the next stages, new design proposals are discussed. In the next step, the process is completed with the finalization of the Design phase.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STA TERM WORK (ANNUAL)
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE STA * 0.70 +ASG* 0.30


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Ability to produce original projects
Discussion on sketches and ideas
Ability to choose the appropriate media for the project
Timing: finishign project on time
Unexpected and stunning presentations

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Academic Honesty: Students are expected to complete the given projects with their own thoughts and skills and to produce completely original works in this context. Situations such as direct inspiration from another study in any way, benefiting one-on-one, producing a similar one, or even getting someone else done, are definitely not desired.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ziyacanbayar@gmail.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Design Project 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 2 30 60
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 192

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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