Module 2 Interaction Design

Question 1

Focuses on both digital interface as well as physical artefacts.

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Interaction Design

Question 2

It is an important component within the giant umbrella of user experience(UX) design

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Interaction Design

Question 3

Designing interactive products requires?

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1. Who is going to be using them
2. How they are going to be used
3. Where they are going to be used

Question 4

What are the 5 dimensions of Interaction Design?

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1. Words
2. Visual representation
3. Physical Objects and Space
4. Time
5. Behaviour

Question 5

in dimensions of interaction design this should communicate information to user, but not too much information to overwhelm the user

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words

Question 6

in dimensions of interaction design this concerns graphical elements like images, typography and icons that users interact with

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visual representation

Question 7

in dimensions of interaction design these all affect the interaction between the user and the product

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physical object and space

Question 8

in dimensions of interaction design this refers to the media that changes with time (animation, videos, sounds)

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time

Question 9

in dimensions of interaction design this includes the mechanism of a product

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Behaviour

Question 10

2 goals of interaction design?

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1. develop usable products
2. involves user in the design

Question 11

How can a design of the human-computer interface affect motivation?

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should be artistically pleasing and capable of fulfilling the task required

Question 12

2 Interaction designers tasks

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1. design strategy
2. wireframes and prototypes

Question 13

this is concerned with what the goal of a user are and in turn what interaction are necessary to achieve these goals. (UI designers task)

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Design strategy

Question 14

interaction designers might also create interactive prototypes to look exactly the actual app or website (UI designer task)

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wireframes and prototypes

Question 15

what are the 4 basic activities involve in UI design

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1. identifying needs
2. developing alternative design
3. building interactive versions of the design
4. evaluating what is being built

Question 16

what is design?

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achieving goals with constraints
goals, constraints, trade offs

Question 17

purpose who is it for, why do they want it

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Goals

Question 18

what material to use, platform, time

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constraints

Question 19

choosing between goals or constraints

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trade offs

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Golden rule of design

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1. Understanding your materials (human and computer)
2. understand computer
3. limitations, capabilities, tools, platforms
4. understand people psychological, social aspects
5. human error and their interaction

Question 21

what are the design process

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scenario- guidelines- precise specs- documentation/help

Question 22

description of an “example” user (not necessarily a real person)

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persona

Question 23

describe the user as real with rich detail

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persona

Question 24

a stories for design (describing situation and context)

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scenario

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the 3 uses of scenario

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1. communicate with others 2. validate other models 3. express dynamics

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tools for layout

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1. grouping of items 2. order of items decoration- fonts, boxes, etc. 3. alignment of items 4. white space between items

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UI aims to?

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1. reduce the negative aspects 2. enhancing the positive aspects 3. developing interactive products that are easy, effective, and pleasurable to use

Question 28

it is concerned with the theory, research, and practice of designing user experiences for all manner of technologies, systems and products

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Interaction design

Question 29

being "concerned with the design, evaluation, and implementation of interactive computing systems for human use and with the study of major phenomena surrounding them"

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HCI

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who are involved in UI design

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1. designers 2. developers

Question 31

they are the one who should know many things about use, technologies, and interactions between them

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designers

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they should understand the business side, the technical side, the manufacturing side and the marketing side

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developers

Question 33

the people involved in the design of all the interactive aspects of a product

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UI designers

Question 34

people who focus on evaluating products, using usability methods and principles

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usability engineers

Question 35

people who develop and create the visual design of websites, such as layouts

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web designer

Question 36

people who come up with ideas of how to plan and structure interactive products

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Information architects

Question 37

people who do all the above but who may also carry out field studies to inform the design of products

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information architects

Question 38

meant to encourage design thinking that focuses on the quality of the user experience rather than on the set the design methods to use (allanwood and beare, 2014)

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UX as UXD

Question 39

"IT is not enough that we build products that function, that are understandable and usable, we also need to build joy and excitement, pleasure and fun, and yes, beauty to people's lives"

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UX

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UX(10)

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- usability - functionality - aesthetics - sensual and emotional appeal - fun - health - content - look and feel - social capitak - cultural identity

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4 core threads

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- sensual thread - emotional thread - compositional thread - spatio-temporal thread

Question 42

the process of interaction design involves four basic activities

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- establishing requirements - designing alternatives - prototyping - evaluating

Question 43

refers to the degree to which an interactive products is accessible by as many people as possible.

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accessibility

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wide range of disabilities

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- color blindness - dyslexia - physical impairment

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usability is broken down into the following goals

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- effectiveness - efficiency - safety - utility - learnability - memorability

Question 46

these 2 are used by the interaction designers to aid their thinking when designing for the user experience

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- feedback - findability

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derived from a mix theory-based knowledge, experience, and common sense

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- visibility - feedbacking - natural mapping - affordance

Question 48

it is a systematic approach to guide the human interactions with a facility to ensure that all functional aspects of human involvement are achievable without introducing opportunities for human error.

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HFE (Human factor Engineering)

Question 49

HFE considers human...

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- capabilities - limitations - characteristics - behavior - motivations

Question 50

refers to determining ways of restricting the kinds of user interaction that can take place at a given moment

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constraints

Question 51

types of constraints

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1. physical - square object and round hole 2. cultural - light switches 3. logical - order (1,2,3 or a,b,c)

Question 52

this refers to designing interfaces to have a similar operations and use similar elements for achieving similar tasks

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consistency

Question 53

refers to an attribute of an object that allows people to know how to use it

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Affordance

Question 54

involves sending back information about what action has been done and what has been accomplished, allowing the person to continue with the activity

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feedback

Question 55

the relation between two things

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natural mapping

Question 56

natural mapping can be:

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- cultural - biological - spatial