Course: Interface Design credits: 5

Course code
CMVP20IND
Name
Interface Design
Study year
2020-2021
ECTS credits
5
Language
Dutch, with parts in English, English
Coordinator
B.A. van der Meer
Modes of delivery
  • Tutorial
Assessments
  • Interface Design - Other assessment

Learning outcomes

A1. The CMD professional can understand, describe and contextualise the problem context.
(Level 1): The CMD professional describes a simple problem context.

A2. The CMD professional consistently emphasises the user's interests by gathering and analysing data on user needs and wishes.
(Level 1):The CMD professional gathers data on the needs and wishes of users and stakeholders within a known context.

B1. The CMD professional is capable of generating creative ideas on the basis of the problem context, user and client wishes and can critically evaluate and weigh these ideas.
(Level 1): The CMD professional is capable of generating simple ideas and explains how they are related to the problem context, user and client wishes.  

B2. The CMD professional is capable of generating a creative concept for a digital interactive product on the basis of acquired knowledge, independently generated ideas and the relevant problem context.
(Level 1): The CMD professional describes a simple concept for a digital interactive product on the basis of acquired knowledge, independently generated ideas and the relevant problem context.

C1. The CMD professional elaborates digital interactive prototypes from ‘low-fidelity’ to ‘high-fidelity’, using prototype development methods and techniques.
(Level 1): The CMD professional elaborates under guidance simple digital interactive prototypes and using simple prototype development methods and techniques.

C2. The CMD professional applies acquired knowledge of man-machine interaction in the prototype.
(Level 1): The CMD professional describes the way knowledge of man-machine interaction is processed in the prototype

C3. The CMD professional applies multimedia and media technology in aid of the design process.
(Level 1): The CMD professional applies under guidance simple multimedia and media technology in aid of the design process.

Content

In the third block of Learning CMD, students learn about the concept of the interface, where human and machine communicate with each other. This is an important concept within CMD and by designing an interactive infographic, students become familiar with this concept.

The students develop a rich prototype based on theories about storytelling, interaction, data visualization and visual rhetoric (BOK). The design is visualized with a prototype in which different prototyping tools are combined (CD) and part of the interaction of the infographic is worked out with the help of code (CT). The subject of the infographic may be chosen by the student and has to do with a social situation / problem in which the student is interested.