ID406
Intro to UX: Schematics
Faculty
Irene Pereyra
Co-Founder of Anton & Irene
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Overview
Products are no longer simply products; they live within complex business and technological ecosystems. To fully understand the user experience, designers must be highly flexible communicators, facilitators, mediators and thinkers. Whether designing a dialysis machine, a mobile phone app, or a water filtration system for the developing world, design is as much about framing user experiences as it is about the creation of new artifacts. This course focuses on the relationships between objects and their contexts, how to identify human behaviors and needs, and how those behaviors and needs converge to create user experiences.
Students will be introduced to systems, user flows, sitemaps and other schematics within UX design and will learn when it is appropriate to use which.
Learning highlights
- Defining and documenting information structures through diagrams, wireframes, and overall information architecture
- Presenting, defending and selling your concept and design convincingly
- Analysing and critiquing other’s ideas
- Creating a client facing presentation
Course outline
15 classes
Class 1
What is User Experience Design?
Class 2
Interaction Design Roles
Class 3
Desktop Interaction Models
Class 4
Mobile Interaction Models
Class 5
Project Scope and Structure
Class 6
Personas vs Archetypes
Class 7
Wayfinding and Navigation
Class 8
Introduction to Diagrams
Class 9
Wireframing & Annotating
Class 10
Group and personal assignments and exercises
Class 11
Group and personal assignments and exercises
Class 12
Group and personal assignments and exercises
Class 13
Group and personal assignments and exercises
Class 14
Final Oral Presentations Due
Class 15
Final Oral Presentations Due
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Students will learn how to quickly come up with a concept and solution to a brief and create a convincing presentation that sells their ideas either to an internal team or client. Students will work together in small groups in order to come up with an idea and concept based on the brief provided and will gain an understanding of the role of interaction in contemporary product design while learning methods for testing and communicating new ideas in interface design.
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Back in 2008, Irene founded the User Experience and Strategy department at Fantasy Interactive in New York, which recently she left in order to start up her own design studio.
Irene is extremely passionate about design and believes that great design is practical and human-centred at its core, and starts with breaking things down to its simplest form, the straightest line from A to B. Design can always be better, and rocking the boat is always the right thing to do.
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Intro to UX: Schematics
by Irene Pereyra
Total hours
45 Hours
Dates
Feb 01 - Feb 19, 2021
Fee for single course
€1500
Fee for degree students
€750
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FAQ
Will I receive a certificate after completion?
Yes. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by the director of the program your course belonged to.
Do I need a visa?
This depends on your case. Please check with the Spanish or Thai consulate in your country of residence about visa requirements. We will do our part to provide you with the necessary documents, such as the Certificate of Enrollment.
Can I get a discount?
Yes. The easiest way to enroll in a course at a discounted price is to register for multiple courses. Registering for multiple courses will reduce the cost per individual course. Please ask the Admissions Office for more information about the other kinds of discounts we offer and what you can do to receive one.