Unit of Study PROG2006 Designing the User Experience (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Unit description

Focuses on designing the User Experience (UX), applying principles of psychology including cognition, perception and graphic design. Using prototyping tools, development and animation environments, students will design and develop interactive online content and simple interactive web-based applications. UX specialists are in high demand for web and mobile applications.

Unit content

User experience and the design of interactive applications
Design Thinking and user-centred design
User Interfaces for the web
User Interfaces for interactive applications
Designing effective feedback and interactivity
Designing for different types of applications

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
China - Guangxi UST	N/A	Term4
Gold Coast	Term4	Term4
Melbourne	N/A	Term4
Online	Term4	N/A
Papua New Guinea - IBSU Port Moresby	N/A	Term4
Perth	N/A	Term4
Sydney	N/A	Term4

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.

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

apply User Experience principles and industry-standard design patterns to the design of web pages and interactive applications

apply Design Thinking processes and user-centred design and evaluation methods to meet user requirements

produce and present documentation to effectively communicate interactive application designs

design effective interactive prototypes using multimedia software and tools

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Assessment
Critical review	10%
Project	30%
Project	60%

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Assessment
Critical review	10%
Project	30%
Project	60%

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Assessment
Critical review	10%
Project	30%
Project	60%

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Assessment
Critical review	10%
Project	30%
Project	60%

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Assessment
Critical review	10%
Project	30%
Project	60%

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Assessment
Critical review	10%
Project	30%
Project	60%

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Assessment
Critical review	10%
Project	30%
Project	60%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

A web-based development environment will be used.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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