TIE-41306 User Experience: Design and Evaluation, 5 cr

Additional information

Suitable for postgraduate studies.

Person responsible

Thomas Olsson, Heli Väätäjä

Lessons

Learning Outcomes

Design and evaluation of user experience takes into account all the different aspects, which have an effect on human usage of product and services. After passing the course the student can define, what the user experience of products and services means, and which kind of factors contribute to user experience of products and services. The student is also familiar with the common approaches used in user experience design, evaluation, and research, and can choose and apply those methods in practice and report the work.

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

The course is graded based on individual work and the group assignment project.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (0-5)

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Prerequisites

Additional information about prerequisites
A student who takes his/her Bachelor's level studies at TUT should have taken the course "TIE-04100 Käytettäjäkokemuksen perusteet" prior to the course. In addition, taking "YHTTAY-40020 Usability Evaluation Methods" is strongly recommended before this course. A Master's level or postgraduate student who has taken a Bachelor's degree elsewhere should have understanding of basic concepts and methods of usability, user experience, and human centered design before entering the course. (S)he can define usability goals and conduct a simple task analysis and a user study. (S)he can conduct a small scale usability test in a laboratory and in the field.

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