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Interaction Design: Beginner To Intermediate

Learn the skills and knowledge required to design user-friendly digital experiences.

(INTER-DESIGN.AE1) / ISBN : 978-1-64459-562-6
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The Interaction Design training course equips you with the skills and knowledge needed to create user-friendly interfaces that are efficient and effective. Learn about the fundamentals of Interaction Design, from understanding the core principles to mastering advanced techniques for data analysis and evaluation, you'll gain a holistic perspective on the entire design process. The course curriculum focuses on core concepts including definitions, goals, and principles of interaction design, including the importance of people-centered design and accessibility. You’ll discover the step-by-step approach to interaction design, from conceptualization and prototyping to evaluation and iteration. You’ll be exploring resources to stay up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in interaction design.

Skills You’ll Get

  • Conduct interviews and surveys to observe user behavior
  • Create user personas by assessing quantitative and qualitative data
  • Create sitemaps and wireframes by organizing information in a clear way
  • Design user interfaces (UI) that are visually appealing and easy to use
  • Expertise in utilizing color theory, typography, and layout principles
  • Create low-fidelity and high-fidelity prototypes with tools like Figma, Adobe XD, or Sketch
  • Identify usability issues by conducting usability tests 
  • Analyze test results for making design improvements

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1

WHAT IS INTERACTION DESIGN?

  • Introduction
  • Good and Poor Design
  • Switching to Digital
  • What to Design
  • What Is Interaction Design?
  • People-Centered Design
  • Understanding People
  • Accessibility and Inclusiveness
  • Usability and User Experience Goals
  • Summary
  • Further Reading
2

THE PROCESS OF INTERACTION DESIGN

  • Introduction
  • What Is Involved in Interaction Design?
  • Some Practical Issues
  • Summary
  • Further Reading
3

CONCEPTUALIZING INTERACTION

  • Introduction
  • Conceptualizing Interaction
  • Conceptual Models
  • Interface Metaphors
  •  Interaction Types
  • Paradigms, Visions, Challenges, Theories, Models, and Frameworks
  • Summary
  • Further Reading
4

COGNITIVE ASPECTS

  • Introduction
  • What Is Cognition?
  • Cognitive Frameworks
  • Summary
  • Further Reading
5

SOCIAL INTERACTION

  • Introduction
  • Being Social
  • Face-to-Face Conversations
  • Remote Collaboration and Communication
  • Co-Presence
  • Social Games
  •  Summary
  • Further Reading
6

EMOTIONAL INTERACTION

  • Introduction
  • Emotions and Behavior
  • Expressive Interfaces: Aesthetic or Annoying?
  • Affective Computing and Emotional AI
  • Persuasive Technologies and Behavioral Change
  • Anthropomorphism
  • Summary
  • Further Reading
7

INTERFACES

  • Introduction
  • Interface Types
  • Natural User Interfaces and Beyond
  • Which Interface?
  • Summary
  • Further Reading
8

DATA GATHERING

  • Introduction
  • Six Key Issues
  • Capturing Data
  • Interviews
  • Questionnaires
  • Observation
  • Putting the Techniques to Work
  • Summary
  • Further Reading
9

DATA ANALYSIS, INTERPRETATION, AND PRESENTATION

  • Introduction
  • Quantitative and Qualitative
  • Basic Quantitative Analysis
  • Basic Qualitative Analysis
  • Analytical Frameworks
  • Tools to Support Data Analysis
  • Interpreting and Presenting the Findings
  • Summary
  • Further Reading
10

DATA AT SCALE AND ETHICAL CONCERNS

  • Introduction
  • Approaches for Collecting and Analyzing Data
  • Visualizing and Exploring Data
  • Ethical Design Concerns
  • Summary
  • Further Reading
11

DISCOVERING REQUIREMENTS

  • Introduction
  • What, How, and Why?
  • What Are Requirements?
  • Data Gathering for Requirements
  • Bringing Requirements to Life: Personas and Scenarios
  • Capturing Interaction with Use Cases
  • Summary
  • Further Reading
12

DESIGN, PROTOTYPING, AND CONSTRUCTION

  • Introduction
  • Prototyping
  • Conceptual Design
  • Concrete Design
  • Generating Prototypes
  • Construction
  • Summary
  • Further Reading
13

INTERACTION DESIGN IN PRACTICE

  • Introduction
  • AgileUX
  • Design Patterns
  • Open Source Resources
  • Tools for Interaction Design
  • Summary
  • Further Reading
14

INTRODUCING EVALUATION

  • Introduction
  • The Why, What, Where, and When of Evaluation
  • Types of Evaluation
  • Evaluation Case Studies
  • What Did We Learn from the Case Studies?
  • Other Issues to Consider When Doing Evaluation
  • Summary
  • Further Reading
15

EVALUATION STUDIES: FROM CONTROLLED TO NATURAL SETTINGS

  • Introduction
  • Usability Testing
  • Conducting Experiments
  • In-the-Wild Studies
  • Summary
  • Further Reading
16

EVALUATION: INSPECTIONS, ANALYTICS, AND MODELS

  • Introduction
  • Inspections: Heuristic Evaluation and Walk-Throughs
  • Analytics and A/B Testing
  • Predictive Models
  • Summary
  • Further Reading

WHAT IS INTERACTION DESIGN?

  • Exploring Multimodal Feedback in Human-Computer Interaction

THE PROCESS OF INTERACTION DESIGN

  • Design Sprint for Product Innovation

CONCEPTUALIZING INTERACTION

  • Chatbot Design and Evaluation

SOCIAL INTERACTION

  • Interaction through Social Games

EMOTIONAL INTERACTION

  • Interacting with Emotional AI

INTERFACES

  • Analyzing about Voice Interfaces

DATA GATHERING

  • Interview Analysis Using Natural Language Processing (NLP)

DATA AT SCALE AND ETHICAL CONCERNS

  • Sentiment Analysis for Crowd Emotion Inference

INTRODUCING EVALUATION

  • Usability Testing for Voice-Activated Virtual Assistant

EVALUATION: INSPECTIONS, ANALYTICS, AND MODELS

  • Heuristic Evaluation for Website Usability

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Interaction Design or IxD is the process of designing interactive digital products and services that are user-friendly and primarily focus on user interactions.

It is important to learn this skill because these designs create intuitive, efficient, and enjoyable experiences for increased user satisfaction, strengthening brand reputation, and driving business success. You can take your business/organization's success to the next level with the implementation of interaction design principles.

You’ll learn how to create intuitive, user-centered digital products after thorough evaluation by conducting user research, analyzing data, and creating user personas and scenarios. You’ll be exploring the step-by-step process to create interaction design, from conceptualization and prototyping to evaluation and iteration.

Interaction Design is very close to UI and UX design with distinct focuses. UI design focuses on visual elements like buttons, icons, color schemes, and typography. UX design focuses on the overall user experience and how a user interacts with a product. Whereas the latter focuses on behavior and response.

  • You’ll be exploring a variety of technical tools and methodologies including Design tools like: Figma, adobe xd, sketch, invision
  • User research tools like surveymonkey, qualtrics, usertesting 
  • Prototyping tools like proto.io, invision studio
  • A/B testing tools like google optimize, optimizely
  • Analytics tools like google analytics, hotjar
  • Design thinking method for a human-centered approach to problem-solving and innovation
  • Agile development for a flexible approach to software development

There are a variety of exciting career opportunities you can explore like interaction designer, UI designer, UX designer, product designer, UX researcher, information architect, front-end developer, and UX writer.

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