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SI 682: Interface and Interaction Design
Course Overview
“Interface and Interaction Design” provides an introduction to user-interface design from a design principles perspective. The course covers such topics as accessibility, design ethics, psychological principles, interaction principles, requirements analysis, project management, I/O devices, standards and style guides, and visual design principles.
This is a projects-based course. All projects are scoped to allow students to develop and apply a pragmatic, applied view of design, with frequent practical design exercises.
Client Participation
The students' major assignment in this course is a semester-long group project that entails working directly with a local partner organization such as an archive, corporation, government agency, library, museum, non-profit organization, or school in order to aid in the development of a new website, portable device, or user application or to drastically overhaul a current system.
A team of four to five students works with each partner organization over the course of the semester. Please see below for some examples of the types of projects our student teams have worked on in the recent past.
At the end of the semester, student teams prepare oral presentations and written reports. Clients are invited to attend the presentations, which will be held at the school in December. They will also receive a report detailing the student team’s findings and recommendations.
This course is offered in both the Fall and Winter terms. Organizations are encouraged to send a representative to the initial course meeting (first Wednesday of the semester at 7PM) to informally discuss their project with the students. Clients will receive a hi-fi prototype (often a Flash demo) and possibly a new website in exchange for participation.
If you're interested in having SI students work with your organization, please contact Professor Mick McQuaid at mcq@umich.edu.
Examples of Past Projects & Results
http://www.emantis.info/
These students designed a tool to help homeless shelters and volunteers find each other (and more!). They went on from our class to take 2nd place in the 2008 International CHI Student Design Competition.
Video of final presentation: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/57469
http://web.mac.com/hadhrawi/Musecomp/Home.html
Working with the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, this group designed a handheld computer interface to help children navigate, learn, and share the museum experience.
Video of final presentation: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/57482
http://projects.si.umich.edu/jc682/
Working with the Ross School of Business, this group designed a course recommender site. This project won first place in Social Computing at expoSItion 2008.
Video of final presentation: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/57480
http://si682.logicalrealism.org/
These students won 1st place in the 2007 International CHI Student Design Competition, designing an online tool to incentivize the use of public transit.
Video of final presentation: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/49267
http://mitalkers.interspike.com/
Working with U-M Counseling and Psychological Services, this group designed a website to help students with online mental health information and resources.
Video of final presentation: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/57468
The following are not projects that meet the purpose of the course, SI 682
- Information flow analysis
- Analyzing interpersonal communication methods or skills
- Website or usability analysis of existing systems
- Research and comparison of technology for future purchases
- Media or public relations analysis or assessment of information flow to the public
- Analysis of the success of publicity or promotion campaigns
- Survey development
- Grant research/writing
If you do have a project that falls in this range, it may meet the requirements of another practical-experience based SI course or an internship for a School of Information student.
Contact SI Career Services at si.careers@umich.edu for more information on internships or Kelly Kowatch at kkowatch@umich.edu for more information or a referral to the faculty of other SI-client based courses.
Last updated: Jul 21, 2008
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