About this course: A blank canvas is full of possibility. If you have an idea for a user experience, how do you turn it into a beautiful and effective user interface? This covers covers principles of visual design so that you can effectively organize and present information with your interfaces. You'll learn concrete strategies to create user interfaces, including key lessons in typography, information architecture, layout, color, and more. You’ll learn particular issues that arise in new device contexts, such as mobile and responsive interfaces. You will learn how to apply these design principles in a modern context of increasingly diverse form factors - from tablets, to walls, to watches.
Created by: University of California, San Diego
Taught by: Scott Klemmer, Associate Professor
Cognitive Science & Computer Science
| Basic Info | Course 6 of 8 in the Interaction Design Specialization |
| Commitment | 3 weeks, 2-3 hours/week |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
| User Ratings |
Syllabus
WEEK 1
Wireframes & Mock-ups
So you’re ready to lay out an interface. Don’t jump into code just yet. Rapid prototypes help you figure out the look and feel of an interface quickly, before you start implementation. In this week, I’ll introduce both principles and software tools for effective pixel prototyping. These rapid prototypes for communication within a design team and for getting buy-in from stakeholders. If you walk into any design studio, you’ll likely see these fast prototypes adorning the walls. Now you can add your own to the mix.
3 videos
- Video: The Interaction Design Specialization
- Video: Wireframing
- Discussion Prompt: Put on your critical hat: chartjunk
- Video: Mockups
Graded: A1: Wireframing
WEEK 2
Flexible Layout
There’s more than seven billion people on the planet, and just about that many computing devices. Given that scale and diversity, interface design can’t be one-size-fits-all. In this module, we’ll dive into the rationale and strategies for designing interfaces more flexibly. We’ll talk about internationalization--i18n for you wonks and 1337 h4x0rs--and the interplay between script direction and interface layout. And we’ll discuss responsive design: having a ‘family’ interface strategy that grows, shrinks, and changes to accommodate a range of device form factors.
4 videos
- Video: Responsive Design
- Discussion Prompt: Do you have a great example of responsive design?
- Video: Internationalization (i18n)
- Video: Make a Difference
- Video: Putting it all together
Graded: A2: Responsive
WEEK 3
New devices, big data
2 videos
- Video: Designing Smart Things
- Discussion Prompt: What area of smart things are you most interested in?
- Video: A Conversation with Visualization Expert Ben Fry
Graded: A3: Computing by the Inch, Foot, & Yard
Graded: Cumulative Quiz
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Ratings and Reviews
Of all the courses in the specialisation, this commands the most work. This is a good course to be able to experience if wireframing is a technique that a UX Designer want to specialise in. The remix was a bit unclear though. I didn't know if there was some sort of voting on submissions to be used in succeeding assignments. And the submission that could be used in Week 2 also could not be accessed.
Muy buen curso
Very useful
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This is a cool course and I am learning a lot.