This course is part of the Interaction Design Specialization

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Interaction Design SpecializationUniversity of California San Diego

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In this course, you will learn relevant fundamentals of human motor performance, perception, and cognition that inform effective interaction design. You will use these models of how people work to design more effective input and interaction techniques. You’ll apply these to both traditional graphic and gestural interfaces.

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Scott Klemmer

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Cognitive Science & Computer Science

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week1

Week 1

1 hour to complete

Input

There’s more to interfaces than what’s on the screen. While often overlooked, input deserves to be on equal footing with its more popular sibling, output. Also, input is a rare case where we can model user behavior mathematically. In this module, you’ll learn how good input is more than just preference, trace input from the fingertip to the screen, and think about the diversity of possible input devices and their relative merits.

1 hour to complete

4 videos (Total 51 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

Week2

Week 2

4 hours to complete

Search & Navigation

4 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 54 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

Week3

Week 3

4 hours to complete

Gestural Interfaces

The graphical user interface with windows, icons, menus, and pointers (WIMP) was a massive advance beyond the command line. It also took 20 years to go from research labs into people’s homes. We’re in the midst of a new sea change now. Gestural interfaces can be even more direct and more natural. They can also be even more frustrating. In this module, you’ll learn how to tell the difference and design gestural interfaces that work.

4 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 23 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes

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TOP REVIEWS FROM INPUT AND INTERACTION

by LSFeb 17, 2016

This is a great course, the final questions had me a bit confused BUT if you read carefully (not dyslexically like me) no problem.

by NWFeb 21, 2017

a very interesting course for anyone who enjoys simple easy to use systems and tools themselves. The last assignment was a great example of the practical applicability of this course

by WCJul 15, 2019

I like the concrete aspects of this course, and the last project about prototyping was quite fun!

by ACJul 8, 2020

i really liked this course alot,especially when Donald Norman came.It was awesome experience

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