Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: User-Centred Design (AD)

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
ISYS3356	City Campus	Undergraduate	155T Vocational Health and Sciences	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2016, Sem 2 2016
ISYS3356	City Campus	Undergraduate	174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science	Face-to-Face	Sem 2 2017, Sem 1 2018, Sem 2 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 2 2019, Sem 1 2020, Sem 2 2020
ISYS3356	City Campus	Undergraduate	520T Future Technologies	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2022, Sem 1 2023, Sem 1 2024, Sem 2 2024, Sem 1 2025

Course Coordinator: Nasrin Sultana

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 4381

Course Coordinator Email: nasrin.sultana@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: RMIT City Campus

Course Coordinator Availability: appointment via email

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

Please be aware that this course forms part of AD006 (Associate Degree in Information Technology) and is not part of the BP162 (Bachelor of Information Technology) study plan. Also, it will follow the Vocational Education calendar dates and not the Higher Ed semester dates which means that classes will start 3 weeks earlier. The timetable is published under the Vocational Education timetable link and is not available on STS. If you enrol in this course as an elective please check with your program coordinator before commencement as this is not a bachelor course.

Course Description

This course introduces an approach to developing user interfaces for interactive systems such as software or web applications, with regard to the requirements of the client and the experience of the users. You will learn to analyse user needs and design, implement and evaluate various solutions to meet those needs.

You will learn to use web-based tools for information gathering and analysis, appropriate design software, and to implement prototypes for evaluation using basic programming where appropriate. This course serves as an introduction to later courses in web and application development.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for AD006 Associate Degree in Information Technology:
1. Enabling Knowledge
2. Critical analysis
3. Problem solving
4. Communication

On completion of this course you should be able to:

1. Explore and analyse users’ needs, usability goals and user experience goals of a small-to-medium-sized web/software application

2. Use software and relevant other prototyping tools to design user interfaces that take into account human capabilities and constraints, users’ needs, usability goals and user experience goals

3. Critically evaluate the usability of a small-to-medium-sized web or software application

Overview of Learning Activities

You will engage in workshop style classes in PC labs, including short lectures, practice exercises, case studies, discussions and assignments. Online resources and discussion forums will be available.
Assignments will include team work to develop and evaluate user interfaces. Responding appropriately to peer review of your interface designs is part of your assessment.

Overview of Learning Resources

Notes, videos and exercise material will be provided online via myRMIT also known as CANVAS. You will be using the Google suite of tools extensively in this course. Additional materials are available to RMIT students through the Lynda.com training library and Safari Bookshelf, as well as the RMIT Library.
The computer science subject guide is located at the following link Home - Computer Science and Information Technology - All guides at RMIT University (http://rmit.libguides.com/compsci) and can provide useful references to further augment your studies.

Overview of Assessment

This course has no hurdle requirements.

Assessment tasks

Assessment Task 1: Micro-credential (5%)
Individual

Assessment Task 2: Project (50%)
Individual

Project Stage 1 : Analysis and Design
Weighting towards final grade (%):25%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2 & 3

Project Stage 2: Implementation and Feedback
Weighting towards final grade (%):25%
This assessment task supports CLO 1, 2 & 3

Assessment Task 3: Practical Assessment - HTML, CSS (20%)
Individual
This assessment supports CLOs 2 & 3

Assessment Task 4: Knowledge Assessment (25%)
Individual
This assessment supports CLOs 1 & 3