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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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
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
4 hours to complete
Search & Navigation
We live in an information-rich world. Consequently, the hardest part of interaction is often finding what we want or finding something that we didn’t know what to ask for. From e-commerce to digital libraries, good search design is central to human-computer interaction in the 21st century.
4 hours to complete
3 videos (Total 54 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
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 LVFeb 5, 2016
There could have been more content and the course been more challenging, otherwise loved it!
by CLJul 10, 2020
This class was fun and had a lot of great information for someone new to UX.
by MSJan 12, 2020
Un curso un poco más profundo en el entendimiento de la disciplina, pero que sin duda aporta un panorama diferente para profesionales del diseño
by WCJul 15, 2019
I like the concrete aspects of this course, and the last project about prototyping was quite fun!
About the Interaction Design Specialization
You will learn how to design technologies that bring people joy, rather than frustration. You'll learn how to generate design ideas, techniques for quickly prototyping them, and how to use prototypes to get feedback from other stakeholders like your teammates, clients, and users. You'll also learn principles of visual design, perception, and cognition that inform effective interaction design.
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