Teaching Period: III
Teachers: Johanna Viitanen, prof. Marko Nieminen
Learning Outcomes: After taking the course the student can
Content: Basics in user interfaces, usability and user-centred product development.
Assessment Methods: Lectures and examination and obligatory assignments.
Workload:
Study Materials: Materials are announced in course web site.
Grading: 0-5
Prerequisites: None.
Substitute for Courses: Replaces T-121.100 Introduction to User-Centred Product Development.
Target group: Everybody with an interest towards user-centered design.
Website: https://noppa.tkk.fi/noppa/kurssi/t-121.2100/
Further Information: Can be taken in English upon request.
Language: Finnish.
T-121.3110 Exercise on User-Centred Product Development (3 cr)
Teaching Period: III-IV
Teachers: Johanna Viitanen, prof. Marko Nieminen
Learning Outcomes: After the course the student
Content: Exercises for different phases of user-centred product development.
Assessment Methods: Exercise sessions and exercises.
Workload:
Study Materials: Materials are announced in course web site.
Grading: 0-5
Prerequisites: T-121.2100, can be taken simultaneously.
Substitutes for Courses: Replaces T-121.110 Exercise in user-centred product development.
Target group: Max 150 persons
Website: https://noppa.tkk.fi/noppa/kurssi/t-121.3110/
Further Information: Restricted number of participants (150). Can be taken in English upon request.
Language: Finnish.
T-121.5151 Methods for User-centred Product Development (3 cr)
Teaching Period: II
Teachers: Senior lecturer Sirpa Riihiaho
Learning Outcomes: After the course, you know the basic methods for user research and usability evaluation in theory.
Content: Literature based exam of the methods for user-centred product development, user research and usability evaluation. Participatory assignments on the net.
Assessment Methods: Exam and participatory assignments on the net.
Workload:
Study materials: To be announced on the course web pages.
Grading: 0-5
Prerequisites: T-121.2100
Substitutes for Courses: Replaces T-121.5150
Target group: -
Website: https://noppa.tkk.fi/noppa/kurssi/T-121.5151 (available in autumn 2009)
Further Information: The assignments and exam may be completed in Finnish or Swedish.
Language: English
T-121.5155 Introduction to Usability School (2 cr)
Teaching Period: I
Teachers: Senior lecturer Sirpa Riihiaho, Prof. Marko Nieminen, Prof. Turkka Keinonen (UIAH), amanuensis Otto Lappi (UH)
Learning Outcomes: In this course, you will get to know the other new students in Usability School and get first experiences in working in multidisciplinary groups. You will also get impressions on the perspectives that the participating universities have on usability and teaching.
Content: Introduction to the themes of user-centred product development, user experience and cognitive psychology, and to the teaching cultures of participating universities.
Assessment Methods: Lectures and assignments
Workload:
Study Materials: To be announced on the course web pages.
Grading: 0-5
Prerequisites: None
Substitutes for Courses: Replaces T-121.5500 Special Assignment in User-Centred Product Development: Johdatus käytettävyyskouluun (2 cr)
Target group: For students that are chosen to Usability School
Website: https://noppa.tkk.fi/noppa/T-121.5155 (available in autumn 2009)
Further Information:
Language: English
T-121.5200 Ihminen ja vuorovaikutteiset käyttöliittymät (3op)
Opetusperiodi: I
Opettajat: Petri Mannonen, Mari Tyllinen
Osaamistavoitteet: Kurssin käytyään opiskelija osaa: a) vastata kysymykseen: mihin eri aihealueisiin liittyvät tiedot luovat pohjan käyttökontekstin määrittämiselle ja käyttöliittymäsuunnittelulle, b) perustella, miksi käyttökontekstin määrittäminen on tärkeää vuorovaikutteisia käyttöliittymiä suunniteltaessa, c) kuvailla käyttäjän ja tuotteen vuorovaikutusta ja sen etenemistä, d) kuvailla ihmistä tiedonkäsittelijänä, e) hyödyntää kurssin tietoja käyttöliittymäsuunnittelussa: hahmotella käyttöliittymän ja perustella suunnitteluratkaisuja, f) raportoida tekemäänsä työtä ja sen tuloksia, ja g) tehdä vertaisarviointia toisen opiskelijan työlle ja antaa työstä kirjallista palautetta.
Sisältö: Kurssilla käsiteltäviä teema-alueita: käyttökonteksti suunnittelun lähtökohtana, käyttäjä osana käyttäjäkeskeistä suunnittelua, ihmisen toimita vuorovaikutuksessa tuotteen kanssa, tiedon visualisoinnin perusteet.
Suoritustavat: Harjoitustyö ja tentti.
Työmäärä toteutustavoittain:
Oppimateriaali: Ilmoitetaan kurssin alkaessa Nopassa.
Arvostelu: 0-5.
Esitiedot: T-121.2100 Johdatus käyttäjäkeskeiseen tuotekehitykseen.
Korvaavuudet: Korvaa kurssin T-121.200 Käyttöliittymäpsykologia.
Kohderyhmä: Kurssi on suunnattu vain Informaatioverkostojen opiskelijoille. Muiden opiskelijoiden suositellaan suorittavan kurssi osana uutta T-121.5350 -kurssia.
Www-sivu: https://noppa.tkk.fi/noppa/kurssi/t-121.5200/
Lisätietoja:
Opetuskieli: Suomi
T-121.5300 User Interface Construction (3-4 cr)
Teaching Period: II
Teachers: Prof. Marko Nieminen, Prof. Petri Vuorimaa
Learning Outcomes: After completing the course, students are able to develop an interactive user interface that can be used for usability testing. Students know how to use user-centred principles, guidelines and patterns in the design and implementation of the user interface.
Content: The design and construction of user interfaces. Use of basic user interface elements and style guides.
Assessment Methods: Lectures and examination, exercises.
Workload:
Study Materials: Materials are announced in course web site.
Prerequisites: T-121.2100
Substitutes for Courses: Replaces T-121.300 User interface construction and T-121.310 User interface construction project, and the course T-111.310 Interactive technology.
Website: https://noppa.tkk.fi/noppa/kurssi/t-121.5300/
Further Information: Restricted number of participants (100). Starting spring 2010, the course T-121.5300 will be arranged as a part of the course T-121.5450 Interaction Design and Evaluation.
Language: Primarily English. Exercises can be completed in Finnish or Swedish.
T-121.5350 Strategic User-Centred Design L (9 cr)
Teaching period: III
Teachers: Senior lecturer Mika P. Nieminen, Sakari Tamminen, Petri Mannonen
Learning Outcomes: In this course you learn the basics both of the users’ cognitive and psychological skills and the business potential of good usability. You will be convinced of the necessity to use that knowledge to direct user-centred design. After you have taken this course you know how to gather user data and analyse it to produce relevant user knowledge. You can utilize the gained understanding to generate ideas for new product concepts and apply suitable visualization and evaluation methods to build and assess the created products.
Content: The course applies a user-centred product development process starting from users’ cognitive abilities and the strategic business conditions set to the project. Using user research methods an understanding is created of the users, the relevant design problem and its context. Produced new product concepts are given a concrete form and they are validated with real users in order to reliably define the necessary future steps.
Assessment Methods: Lectures, Tutoring sessions and Project work.
Workload:
Study Materials: To be announced on the course web pages.
Grading: 1-5
Prerequisites: T-121.3110, T-121.5151 (or T-121.5150).
Substitutes for Courses: Replaces T-121.5200, T-121.5401 ja T-121.5700.
Target group: Restricted number of participants (30).
Website: https://noppa.tkk.fi/noppa/T-121.5350 (available in autumn 2009)
Further Information:
Language: Primarily English. The assessed work may be completed in Finnish or Swedish upon request.
T-121.5450 Interaction Design and Evaluation L (8 cr)
Teaching period: IV
Teachers: Senior lecturer Sirpa Riihiaho, Prof. Marko Nieminen
Learning Outcomes: After the course, you should be able to select suitable usability evaluation methods in various situations, and to argument your choices, as well as the findings of the evaluations. You are able to design and carry out usability evaluations and to construct a new user interface or a prototype of the system so well that it suits for user testing.
Content: This course gives deeper understanding of the usability evaluation methods studied on literature in the prerequisite courses. The methods are applied to project works conducted in cooperation with companies in groups of 3-5 students. Some new methods are also presented, as well as variations of the basic methods. The project work also includes the construction of the user interface to reflect the improvements based on the findings of the evaluations.
Assessment Methods: Lectures, Tutoring sessions and Project work.
Workload:
Study Materials: To be announced on the course web pages.
Grading: 0-5
Prerequisites: T-121.3110, T-121.5151 (or T-121.5150).
Substitutes for Courses: Replaces both T-121.5300 and T-121.5601 (which replaces T-121.5600, which replaces T-121.600).
Target group: Restricted number of participants (30).
Website: https://noppa.tkk.fi/noppa/T-121.5450 (available in autumn 2009)
Further Information:
Language: Primarily English. The assessed work may be completed in Finnish or Swedish upon request.
T-121.5500 Special Assignment in User-Centred Product Development (1-8 cr)
Teaching period: I-IV (Agreed separately)
Teachers: Senior lecturer Sirpa Riihiaho, Senior lecturer Mika Nieminen, Prof. Marko Nieminen
Learning Outcomes:To be defined individually with teacher.
Content: To be defined individually in advance with teacher.
Assessment Methods: Assignment
Workload: To be defined individually in advance with teacher.
Study Materials:To be defined individually.
Grading:0-5 or accepted/rejected
Prerequisites: T-121.5151 or similar knowledge
Substitute for Courses: Replaces T-121.500
Website:https://noppa.tkk.fi/noppa/kurssi/T-121.5500
Further Information: The assignment may be completed in Finnish or Swedish upon request.
Language: English
T-121.5850 Individual Course on Usability P (1-10 cr)
Teaching Period: I-IV (Agreed separately)
Teachers: Senior lecturer Sirpa Riihiaho, Senior lecturer Mika Nieminen, Prof. Marko Nieminen
Learning Outcomes: To be defined individually with teacher.
Content: To be defined individually in advance with teacher.
Assessment: Methods: Assignment
Workload: To be defined individually in advance with teacher.
Study Materials: To be announced on the course web pages.
Grading: 0-5 or accepted/rejected
Prerequisites: T-121.5151 or similar knowledge
Substitute for Courses: Replaces T-121.850
Website: https://noppa.tkk.fi/noppa/kurssi/T-121.5850
Further Information: The assignment may be completed in Finnish or Swedish upon request.
Language: English
T-121.5900 Seminar on User Interfaces and Usability P (3-8 cr)
Teaching period: IV
Teachers: Prof. Marko Nieminen, Senior lecturer Sirpa Riihiaho, Senior lecturer Mika P. Nieminen
Learning Outcomes: Students know and understand the role and importance of selected timely topics in the research domain.
Content: Timely topics regarding usability research and user-centred product development. The contents of the seminar vary.
Assessment Methods: Participation in seminars, seminar report and presentation.
Study Materials: To be announced on the course web pages.
Grading: 0-5 or accepted/rejected
Prerequisites: T-121.3110 and at least one of T-121.5xxx courses.
Substitute for Courses: Replaces T-121.900 Seminar on User Interfaces and Usability.
Website: https://noppa.tkk.fi/noppa/kurssi/T-121.5900
Further Information: The contents of the course vary.
Language: Primarily English. The assignment may be completed in Finnish or Swedish upon request.
T-121.5950 Thesis Seminar P (2 cr)
Teaching Period: I-IV
Teachers: Prof. Marko Nieminen
Learning Outcomes: Students are able to plan and conduct their thesis work independently.
Content: Basics and guidance about thesis research (methodology, process). Thesis requirements. Presentation of own ongoing thesis work and evaluation of other thesis (opponent). Getting familiar with other theses.
Assessment Methods: Pre-examination. Presentation of own on-going thesis work. Evaluation and acting as an opponent to another thesis work. Active participation to seminar events.
Workload:
Study Materials: Materials are announced in course web site.
Grading: accepted/rejected
Prerequisites: -
Substitute for Courses: Replaces former course T-121.950 Käyttäjäkeskeisen tuotekehityksen lopputyöseminaari
Target Group: -
Website: https://noppa.tkk.fi/noppa/kurssi/T-121.5950
Language: Primarily English. Can be conducted in Finnish or Swedish.
Updated May 11th, 2009