ACADEMIC CATALOG

ID415 USER EXPERIENCE FOR SPECIAL USER GROUPS

Course Code:	1250415
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3 (2.00 - 2.00)
ECTS Credit:	5.0
Department:	Industrial Design
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Study:	Undergraduate
Course Coordinator:	Lecturer DİLAN CAN YILDIRIM ÇATALTEPE
Offered Semester:	Spring Semesters.

By the end of the course, students will

Comprehend the state-of-the-art user experience research methods, tools, and techniques and understand current concepts in user experience design.

Learn about asking the proper questions to get insights regarding user needs.
Understand the roles and responsibilities of the professionals working in different roles inside digital technology firms.

Comprehend different aspects of the user research and digital product design phases inside the groups formed by students complying with the common experience made for a design solution.
Be able to reveal insights and learn to establish empathy with users through user research methods that are particular to digital products.
Grasp the knowledge of creating a user journey map with touchpoints between users and a product.
Learn how to design an experience within a corporate image that accommodates the strategic needs of the digital product by creating a design system.
Understand the basics of the UX/UI Design tools.

During the course, students will

Understand which part of the user research and UX/UI practices is the best fit for them.
Able to perform accurate user research methods particular to the requirements of the product problem case.
Comprehend the process as a whole and come up with solutions in the user/product touchpoints.
Learn to constantly update the required aspects of the digital product through conducting iterative user research activities.
Able to represent their final design solutions with interactive prototypes.

Level of Contribution
#	Program Outcomes	0	1	2	3
1	Creative problem defining and solving.				✔
2	Planning and managing the design process.				✔
3	Presenting and conveying design solutions orally, in written and visually (2D and 3D).		✔
4	Planning, managing and evaluating the results of design-focused research.			✔
5	Contributing to the design of products in order to raise the life quality of the society.				✔
6	Generating and applying knowledge to serve sustainable production and life.		✔
7	Competency in intellectual and industrial property rights.		✔
8	Awareness of and sensitivity towards societal, institutional, individual and contextual differences.			✔
9	Awarenes of social and cultural facts and continuous change.				✔
10	Competency in economic, industrial and technological developments.				✔
11	Continuous development of professional knowledge, skills and approaches.				✔
12	Competency in the processes and actions in professional life.				✔
13	Adaptation to the different working environments and processes that the profession necessitates, and contributing to the development and improvement of these environments.		✔
14	Ability in working within teams.				✔
15	Giving importance to interdisciplinary interactions.		✔

0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution