ID414 INTERACTIVE PROTOTYPING FOR DESIGNERS II
| Course Code: | 1250414 |
| 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 MEHMET REFİK TOKSÖZ |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
By the end of the course students will:
• Develop awareness on how electronic interactive products work
• Acquire a broad understanding of how to design for interaction.
• Have a basic understanding of electricity, circuitry, sensors and actuators.
• Have a broad understanding of technologies and resources that are available
• Have a broad understanding of IOT technologies
Course Content
This course offers advanced techniques of electronics and programming through building working prototypes of interactive devices and systems. By taking a hands-on approach, wich means spending a lot of time building circuits, coding, playing with sensors and controls, the students will observe how best to make all of these things relate to the user s expression or environmental changes. These experiments will also allow students to test and observe the affordances of their designed systems. Course work will involve weekly readings and exercises for learning the technical skills, additionally there will be midterm and final projects that will allow students to think outside the box and have some fun while making something of choice.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
• Actively think about different interfaces, and evaluate their effectiveness.
• Compare different and more intuitive ways to interact with devices, and critique their effectiveness from a user’s standpoint.
• Make basic interactive products for their studio projects.
• Develop basic IOT products.
• Prepare proof of concept interactions with the skills gained