Experience Design and Usability for the Web
Overview
This unit explores the concept of Experience Design in which attention is given to the quality and effectiveness of the user experience of the product, which must be recognised and improved. The unit aims to provide skills in Experience Design and usability for digital media design practice. Through practical tasks and critical exploration of the relationship between experience design, usability, design concept and software capabilities, students will extend their understanding of the constraints of particular web design practices and ways in which they drive design. Students will develop an in-depth designed outcome based on this understanding.
Requisites
09-February-2025
02-November-2025
08-February-2026
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Analyse a range of Experience Design practices in the development of a user-oriented product
- Create a design specification to identify the potential and constraints of web-design and Usability practices to affect design outcomes
- Develop a Digital Media Design project applying specialised Experience Design and User Testing processes
- Evaluate and apply User Testing data to improve the quality of the user experience
- Evaluate the Digital Media Design process, outcome and effectiveness of the user experience in a project document
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-campus Studio | 3.00 | 12 weeks | 36 |
| Unspecified Activities Readings | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 7.00 | 12 weeks | 84 |
| TOTAL | 144 |
Swinburne Online
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 12.50 | 12 weeks | 150 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Experience Design Project | Individual | 50% | 1,2,3,4,5 |
| Specification and Documentation | Individual | 50% | 1,2,4,5 |
Content
- Web coding languages
- Experience Design for the web
- Experience Design specification and documentation
- Concept generation for web based applications
- Visual development of website prototypes
- Technical development
- Usability
- User Evaluation
- Convergent media and future application
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.