COMM 3450

COMM 3450

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.

This course focuses on user experience design (UX) and the life cycle of interface design from the user perspective. We will discuss key aspects of the human-centered design process: understanding, analyzing, and formalizing user needs, exploring possible design solutions to address user needs, creating prototypes to externalize design ideas, and evaluating the usability of these prototypes.

When Offered Fall, Spring, Summer.

Outcomes
  • Students will be able to appraise the human-centered design cycle and human-computer interaction design concepts.
  • Students will be able to build practical skills required to apply the human-centered design process in technology design through class activities and a semester-long project.
  • Students will be able to design a user interface in a semester-long project, including interim milestones that walk the students through the specific stages of the design process.
  • Students will be able to develop teamwork skills through a semester-long group project.

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Studio optional. Combined with: INFO 3450INFO 5355

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10014 COMM 3450   LEC 001

    • T Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Leshed, G

      Yang, Q

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 10560 COMM 3450   DIS 201

    • W Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Leshed, G

      Yang, Q

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 11420 COMM 3450   DIS 202

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Leshed, G

      Yang, Q

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 11608 COMM 3450   DIS 203

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Leshed, G

      Yang, Q

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 19100 COMM 3450   DIS 204

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Leshed, G

      Yang, Q

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 19101 COMM 3450   DIS 205

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Leshed, G

      Yang, Q

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 19722 COMM 3450   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.