UX Foundations: Interaction Design

Step through the foundational processes and techniques required for interaction design.

Introduction

• Interaction design
• What is interaction design?

1. Today's Interaction Designer

• Project types and deliverables
• Technical and software skills
• Related disciplines and fields of study
• Resources and communities

2. A Model of Psychology and Interaction Design

• Why psychology?
• Introducing the interaction design model
• Context
• Goals

3. Introductory Psychology

• Sensation
• Perception
• Gestalt principles
• Affordances
• Motivation
• Attention and memory
• Reasoning and logic
• Mental models
• Cognitive load
• Theories of emotion
• Designing for delight
• Empathy
• Learning behaviors
• Classical conditioning
• Operant conditioning
• Social learning theory
• Using learned behavior

4. The Interaction Design Model

• Overview of the IxD model
• Perceive
• Predict
• Feedback
• Learn
• Remember

5. Interaction Design

• Dimensions of interaction design
• Design thinking
• Levels of design: Structure
• Levels of design: Flow
• Levels of design: Interface
• Design patterns
• Anti-patterns
• Dark patterns
• Navigation structure
• Navigation systems
• Content
• Inputs
• Gestures
• Voice
• Sensors
• Defining microinteractions
• Microinteractions: Motion
• Microinteractions: Sound
• Microinteractions: Haptics
• Error handling
• Mistakes
• Usability and accessibility

Conclusion

• A solid foundation