Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The students are able to
- use knowledge of usability psychology and best practices in their design work
- choose, design and implement interactivity in a context savvy way
- recognize common interaction styles and patterns in graphical user interfaces and platforms
- analyze interaction design and explain design choices orally, literally and visually
- utilize user information in design.

Implementation and methods of teaching

Independently studied Moodle implementation. The course consists of six themes and related exercises that have a set completion time. The course is scheduled to have eight full calendar days for studying the lecture materials.

Learning material and recommended literature

Curated material, video lectures, openly available web material and videos.

Johnson, Jeff (2010):
Designing with the mind in mind
Morgan Kaufmann
https://lut.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/358FIN_LUT/1ricsah/alma991951893706254

Krug, Steve (2014): Don't Make Me Think, Revisited
New Riders
https://lut.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/358FIN_LUT/1ricsah/alma991393115406254
(Saatavilla suomeksi nimellä Älä pakoita minua ajattelemaan)

Jon Yablonski (2020):
Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services
O’Reilly
https://www.amazon.com/Laws-UX-Psychology-Products-Services/dp/149205531X/

Clark, Josh (2016):
Designing for the touch
O´Reilly
https://lut.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/358FIN_LUT/b5ag28/alma991453945406254

McKay, Everett N (2013):
UI is Communication
Morgan Kaufmann
https://lut.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/358FIN_LUT/1ricsah/alma991470075406254

Contents

1. UX/UI introduction, terminology, accessibility
2. Design thinking - how a designer thinks and works in digital
3. Usability and heuristic evaluation methods
4. Basics of user experience and UX evaluation
5. Basics of UI design and methods
6. User interface prototyping

Assessment criteria

Course quizzes and returned exercises are assessed and converted into course grades. 80% of quizzes and exercises must be successfully completed for course completion.

Grading scale is 1-5.
Approved / Failed scale can be used if student's personal performance can't be assessed reliably or performance doesn't meet the set requirements (e.g. completion time).

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- use service design terminology, methods and processes in design work
- function as a member of a multidisciplinary team in a goal-oriented way
- apply design thinking to assignments and problem solving
- recognize the importance of foresight in service design
- produce visual presentations of services.

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- use service design terminology, methods and processes in design work
- function as a member of a multidisciplinary team in a goal-oriented way
- apply design thinking to assignments and problem solving
- recognize the importance of foresight in service design
- produce visual presentations of services.

Implementation and methods of teaching

The Service Design basics is online course. The learning environment is Moodle. The opening lecture of the course is in Zoom.
The course includes independent and peer assignments. The material and tasks are in Moodle.

After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- apply the design process in service development
- knows different data collection and analysis methods
- ideate and design the service in a user-oriented way
- utilize the methods of participatory joint planning
- visualize the service process

Contents:
Service design in various operating environments and development tasks
Principles of user-centered design in service development
Service design process, steps, methods and tools
Utilization of forecasting methods in service planning.

Timing and attendance

Autumn 2023.

The course includes an opening lecture on September 21 at 3:00 p.m. (on Zoom).
Mainly the implementation has to be carried out independently online.
The course involves participation in the discussion area.
The course has one applied assignment, reading material and online discussions.
You can start reading the service design work of your choice before the opening of the course.

Assessment criteria

HYV requires the completion of all assignments and the learning diary by the deadline in Moodle of the course.

Assessment scale

Approved/Failed

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- use service design terminology, methods and processes in design work
- function as a member of a multidisciplinary team in a goal-oriented way
- apply design thinking to assignments and problem solving
- recognize the importance of foresight in service design
- produce visual presentations of services.

Implementation and methods of teaching

Seven lecturers (includes presentations).

After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- apply the design process in service development
- knows different data collection and analysis methods
- ideate and design the service in a user-oriented way
- utilize the methods of participatory joint planning
- visualize the service process

Contents:
Service design in various operating environments and development tasks
Principles of user-centered design in service development
Service design process, steps, methods and tools
Utilization of forecasting methods in service planning.

Timing and attendance

Implementation of the course (preliminary schedule) 6.3.-17.4.
Encounters (in Zoom).
In the lecture, we get to know the themes, materials and tasks of the course together.

The Zoom link is sent to students who have been accepted for the course using Moodle's guest function.

Mainly the implementation is online.
The course involves participation in the discussion area.
The course has one applied assignment, reading material, book discussion and online discussions.
You can start reading the service design work of your choice before the opening of the course.

Learning material and recommended literature

You can start reading the service design work of your choice before the opening of the course.

Working life cooperation

Working life co-operation is carried out in the course.

Learning environment

During the study period, we meet on campus, online and work in the field.

Student time use and work load

5 credits is a workload of about 135 hours for a student.
The student does independent work: familiarizes himself with the materials offered in Moodle.
The student participates in discussions on Moodle and in lectures.
The student reads the literature of the field and participates in the book discussion.
The student works as a team on one larger development task.
The student plans and participates in facilitating the workshop.

Contents

Basics of service design

Service design in various operating environments and development tasks
Principles of user-centered design in service development
Service design process, steps, methods and tools
Utilization of forecasting methods in service planning
Visualization of the service

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

No previous knowledge

Assessment criteria

The course is evaluated on the HYL(failed) - 5 scale

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

A student has not achieve the learning goals of the course.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Theme: Design thinking from the perspective of service design
Student
- can use individual service design terms and tell what service design is
- can apply user-oriented design methods and justify in which situations they should be used
- Can use the typical service design process model double diamond
- Understand the principles of joint planning
- knows how to create visual presentations of the service package.

Theme: Teams, team learning, team skills
The student can
- can work in a team in a goal-oriented manner
- knows how to plan and take responsibility for the development of his own service design skills after describing his starting points

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Theme: Design thinking from the perspective of service design
- The student knows how to apply the service design process
- Can plan joint planning
- knows how to use key service design terms and to consistently explain what service design is
- knows how to apply user-oriented design methods, work in a group in a goal-oriented manner and justify in which situations which method should be used
- knows how to create versatile visual presentations of the service package.

Theme: Teams, team learning, team skills
Student
- knows how to work in a multidisciplinary team in a goal-oriented way, promoting the team's goal
- knows how to plan and take responsibility for the development of his own service design skills after clarifying his needs.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Theme: Design thinking from the perspective of service design
The student can
- knows how to use the terms of service design expertly and to tell expertly what service design is
- knows how to choose the one suitable for the situation from user-oriented design methods, apply it, involve users and justify the choice of method
- knows how to choose a visualization method suitable for the activity, justify his choice and create versatile visual representations of the service package.
- Can use the service design process smoothly and utilize the phasing of the process.

Theme: Teams, team learning, team skills
Student
- knows how to organize the activities of a multidisciplinary team, promoting the team's goal
- knows how to compare different solution options and take responsibility for the development of one's own service design skills after clarifying one's needs.

Learning outcomes

Students are be able to
- use visual exercises to express colour theory and interrelations and also composition theory
- verbally describe the impressive, expressive and symbolic nature of colours and colour combinations, geometric forms and composition elements
- creatively apply the rules of colour interaction, forms and composition
- discuss the classical colour theories, composition theory and their application in fine arts and design.

Implementation and methods of teaching

The course is mainly delivered as an online course. The online material will be covered in online lectures, which students can follow at their own convenience. The teaching of form will be primarily in the form of workshops.

Timing and attendance

Mandatory attendance on contact days

Learning material and recommended literature

Martti Huttunen: Värit pintaa syvemmältä
Harald Arnkil: Värit Havaintojen maailmassa
Johannes Itten: Värit taiteessa
Josef Albers: Värien vuorovaikutus
Markus Heikkerö: Taiteilijan kuvakirja
Unto Pusa: Plastillinen sommittelu
Molly Bang: Picture this: How Pictures Work
David Batchelor: Chromophobia
David Batchelor: The Luminous and the Grey

in addition, the lecture material includes many in-depth online resources

Student time use and work load

5cr=130h student hours

Contents

Colour, Form and Composition is a basic course in visual thinking, consisting of the basics of composition and colour. These areas of knowledge are the core to visual expression through a variety of methods.

Composition is the basis for all visual work - from the layout of pictorial elements on a two-dimensional screen or canvas, to the massing of buildings, the design of control buttons and the look of a car. Through composition, a designer, designer or artist builds a visual story and meaning through the way they place elements of an image in a physical or virtual space.

This course explores the role of composition as a key element of visual work. Through lectures and exercises, the course will study the basics of image composition. Composition is considered as a medium of expression, through which the designer's idea is conveyed to the user, the experiencer and the viewer.

Learning content will include balance, contrast, focus, movement, pattern, unity, rhythm and proportion.
The colour section of the course covers colour theory and understanding through practical exercises and lectures based on existing colour knowledge. The educational content covered includes colour circles, colour spaces, colour contrasts, colour harmonies, the three properties of colour and colour interaction. These areas will also be addressed from the point of view of the fundamentals of expression; how different colour juxtapositions and colour schemes refer to other images, carrying and conveying meanings of emotions and moods.

The aim of this unit is to develop the student's basic colour skills. We will do colour exercises through digital and physical collage and painting. In addition, we will study the analysis of colours in images and the application of colour knowledge in our own work.

Colour skills are needed in all visual work and can be applied to the realisation of two-dimensional physical or digital images, colour solutions for three-dimensional objects or colour design and colour management of different spaces and environments.
The teaching of form is carried out in workshops and in conjunction with composition.

Assessment criteria

This is how you complete the Colour, Form and Composition course:
1. Attend the course contact meetings on campus and remotely
2. learn the course content on colour, form and composition through lectures and the teaching material in Moodle.
3. you will complete and return the assignments given in the course on the course's moodle platform

Assessment scale

1-5

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

- Assessment criteria: level 1: (rating scale 1-5)
- Can work according to instructions
- Can generate ideas based on the principles of composition and colour
- Can identify and describe the concepts and methods of colour, form and composition in a guided manner.
- Can participate in guided learning discussions
- Can search for professional information in his/her field

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

- Assessment criteria: level 3 (on a scale of 1-5)
- Is able to apply a wide range of options to his/her design work process
- Can implement colour, form and composition combinations based on their ideas in a guided and independent manner and develop their work on the basis of feedback
- Can independently identify and compare the concepts and methods of composition and colour used
- Can assess and justify their skills and set visual, content-related and technical development objectives
- Can follow and describe the professional debate in their field

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

- Assessment criteria: level 5 (on a scale of 1-5)
- Can apply and develop a wide range of options in their design work process
- Can use what they have learnt in a planned and creative way when implementing colour and composition schemes and apply the feedback received
- Can apply the methods used and analyse visual outputs
- Can assess, develop and extend visual, content and technical skills
- Able to participate in professional debates in their field

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- use service design terminology, methods and processes in design work
- function as a member of a multidisciplinary team in a goal-oriented way
- apply design thinking to assignments and problem solving
- recognize the importance of foresight in service design
- produce visual presentations of services.

Implementation and methods of teaching

Seven lecturers (includes presentations).

After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- apply the design process in service development
- knows different data collection and analysis methods
- ideate and design the service in a user-oriented way
- utilize the methods of participatory joint planning
- visualize the service process

Contents:
Service design in various operating environments and development tasks
Principles of user-centered design in service development
Service design process, steps, methods and tools
Utilization of forecasting methods in service planning.

Timing and attendance

Implementation of the course (preliminary schedule) 6.3.-17.4.
Encounters (in Zoom).
In the lecture, we get to know the themes, materials and tasks of the course together.

The Zoom link is sent to students who have been accepted for the course using Moodle's guest function.

Mainly the implementation is online.
The course involves participation in the discussion area.
The course has one applied assignment, reading material, book discussion and online discussions.
You can start reading the service design work of your choice before the opening of the course.

Learning material and recommended literature

You can start reading the service design work of your choice before the opening of the course.

Working life cooperation

Working life co-operation is carried out in the course.

Learning environment

During the study period, we meet on campus, online and work in the field.

Student time use and work load

5 credits is a workload of about 135 hours for a student.
The student does independent work: familiarizes himself with the materials offered in Moodle.
The student participates in discussions on Moodle and in lectures.
The student reads the literature of the field and participates in the book discussion.
The student works as a team on one larger development task.
The student plans and participates in facilitating the workshop.

Contents

Basics of service design

Service design in various operating environments and development tasks
Principles of user-centered design in service development
Service design process, steps, methods and tools
Utilization of forecasting methods in service planning
Visualization of the service

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

No previous knowledge

Assessment criteria

The course is evaluated on the HYL(failed) - 5 scale

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

A student has not achieve the learning goals of the course.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Theme: Design thinking from the perspective of service design
Student
- can use individual service design terms and tell what service design is
- can apply user-oriented design methods and justify in which situations they should be used
- Can use the typical service design process model double diamond
- Understand the principles of joint planning
- knows how to create visual presentations of the service package.

Theme: Teams, team learning, team skills
The student can
- can work in a team in a goal-oriented manner
- knows how to plan and take responsibility for the development of his own service design skills after describing his starting points

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Theme: Design thinking from the perspective of service design
- The student knows how to apply the service design process
- Can plan joint planning
- knows how to use key service design terms and to consistently explain what service design is
- knows how to apply user-oriented design methods, work in a group in a goal-oriented manner and justify in which situations which method should be used
- knows how to create versatile visual presentations of the service package.

Theme: Teams, team learning, team skills
Student
- knows how to work in a multidisciplinary team in a goal-oriented way, promoting the team's goal
- knows how to plan and take responsibility for the development of his own service design skills after clarifying his needs.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Theme: Design thinking from the perspective of service design
The student can
- knows how to use the terms of service design expertly and to tell expertly what service design is
- knows how to choose the one suitable for the situation from user-oriented design methods, apply it, involve users and justify the choice of method
- knows how to choose a visualization method suitable for the activity, justify his choice and create versatile visual representations of the service package.
- Can use the service design process smoothly and utilize the phasing of the process.

Theme: Teams, team learning, team skills
Student
- knows how to organize the activities of a multidisciplinary team, promoting the team's goal
- knows how to compare different solution options and take responsibility for the development of one's own service design skills after clarifying one's needs.

Learning outcomes

The students are able to
- use knowledge of usability psychology and best practices in their design work
- choose, design and implement interactivity in a context savvy way
- recognize common interaction styles and patterns in graphical user interfaces and platforms
- analyze interaction design and explain design choices orally, literally and visually
- utilize user information in design.

Implementation and methods of teaching

Independently studied Moodle implementation. The course consists of six themes and related exercises that have a set completion time. The course is scheduled to have eight full calendar days for studying the lecture materials.

Learning material and recommended literature

Curated material, video lectures, openly available web material and videos.

Johnson, Jeff (2010):
Designing with the mind in mind
Morgan Kaufmann
https://lut.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/358FIN_LUT/1ricsah/alma991951893706254

Krug, Steve (2014): Don't Make Me Think, Revisited
New Riders
https://lut.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/358FIN_LUT/1ricsah/alma991393115406254
(Saatavilla suomeksi nimellä Älä pakoita minua ajattelemaan)

Jon Yablonski (2020):
Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services
O’Reilly
https://www.amazon.com/Laws-UX-Psychology-Products-Services/dp/149205531X/

Clark, Josh (2016):
Designing for the touch
O´Reilly
https://lut.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/358FIN_LUT/b5ag28/alma991453945406254

McKay, Everett N (2013):
UI is Communication
Morgan Kaufmann
https://lut.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/358FIN_LUT/1ricsah/alma991470075406254

Contents

1. UX/UI introduction, terminology, accessibility
2. Design thinking - how a designer thinks and works in digital
3. Usability and heuristic evaluation methods
4. Basics of user experience and UX evaluation
5. Basics of UI design and methods
6. User interface prototyping

Assessment criteria

Course quizzes and returned exercises are assessed and converted into course grades. 80% of quizzes and exercises must be successfully completed for course completion.

Grading scale is 1-5.
Approved / Failed scale can be used if student's personal performance can't be assessed reliably or performance doesn't meet the set requirements (e.g. completion time).

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- use service design terminology, methods and processes in design work
- function as a member of a multidisciplinary team in a goal-oriented way
- apply design thinking to assignments and problem solving
- recognize the importance of foresight in service design
- produce visual presentations of services.

Implementation and methods of teaching

The Service Design basics is online course. The learning environment is Moodle. The opening lecture of the course is in Zoom.
The course includes independent and peer assignments. The material and tasks are in Moodle.

After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- apply the design process in service development
- knows different data collection and analysis methods
- ideate and design the service in a user-oriented way
- utilize the methods of participatory joint planning
- visualize the service process

Contents:
Service design in various operating environments and development tasks
Principles of user-centered design in service development
Service design process, steps, methods and tools
Utilization of forecasting methods in service planning.

Timing and attendance

Autumn 2023.

The course includes an opening lecture on September 21 at 3:00 p.m. (on Zoom).
Mainly the implementation has to be carried out independently online.
The course involves participation in the discussion area.
The course has one applied assignment, reading material and online discussions.
You can start reading the service design work of your choice before the opening of the course.

Assessment criteria

HYV requires the completion of all assignments and the learning diary by the deadline in Moodle of the course.

Assessment scale

Approved/Failed

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- use service design terminology, methods and processes in design work
- function as a member of a multidisciplinary team in a goal-oriented way
- apply design thinking to assignments and problem solving
- recognize the importance of foresight in service design
- produce visual presentations of services.

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

Students are be able to
- use visual exercises to express colour theory and interrelations and also composition theory
- verbally describe the impressive, expressive and symbolic nature of colours and colour combinations, geometric forms and composition elements
- creatively apply the rules of colour interaction, forms and composition
- discuss the classical colour theories, composition theory and their application in fine arts and design.

Implementation and methods of teaching

The course is mainly delivered as an online course. The online material will be covered in online lectures, which students can follow at their own convenience. The teaching of form will be primarily in the form of workshops.

Timing and attendance

Mandatory attendance on contact days

Learning material and recommended literature

Martti Huttunen: Värit pintaa syvemmältä
Harald Arnkil: Värit Havaintojen maailmassa
Johannes Itten: Värit taiteessa
Josef Albers: Värien vuorovaikutus
Markus Heikkerö: Taiteilijan kuvakirja
Unto Pusa: Plastillinen sommittelu
Molly Bang: Picture this: How Pictures Work
David Batchelor: Chromophobia
David Batchelor: The Luminous and the Grey

in addition, the lecture material includes many in-depth online resources

Student time use and work load

5cr=130h student hours

Contents

Colour, Form and Composition is a basic course in visual thinking, consisting of the basics of composition and colour. These areas of knowledge are the core to visual expression through a variety of methods.

Composition is the basis for all visual work - from the layout of pictorial elements on a two-dimensional screen or canvas, to the massing of buildings, the design of control buttons and the look of a car. Through composition, a designer, designer or artist builds a visual story and meaning through the way they place elements of an image in a physical or virtual space.

This course explores the role of composition as a key element of visual work. Through lectures and exercises, the course will study the basics of image composition. Composition is considered as a medium of expression, through which the designer's idea is conveyed to the user, the experiencer and the viewer.

Learning content will include balance, contrast, focus, movement, pattern, unity, rhythm and proportion.
The colour section of the course covers colour theory and understanding through practical exercises and lectures based on existing colour knowledge. The educational content covered includes colour circles, colour spaces, colour contrasts, colour harmonies, the three properties of colour and colour interaction. These areas will also be addressed from the point of view of the fundamentals of expression; how different colour juxtapositions and colour schemes refer to other images, carrying and conveying meanings of emotions and moods.

The aim of this unit is to develop the student's basic colour skills. We will do colour exercises through digital and physical collage and painting. In addition, we will study the analysis of colours in images and the application of colour knowledge in our own work.

Colour skills are needed in all visual work and can be applied to the realisation of two-dimensional physical or digital images, colour solutions for three-dimensional objects or colour design and colour management of different spaces and environments.
The teaching of form is carried out in workshops and in conjunction with composition.

Assessment criteria

This is how you complete the Colour, Form and Composition course:
1. Attend the course contact meetings on campus and remotely
2. learn the course content on colour, form and composition through lectures and the teaching material in Moodle.
3. you will complete and return the assignments given in the course on the course's moodle platform

Assessment scale

1-5

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

- Assessment criteria: level 1: (rating scale 1-5)
- Can work according to instructions
- Can generate ideas based on the principles of composition and colour
- Can identify and describe the concepts and methods of colour, form and composition in a guided manner.
- Can participate in guided learning discussions
- Can search for professional information in his/her field

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

- Assessment criteria: level 3 (on a scale of 1-5)
- Is able to apply a wide range of options to his/her design work process
- Can implement colour, form and composition combinations based on their ideas in a guided and independent manner and develop their work on the basis of feedback
- Can independently identify and compare the concepts and methods of composition and colour used
- Can assess and justify their skills and set visual, content-related and technical development objectives
- Can follow and describe the professional debate in their field

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

- Assessment criteria: level 5 (on a scale of 1-5)
- Can apply and develop a wide range of options in their design work process
- Can use what they have learnt in a planned and creative way when implementing colour and composition schemes and apply the feedback received
- Can apply the methods used and analyse visual outputs
- Can assess, develop and extend visual, content and technical skills
- Able to participate in professional debates in their field