User Experience 2022/2023

Danish title

User Experience

Study programme

Web Development

Type of education

Full time education

Level of education

Bachelor (top-up)

Semester

5. semester

Duration of the subject/module

12 Weeks

Ects

Programme elements

Compulsory

Language

Danish

Start time

Autumn

Spring

Location

Håndværkergården, København N

Subject number

9941502

Responsible for the subject(s)/modul(es)

Arturo Mora Rioja ‏

Constantin Alexandru Gheorghiasa ‏

Purpose and learning objectives
The purpose of this core area is to develop students’ competencies to enter complex usage scenarios and independently take part in the design process concerning the design, construction and testing of complex user interfaces.

The subject involves the analysis, understanding of and reflection on the user’s experience and needs in various user contexts, including usability. Also considerations on Information Architecture and techniques, and utilisation of web media techniques. The focus is on understanding and organising user experiences in relation to design and development.
Knowledge
The student has development-based knowledge of:
• practice, applied theory and method of designing user experiences, and can reflect on a web developer’s practices for designing user experiences
• information architecture
• aesthetics and trends in interaction design
The student can understand and reflect on:
• the use of user-survey methods
Skills
The student will get the skills to:
• use methods and tools to design user experiences for relevant target groups by involving users
• evaluate practice-orientated and theoretical issues by designing user interfaces and selecting and justifying relevant solutions
• disseminate practice-orientated and professional issues about designing user experiences and communicate central issues for business partners and users
Competences
The student will learn to:
• manage complex design processes based on analysis and planning
• independently and in groups, understand the design and organisation of user interfaces and user experiences for complex systems.
• identify and structure their own learning needs and develop their own skills and competencies in relation to design of user experiences.
Type of instruction
The teaching in the Web Development Programme is a dynamic, interactive process, where the main emphasis is on student participation. The teaching is based on relevant business practice, and links theory and practice. Issues are included from the different types of companies in the IT sector. The student takes responsibility for his or her own learning, and the teachers constructively contribute to the learning process.

To ensure the optimal academic learning and personal development for each individual student, the Web Development Programme uses varied pedagogy with the main emphasis on dialogue, discussion and projects.

The teaching is organised so that it is varied, among other things, through class teaching, guest lectures when available, project work in groups and individual work – often using interdisciplinary issues and always with an application-orientated basis. The different learning formats will, in addition to the academic content, also develop the student's ability to work both independently and in collaboration with others.

In general for all of these activities, the course of study always tries to set clear objectives for the learning activities.
Exam
The learning outcomes of the exam are identical with the learning outcomes of the subject(s)/modul(es)
Exam in one or more subjects
Subject/module is tested standalone
Type of exam
Combined written and oral examination
Formal requirements
A project report and a product must be submitted. The project report, which constitutes the written part of the examination, must contain as a minimum:
• Cover page with title, student name and date of birth, name of class and date
• Table of contents
• Problem formulation/statement
• Main chapters
• Conclusion
• Bibliography (including all sources referenced in the project)
• Appendices (only appendices essential to the report)
• All pages must be paginated
• The product (corresponding files, code, etc.)

The written project report must contain a maximum number of pages, depending of how many students submit it together:
• 1 student - max. 8 pages
• 2 students - max. 12 pages
• 3 students - max. 16 pages
• 4 students - max. 20 pages

A standard page contains 2,400 characters including spaces and footnotes. Cover page, table of contents, bibliography and appendices are not included in the number of pages submitted. Appendices are not subject to assessment. Each individual figure or diagram counts 800 characters.
Individual exam or group exam
Individual
Exam languages
Danish (Norwegian/Swedish)
Duration
30 minutes including grading. The student will present the final mandatory project (max. 10 minutes), then the examiners will ask questions regarding the project and the subject’s syllabus
Permitted exam aids
None
Available exam aids
None
Type of evaluation
7-point grading scale
Examiners
Internal censure
Exam criteria
The assessment criterion for the examination is the learning objectives for the compulsory course of study element.
The learning objectives are stated in the joint curriculum.
Deadline for submission
The examination takes place at the end of each module.

hours of teaching

206

hours of preparation

The figure shows the extent of workload related to the subject divided into different study activities.

In the subject User Experience you will receive 68 hours of instruction, which corresponds to 90 lessons (1 lesson = 45 min.) and 25% of your total workload for the subject.

The teaching primarily consists of the following activities: internal lecturers, group work, project work, project presentation.
The preparation primarily consists of the following activities: reading your own notes, reading the curriculum, group work, project work.

Read about KEAs Study Activity Model

*KEA can deviate from the number of hours if this is justified by special circumstances