Lesson 2- Interaction Design

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is the creation of a dialogue between a person and a product, system, or service.

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Interaction Design

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is the holistic journey users traverse as they use a product.

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User Experience (UX)

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Good Design should be… (7)

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1. Valuable
2. Useful
3. Usable
4. Findable
5. Credible
6. Desirable
7. Accessible

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encompasses the process of enhancing user satisfaction by improving the usability, accessibility, and overall pleasure derived from interacting with a product or service.

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User Experience design

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is the foundation of effective UX design.

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User-centered design

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Understanding the user begins with research.
Conducting user research through methods such as surveys, interviews, and usability testing allows designers to gain valuable insights into the target audience.

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Gaining User Insights

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Every user has unique needs, and catering to these needs is crucial for a successful UX design.

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Tailoring Experiences to User Needs

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A deep understanding of the user allows designers to optimize the interface’s usability, making it intuitive, efficient, and easy to navigate.

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Improving Usability and Accessibility

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Beyond functionality, successful UX design taps into users’ emotions.

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Enhancing Emotional Connections

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Understanding the user is an ongoing process throughout the design journey.

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Iterative Design and Continuous Improvement

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is the methodological approach that designers use to create solutions centered on users’ needs, aims and behavior when they interact with products.

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Interaction Design

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5 Key Stages of the Interaction Design Process

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1. Understand user needs and wants
2. Analyze user research findings
3. Design a potential solution
4. Create prototypes from designs
5. Implement and deploy the final design

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This initial phase involves researching and understanding users’ needs, goals, and contexts of use

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Understand user needs and wants

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Two Useful research (2):

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1. Contextual inquiry
2. User interviews and surveys:

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This approach allows designers to immerse themselves in the user’s environment.

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Contextual inquiry

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These exercises help designers gather direct insights from their target audience.

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User interviews and surveys

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Designers define the interaction problem they aim to solve based on the insights they’ve gathered.

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Analyze user research finding

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2 ways of Analyze and Organize

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1. Personas!!!
2. Journey Mapping

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These are created based on research and should be as detailed as possible.

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Personas
PERSONAAAUURRGHHHHS!!!

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Developing journey maps helps designers visualize a user’s interactions with a product.

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Journey Mapping

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In this phase, designers brainstorm, sketch and design potential solutions.

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Design a potential solution

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2 approaches to Designing:

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1. Sketching
2. Storyboarding

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Rapid, freehand drawing helps designers quickly visualize ideas, layout arrangements, and user interfaces.

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Sketching

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This involves creating a series of drawings to depict the user journey or specific interactions with a product.

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Storyboarding

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is an **extension of the design phase**, where **ideas are transformed into tangible artifacts** that can be tested and evaluated.

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**Create prototypes from designs**

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**2** types of Prototypes:

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1. Low-fidelity prototyping 2. High-fidelity prototyping

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Paper prototypes or basic digital mockups can demonstrate ideas and design quickly and easily.

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**Low-fidelity prototyping**

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For a deeper test of interactions, designers can create **high-fidelity prototypes** using tools **like Sketch or Figma**.

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**High-fidelity prototyping**

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Once the design has been refined through multiple iterations of testing and feedback, it **moves into implementation**, where developers build the interaction design into the product.

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**Implement and deploy the final design**

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General Flow of Interaction Design Process (**5**) **STAGES MUST BE IN ORDER**

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1. Stage 1- What User Needs/ Wants 2. Stage 2- Analysis 3. Stage 3- Design 4. Stage 4- Prototype 5. Stage 5- Implement and Design

Question 31

In summary, what is the difference of **UI** and **UX**?

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UI is what the user sees and interacts within the website/app like buttons, navigation and layout. UX is the overall experience of using the website/app.