IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay offers a course on human-computer interaction design for working professionals. Called "the Monsoon Course on HCI", it is usually conducted twice every year, once in an in-person-continuous mode, and the other time in a self-paced-remote-weekend mode. The in-person course has been traditionally conducted in the last week of May from Wednesday to Wednesday to Wednesday (i.e. for 15 days). The course is offered in a self-paced-remote-weekend mode. In this mode, the course will be conducted on 12 weekends, usually between October and March. In this mode, the first 11 weeks are remote (online), while the last weekend is in-person in the IIT Bombay campus.
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May 31 to June 14, 2023, in-person, continuousNext course
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This course is for you if you are:
HCI stands for human-computer interaction. The Monsoon Course on HCI has two goals. Firstly, it gives participants an exposure to issues, theories, principles and concerns relating to human interaction with interactive products. Secondly, it provides participants hands-on practice with the process and the techniques related to user studies, interaction design and design evaluation. After attending the course, participants should be able to conceptualise, design and evaluate interactive products. Those who are already involved in these activities should be able to improve the quality of their work, and should understand the theory behind what they do. Those responsible for the process should be able to make the process in their organizations more user-centered. For more details about the course, please see the FAQs.
Here are the currently planned contents. More contents might be added closer to the date.
Date |
Morning |
Afternoon |
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Wednesday 1 |
Introduction and startup
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Practice a contextual interview
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Thursday |
Work models
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Interpret interview 1
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Friday |
Consolidation using affinity
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Interpret interview 2
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Saturday |
Conduct and interpret interviews |
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Sunday |
Conduct and interpret interviews (optional) |
Begin the affinity |
Monday |
Layers of user experience
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Finish the affinity
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Tuesday |
User experience goals
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Interaction design scenarios
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Wednesday 2 |
Patterns, guidelines and standards
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Build personas and scenarios
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Thursday |
Detail out the interfaces |
Prototype the design
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Friday |
Design evaluation |
Presentation 2: Personas, scenarios, interfaces
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Saturday |
Plan and do evaluations |
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Sunday |
Do evaluations (optional) |
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Monday |
Design process
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Do evaluations |
Tuesday |
Integrating HCI methods in your work
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Redesign |
Wednesday 3 |
Presentation 3: Findings from evaluations, final design |
Feedback, Lessons learnt, Wrap up |