Digital Service Prototyping (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

The course will be held between 28.03.-16.05.2023 on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2PM-4:45PM See detailed course schedule in Moodle.

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

This course learning outcomes can be achieved in the following ways:

a. Lectures and independent work.

b. E-learning and independent work.

c. Workplace-based learning (suom. RPL).

The course also includes a mandatory assessment of their own learning.

Intro

In this course, you will learn how to design digital services using prototypes. The positive experience that product or service brings to end-users is the result of design that can be tested in digital environment with prototypes. In this very hands-on education, you will learn to implement a prototype as a member of a team and gather feedback from end-users.

Materials

There is no course book in use for this course. Course materials are available in Moodle.

Teaching methods and instruction

The course consists of:
- Mandatory lectures and in-class exercises
- Individual assignments
- Group assignments

Topics to be covered in the course include the following:
- Iterative design (lo/hi fidelity)
- Graphical User Interface (UI design principles)
- Tools for prototyping (semi-functional prototyping tools)
- Usability evaluations and inspections (including test cases and test plan)

Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to apply brainstorming techniques, design a digital service visual user interface, and take advantage of tools for prototyping.

Working life connections

Work-life cases and examples will be used as learning materials.

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

There is no exam in this implementation.

Internationality

The course is targeted for international students, which provides participants possibilities for intercultural collaboration. Also, international literature, other learning materials, and cases will be used throughout the course.

Completion alternatives

This course learning outcomes can be achieved in the following ways:

a. Lectures and independent & group work

b. Workplace-based learning (RPL / AHOT)

The course also includes a mandatory assessment of student's own learning.

Learning assignments

- Individual assignments
- Group assignments
- In-class exercises

Assessment methods

The passed course will be assessed from 1 to 5. See detailed assessment criteria in Moodle.