Winter School on User Experience Design is a crash course on the vast topic of Human-Computer Interaction with a practical lens of learning how to build useful, usable, and desirable interfaces. You will learn and practice skills, apply them to your projects, and also hear from the experts in the field from industry and academia. The workshop will culminate in a half-day exhibition of your projects from which our esteemed jury members will pick the best. Come join us for a fun-filled one week!
Topics:
- Demystifying User Experience, Interaction Design, and HCI
- Types of Interfaces: Mobile, Web, Wearable, Virtual Reality
- User Centered Design (UCD) Process
- Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods
- Interviews
- Field Observations
- Cognitive Walkthrough
- A/B Testing
- Usability Testing
- Contextual Inquiry
- Brainstorming and bodystorming
- Rapid Prototyping: Paper, Video, Corrugated sheets
- Information Architecture
- Case studies
- Emotional design
Tentative Schedule
| Introduction | Research | Prototype | Evaluate | Showcase | |
| Thu/13 Dec | Fri/14 Dec | Sat/15 Dec | Sun/16 Dec | Mon/17 Dec | |
| 9:00-9:30 | Registration | Review | |||
| 9:30-11:00 | Ice breaker, introduction, workshop overview | What is UCD process? What are other processes? | Ideation. What is it? How do you do it? Practice of ideation techniques. Brainstorming, moodboards | Evaluating your prototype. Why? Metrics. | Project work |
| 11:00-11:30 | Break | ||||
| 11:30-13:00 | What is UX Design? Types of interfaces. How does UXD relate to types of interfaces? | Requirement Gathering: Interview, Survey, Observations | Prototyping. Low/hi, software/hardware, look feel/work like | Evaluation techniques. Quantitative and qualitative. | Project work |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | ||||
| 14:00-16:00 | Review of good and bad designs | Field trip to Ikea, Inorbit | H/W Prototyping | Lookback tutorial | Showcase |
| Recent trends and happenings in HCI; Whirlwind tour of different research groups, academic conferences, and organizations in the space of HCI | Sketching to Wireframing to Interactive Prototyping Tutorials (Piyush and Bhavna) | ||||
| 16:00-16:30 | Break | Break | |||
| 16:30-18:00 | Case studies, 1 min project idea pitches, project signup, group formation | Analyzing collected data for insights. Personas, Use cases, Themes | Project Work | ||
| Homework | Read: https://goo.gl/YKzPCf | Teams evaluate prototype with 5 people. Analyze data to identify shortcomings and strengths of your prototype. Priortize and plan future steps. | Post on #WS18UXD | ||
People
FACULTY
Dr. Aman Parnami
Assistant Professor, IIIT Delhi
Dr. Ponnurangam Kumaraguru "PK"
Associate Professor, IIIT {Delhi, Hyderabad}
TEACHING ASSISTANTS
Vani Sivasankar
IIIT Delhi
Bhavna Nagpal
IIIT Delhi
Piyush Kumar
IIIT Delhi
Sponsors
Registrations
Steps to Register (Please complete all the steps).
- Please read the Fee Details table (Table 1) below and calculate the payment you need to make.
- For instance if you are a girl student and need hostel for two days, your charge would be Rs. 7,080 + Rs. 400 * 2 = 7,880
- Transfer the money by using the details in Bank Details Table (Table 2).
- Fill the form (Form 1) once the payment is done.
Table 1. Fee Details
| Type | Details | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Registration | Academics (Students, Faculty, Researchers) | Rs. 6,000 + 18% GST (7,080) |
| Registration | Industry and Others | Rs. 10,000 + 18% GST (11,800) |
| Hostel | Shared room for Girls with attached bath (Parijat Nivas) | Rs. 400/- per day |
| Hostel | Shared room for Boys (Palash Nivas Ext Block) | Rs. 300/- per day |
| Executive Rooms | For Industry and Others (Kadamb Nivas) | Rs. 400/- per day |
*Choice of room picked cannot be guaranteed -- will be subject to availability.
Table 2. To Pay please use the following details to transfer fund to IIIT Hyderabad Through Wire
| Name | Details |
|---|---|
| Name of the Bank | Axis Bank Ltd |
| Address of the Bank | G Pulla Reddy Building, Main Road, Begumpet, Hyd-16 |
| Account Name | International Institute of Information Technology,Hyderabad |
| Account Number | 008010101074084 |
| Account Type (current, SB, Cash Credit) | Savings Bank Account |
| Branch name | Begumpet, Hyd |
| MICR Code (9 digit numeric) of the Branch | 500211002 |
| Branch code | 000008 |
| IFSC/RTGS CODE | UTIB0000008 |
Venue
IIIT Hyderabad
International Institute of Information Technology
Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500 032
Telangana, INDIA
Phone : +91-40-6653 1000
Fax : +91-40-6653 1413
FAQ
Q1. Do I need to be an Engineering college student to attend this Winter School?
Ans. No, not necessarily. You can be a student in Arts, Science, Professional courses, or a professional working in the industry to participate in the Winter School.
Q2. Is it necessary to stay in the Hostel?
Ans. The program is planned from 8am to 8pm, so if you can manage staying outside the campus and not miss any of the fun, you can avoid taking the hostel.
Q3. Will we get a registration confirmation?
Ans. Yes, once you pay the fees, we will confirm the same and send you a confirmation email. We will do this in bulk, so, please give us at least 15 days for the confirmation email to come to you after the registration.
Q4. Will we get a participation certificate?
Ans. Yes, every participant will get a certificate of completion and a Winter School T-shirt. Selected teams will also get cool prizes.