Design Thinking and User Experience UI/UX Module 2

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What is the primary focus of the ecological design perspective?

How the system or product works internally

The entire lifecycle process of system development

The emotional response of the user to the system or product

How the system or product interacts with its external environment (correct)

What is meant by the term 'design' in a narrow sense?

The creative human activity of synthesizing new ideas (correct)

The user's emotional response to a system or product

The entire lifecycle process of system development

The process of coding and programming

What is the primary difference between 'design' and 'develop'?

Design is a creative process, while develop is a technical process

Design is about user interfaces, while develop is about software engineering

Design is about the entire lifecycle process, while develop is about coding and programming (correct)

Design is about the external environment, while develop is about the internal workings

What are the three design perspectives mentioned in the content?

Ecological, Interaction, and Emotional Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of the interaction design process?

The creative human activity of synthesizing new ideas Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the entire lifecycle process of system development?

Development lifecycle process Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of design representations?

To guide thinking, scoping, discussing, and doing design Signup and view all the answers

What is implied by the term 'system design lifecycle'?

The entire lifecycle process of system development Signup and view all the answers

What aspects of usage are considered in the work role and workflow view?

Long-term phenomenological aspects of usage and social interaction Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of the interaction design perspective?

Task and intention views of user and system Signup and view all the answers

What is a persona in the context of design?

A hypothetical archetype representing a specific user class Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of ideation in design?

To form ideas for design through an active, fast-moving collaborative group process Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between ideation and design thinking?

Ideation is a tool used in design thinking Signup and view all the answers

What is unique about a persona in design?

It has a name, a life, and a personality Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of sketching in design?

Preliminary design ideas and concepts Signup and view all the answers

What is a mental model according to the content?

An explanation of someone’s thought process about how something works Signup and view all the answers

What can result from a flawed conceptual design?

A mismatch in the user’s mental model Signup and view all the answers

What is a storyboard according to the content?

A visual scenario sketch of interaction design solutions Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of design according to the content?

To have a conversation with users about desired and undesired usage outcomes Signup and view all the answers

What is 'slanty design' according to the content?

A design approach that extends user-centered design by focusing on desired and undesired usage outcomes Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of a conceptual model?

To map the mental model of the user Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between the conceptual design and the mental model?

The conceptual design is an implementation of the mental model Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Design Thinking, Ideation, and Sketching

Design thinking is a broad term that encompasses the entire system development lifecycle process.
It can also refer to the creative human activity of synthesizing new ideas to make up parts of an interaction design.

Design Perspectives

Ecological Perspective:
- Focuses on how the system or product works within its external environment.
- Considers how the system interacts with its environment and users in their context.
- Includes social interaction and long-term phenomenological aspects of usage as part of one's lifestyle.
Interaction Perspective:
- Focuses on how users operate the system or product.
- Is a task and intention view, where user and system come together.
- Involves sensory, cognitive, and physical actions.
Emotional Perspective:
- Focuses on how users operate the system or product.
- Is a task and intention view, where user and system come together.
- Involves sensory, cognitive, and physical actions.

User Personas

A persona is a pretend user or a hypothetical archetype.
Represents a specific person in a specific work role and sub-role, with specific user class characteristics.
Built up from contextual data, a persona is a story and description of a specific individual with a name, life, and personality.

Ideation

Ideation is an active, fast-moving collaborative group process for forming ideas for design.
It is an activity that goes with design thinking; you might say that ideation is a tool of design thinking.

Sketching

Sketching is the rapid creation of freehand drawings expressing preliminary design ideas, focusing on concepts rather than details.

Mental Model and Conceptual Model

A mental model is an explanation of someone's thought process about how something works in the real world.
The conceptual design as it is manifest in the system is an implementation of this mapping and can be flawed or incomplete.
A flawed conceptual design leads to a mismatch in the user's mental model.

Storyboards

A storyboard is a sequence of visual "frames" illustrating the interplay between a user and an envisioned system.
Storyboards bring the design to life in graphical "clips," freeze-frame sketches of stories of how people will work with the system.
They are like visual scenario sketches, envisioned interaction design solutions, showing sequences of flow from frame to frame.

Design Influencing User Behavior

Slanty design is an approach that extends user-centered design by focusing on the things people should (and should not) be able to do with the product(s) behind the design.
Design is a conversation between designers and users about both desired and undesired usage outcomes.

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Description

Learn about design thinking, ideation, and sketching in user experience and user interface design. This module covers design perspectives, user personas, and more.