In this course, you will learn relevant fundamentals of human motor performance, perception, and cognition that inform effective interaction design. You will use these models of how people work to design more effective input and interaction techniques. You’ll apply these to both traditional graphic and gestural interfaces.
Input and Interaction
Input and Interaction
This course is part of Interaction Design Specialization
Instructor: Scott Klemmer
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There are 3 modules in this course
There’s more to interfaces than what’s on the screen. While often overlooked, input deserves to be on equal footing with its more popular sibling, output. Also, input is a rare case where we can model user behavior mathematically. In this module, you’ll learn how good input is more than just preference, trace input from the fingertip to the screen, and think about the diversity of possible input devices and their relative merits.
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4 videos1 reading1 assignment
We live in an information-rich world. Consequently, the hardest part of interaction is often finding what we want or finding something that we didn’t know what to ask for. From e-commerce to digital libraries, good search design is central to human-computer interaction in the 21st century.
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3 videos1 reading1 peer review
The graphical user interface with windows, icons, menus, and pointers (WIMP) was a massive advance beyond the command line. It also took 20 years to go from research labs into people’s homes. We’re in the midst of a new sea change now. Gestural interfaces can be even more direct and more natural. They can also be even more frustrating. In this module, you’ll learn how to tell the difference and design gestural interfaces that work.
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3 videos1 reading1 assignment1 peer review
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LS
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Reviewed on Feb 18, 2016
This is a great course, the final questions had me a bit confused BUT if you read carefully (not dyslexically like me) no problem.
DD
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Reviewed on Sep 24, 2018
Informative - learned important new concepts that will improve my design of elearning interfaces.
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Reviewed on Feb 22, 2017
a very interesting course for anyone who enjoys simple easy to use systems and tools themselves. The last assignment was a great example of the practical applicability of this course
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