1.1 Interaction Design

Question 1

Designing interactive products to support the way people communicate and interact in their everyday and working lives

Answer 1

Interaction Design (ID)

Question 2

Many products that require users to interact with them, such as smartphones and social networking sites, have been designed primarily with the _________ in mind

Answer 2

user

Question 3

Others, such as switching from viewing a rented movie on your Smart TV to watching a sports channel, have been engineered primarily as ____________ to perform set functions

Answer 3

systems

Question 4

One main goal of interaction design is to reduce the _____________________ (e.g., frustration, annoyance) of the user experience (UX) while enhancing the __________ ones (e.g., enjoyment, engagement)

Answer 4

negative aspects…positive

Question 5

Interaction design is being accepted as the umbrella term for these aspects of what is being designed:

Answer 5

1. User interface (UI) design
2. Software design
3. User-centered design
4. Product design
5. Web design
6. User experience (UX) design
7. Interactive system design

Question 6

The main difference between Interaction Design (ID) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) as one of __________

Answer 6

scope

Question 7

ID is concerned with __________, _________, and ___________ of designing user experiences for all manner of technologies, systems, and products

Answer 7

theory…research…practice

Question 8

_________ has traditionally had a narrower focus, being “concerned with the design, evaluation, and implementation of interactive computing systems for human use and with the study of major phenomena surrounding them”

Answer 8

HCI

Question 9

ID is mostly carried out by ____________________ teams

Answer 9

multidisciplinary

Question 10

Who to include in a design team will depend on a number of factors, including:

Answer 10

1. A company’s design philosophy,
2. Its size,
3. Purpose, and
4. Product line

Question 11

Benefits of brining together people with different background and training:

Answer 11

1. Potential of many more ideas being generated
2. New methods developed
3. More creative and original designs being produced

Question 12

Downside of bringing together people with different backgrounds and training:

Answer 12

1. Higher costs
2. Difficult to communicate and make progress forward