Module manager: Dr. Elif Sener
Email: e.sener@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
This module is not approved as a discovery module
This module focuses on three main areas: exposure to interactive and experience-based projects, core principles of interactivity, and skills for planning and designing experiences. Through hands-on activities, you will explore the creative potential of various technologies and various design production techniques while engaging with foundational interaction principles that contextualize your work.
This module aims to build on and deepen the design knowledge and skills students developed in L1. Its primary goal is to have students think beyond conventional media, emphasizing interactive formats while encouraging exploration and innovation within various technologies.
The objectives are to:
1) Introduce foundational principles of interactivity to help students understand key concepts that shape user interactions.
2) Expand students' exposure to diverse interactive and experience-based technologies across various design projects to create an understanding of how these technologies are applied in real-world contexts
3) Develop students' practical skills in planning, designing, and executing design experiences.
Learning activities are grouped as lectures, practicals and online feedback sessions. Objective 1 will be addressed through a series of lectures that introduce and explore the foundational principles of interactivity, helping students understand key concepts in design interactions. Objective 2 will be achieved through a combination of lectures and practicals. While lectures will expose students to real-world examples of interactive and experience-based technologies, practicals will enable them to apply and integrate these insights into their own projects. Objective 3 will be supported by online feedback sessions that provide checkpoints for project progress. These sessions will guide students as they develop practical skills in planning, designing, and executing their projects.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Distinguish foundational principles of interactivity by discussing key concepts in interaction design
2. Identify and describe diverse interactive and experience-based technologies
3. Demonstrate the ability to plan and design experiences
4. Develop interactive prototypes that demonstrate foundational principles of interactivity
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
5. Communicate ideas effectively in written, visual and other formats to industry standards
6. Develop innovative ideas through creative and analytical thinking.
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supervision | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Lecture | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Practical | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Independent online learning hours | 30 | ||
| Private study hours | 151 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 19 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
Online feedback will be provided in 5x2 hours online sessions every other week. Feedback will also be provided in one of the lectures.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Portfolio | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 30/04/2025
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