Interactive Systems Design

Undergraduate | 2026

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INFO 2009
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200091
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Adelaide City Campus
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Undergraduate
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6
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Adelaide University
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2
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No
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Course overview

This course equips learners with the human and technical design skills to create usable interactive systems. Modern interactive system necessitates a tight coupling between the system feedback (the gulf of evaluation) and the interaction with underlying data, algorithms, and systems (the gulf of execution). Students will practice human centred design processes, usability factors, rapid prototyping, and techniques for reflecting on a design throughout the development process. Students will learn technical skills in architecture design of interactive systems, design patterns, and the use of open-source frameworks to create interactive systems. This course aligns with the program aims to design and develop innovative solutions that demonstrate a high usability. 

Course learning outcomes

  • Describe human-centred design methodologies and principles for creating interactive systems
  • Design interactive system interfaces that meet the needs of end-users
  • Create real-time interactive systems using modern frameworks
  • Evaluate interactive systems in terms of quality attributes

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