ADT301 - UX Design Studio

Unit details

Year:	2024 unit information
Enrolment modes:	Commencing 2025 Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):	1
EFTSL value:	0.125
Unit Chair:	Trimester 1: Tonya Meyrick Trimester 3: Tonya Meyrick
Prerequisite:	Students must have passed units ADT201 and ADT204
Corequisite:	Nil
Incompatible with:	Nil
Typical study commitment:	Students will on average spend 150-hours over the trimester undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:	1 x 3-hour seminar per week
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:	1 x 3-hour online seminar per week (livestreamed with recordings provided)

Content

In this unit we bring together strategic and concept driven learning tasks to focus on exceeding the expectations of industry-led design briefs for User Experience. This provides the opportunity to draw on the forms and functions of UX, CX (customer experience) and interaction design in a context dependent environment. This encompasses challenging, testing and refining practical outcomes to enhance user comprehension and add value to set systems and tasks. Operating in a studio practice-led learning structure students will be supported in advancing their own strategically aligned projects that meet industry requirements in a constructive and positive environment.

ULO	These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:	Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1	Critically examine the broader applications of UX in an evolving contemporary environment and apply this examination to client briefs	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking
ULO2	Research and evaluate expectations of industry and the functions, processes, languages and materials of a range of complex design scenarios	GLO 1: Discipline- specific knowledge and capabilities GLO 5: Problem solving
ULO3	Apply advanced ideation processes and practices that synthesise theory and practice to meet complex design problems through both digital and print methods	GLO 1: Discipline- specific knowledge and capabilities GLO 3: Digital literacy GLO 5: Problem solving

Assessment

Assessment Description	Student output	Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit)	Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Design Challenge 1 - Pitch of design solution plus weekly self-evaluation	1200 words or equivalent	30%	Week 4
Assessment 2: Pitch of design solution plus weekly self-evaluation	1200 words or equivalent	30%	Week 7
Assessment 3: Pitch of fully click-able design solution plus weekly self-evaluation	1600 words or equivalent	40%	Week 12

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via ADT301

Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.