Code: | MP301 | Acronym: | MP |
Keywords | |
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Classification | Keyword |
CNAEF | Design |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Design |
Course/CS Responsible: | Communication Design |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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DC | 43 | Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2017 | 4 | - | 3 | 30 | 81 |
* The objective of this curricular unit is to present, discuss and practice different methods of User-Centered Design: UCD, useful in different phases of project development, in an approach methodology of "Design Sprint".
* At the end of UC, students should understand the different stages innerent to the Design Sprint methodology, identifying and applying terminologies, methods, and tools focused on User-Centered Design, allowing them to establish and refine their own work processes.
* Understand the different stages of the Design Sprint methodology using methods of User Centered Design.
* Recognize, manage and put into practice UCD methods addequate to support different stages of the project under development.
* Typology of UCD Methods:
* This curricular unit focuses in the understandment and practice of the Design Sprint methodology and methods of User Centered Design, taking the form of a discussion forum, sometimes in a PBL approach: "Problem-Based Learning" and student project monitoring that will be framed in the Research and Development contexts in which the professor are working on.
* The UC assumes the partnership in different contexts of the University of Porto (Laboratories; Units; PhD Projects) and respective actors (other teachers and researchers) where the teacher participates in R&D, allowing students to contact with different academic and research realities, motivating then choose one of the contexts to submit a work proposal, with project deliverables scheduled with the R&D team.
* Subject matter:
Presentation, analysis and discussion of relevant materials in order to establish a permanent discussion forum among the student working teams.
Setting in place the idea of the creative lab as a space of experimentation and exploration, individually or collectively developing projects in order to implement scientific contents and methodologies in design research.
Designation | Weight (%) |
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Participação presencial | 10,00 |
Trabalho laboratorial | 45,00 |
Trabalho prático ou de projeto | 45,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
Designation | Time (hours) |
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Frequência das aulas | 30,00 |
Trabalho laboratorial | 15,00 |
Elaboração de projeto | 15,00 |
Estudo autónomo | 21,00 |
Total: | 81,00 |
* The final grades will be calculated from the mean average of every project evaluation, and its articulation with a qualitative evaluation of the students' attendance and contributions in class and in all the remaining curricular activities;
* Non delivered projects will be scored with a 0 (zero);
* Projects that are not duly monitored won't be evaluated;
* Projects delivered beyond the established deadlines will be penalized in its score by 20%.
* The lack of attendance by more than 25% of classes will be cause for reprobation.