Timetable

Week	Lecture	Tutorial	Assessment
1: 24th July	Introduction: Course overview	Interaction breakdowns	Handout Assignment 1
2: 31st July	History and future of interaction design [slides]	Observing interaction breakdowns
3: 7th August	Learning to look: ethnography [slides]	Video portraits	Assignment 1: Interaction breakdown Handout Assignment 2 [handout]
4: 14th August	Working with video [slides]	Record video clips
5 : 21st August	Ethnographically-informed design [slides]	Video card game
6: 28th August	Participatory design [slides]	Feedback on VCG themes	Assignment 2: Video Card Game (theme description on wiki)
7: 4th September	Sketching & prototyping [slides]	Construct theme movies
8: 11th September	Present theme movies to class	Feedback on movies and revise	Theme video feedback [Sessions 1..4]
9: 18th September	Designing an interaction inquiry [slides-Dekker] [sides-Clint] [slides-Postcards]	Assignment 3 exploration	Assignment 2: Video Card Game (theme video) Handout Assignment 3a [handout-poster]
Break
10: 2nd October	Informing design - Cultural and technology probes [slides]	Assignment 3 support
11: 9th October	Informing design - scenarios and personas [slides]	Assignment 3 support	Handout Assignment 3b [handout-reflective report]
12: 16th October	Embodied interaction [slides]	Assignment 3 support
13: 23rd October	Presenting interaction inquiries		Assignment 3a: Design Interaction Inquiry (poster) feedback [Sessions 1..2]
Revision
Exam 1			Assignment 3b: Design Interaction Inquiry (reflective report)
Exam 2