729G85 Interaction Design and User Experience

Examination

Please note! The detailed instructions for the examination modules can be found in the study guide at the Lisam course room under Documents.

The course is assessed through a practical groupwork module (PRA1, 4 ECTS study credits) with presentations with compulsory participation (RED1, 1 ECTS study credit), and an individual assignment module (UPG1, 4 ECTS study credits).

Course Grades

This course uses the ECTS grading scale. Course grades are only given if all examination parts have been completed and given a passing grade (pass or E) or higher (D-A). The final course grade is based on the Individual assignment (UPG1).

Individual Grading of Group Work

The group work is graded pass or fail. The grades are based on the work performed by the group, but the examination is individual. This means that individual students may receive a different grade than the rest of the group if there are reasons for that. Such reasons could for example be that the group members have different ambition levels, or if there are large differences in how much work that different group members have done. Individual supplementary examination assignments can also be given by the examiner. The group members need to tell the examiner if there are reasons for different grades in a group. More precise grading criteria are specified in below for each assignment.

Compulsory Attendance and Supplementary Tasks

Presentations (Swe. redovisningar) have compulsory attendance, which is examined in the RED1 module, but there are a few valid reasons for missing a presentation.

If you cannot attend you must firstly notify your supervisor in advance about why you cannot participate. The supplementary task is to write a description of what you personally did in the group work, and a reflection on lessons learned from the group work (about 800 words). The supplementary tasks must be delivered by email to the examiner within four weeks after the presentation.

Time Budget

You could potentially spend in an infinite number of hours on each assignment, but you should not. Make a time budget on hours for each part of the assignment and stick to it. You are expected to spend two and a half workdays per week on this course including reading the course literature. The expectations on quality of deliveries and amount of work is adjusted according to what is possible to do given your time constraints on a halftime course.

Deadlines

The practical group work and the individual assignment has a deadline at 2020-11-13 17:15.

There are two deadlines for re-examination:

• Re-examination 1: 2021-01-15, midnight.
• Re-examination 2: 2021-03-26, midnight.

A missed deadline means the grade F will be reported in Ladok. Assignments for re-examination 1 and re-examination 2 will be posted on Lisam at least one month before the re-examination deadlines. Students that miss the last deadline for re-examination must do the assignments the next time the course is given. Students cannot try for higher grade by re-examination. No assignments are graded between deadlines.

Conduct

The following set of rules apply to the assignments in this course. It is a slightly modified version of IDA's general rules for labs:

• The assignments are in a group or individually, according to the instructions given for the course. However, examination is always individual.
• It is not allowed to hand in solutions copied from other students, or from elsewhere, even though modifications have been made. If unauthorized copying or other forms of cheating is suspected, the teacher is required to make a report to the University Disciplinary Board. The consequences of cheating can be a warning or suspension from studies.
• You should be able to explain the details of the assignment. It is also possible that you may have to explain why you have chosen a specific solution. This applies to everyone in a group.
• If you anticipate that you cannot meet a deadline, contact your teacher. You may get some support and possibly a deadline at a later date. It is always better to discuss problems than to cheat.
• Policy for presentation. A definite end date, deadline, generally apply to the submission of assignments in the course. This deadline may be during the course or at the end. If presentation is not done in time, you may have to do a new set of assignments the next time the course is offered.

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Last updated: 2020-08-11