Usability Design of Software Applications | TCS iON Industry Honour Certification

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Course Details

Credits & LTP

Each course offers 5 credit points.

Lecture

Tutorial

Practical (Hands-on)

Credit

Recommended For:

Graduation Programme - B.E./B.Tech
Branch - Computer Science Engineering and Information Technology
Semester -

5 ^th, 6 ^th, 7 ^thand 8 ^th

Course Summary

Usability Design of Software Applications deals with the foundation and advances made in the usability principles of software design. CNN predicts that UX Design jobs will grow 22% by 2020, with over 2 million new jobs being created.

The course teaches how to create user-friendly software applications by incorporating the principles of smart design and user experience design. Through this course, learners will get acquainted with user-friendly and interactive user interfaces for software applications or websites, develop quality concepts of usability and utility for software design, and get an overview of the software development life cycle. This course provides a deep understanding and learning on how users of a software application can achieve the specified goals easily.

Hands-On

Students need to perform hands-on assignments and projects using MS/Open Office tools, free Wireframe tools like Lucidchart, InVision, Moqups, Wireframe.cc, MockFlow etc. and multimedia tools like Lightworks, Autodesk 3ds Max among others. In addition, students need to install the latest version of browsers like Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome for testing HTML5/CSS3 related codes and responsive design. The learners need to leverage all softwares from their end.

Students will have to leverage the above-mentioned tools to complete the industry assignment as well as to complete the Part B section of the summative assessment.

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RECOMMENDED PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript
An appreciation of quality design thinking
Basic idea of visual design skills (Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator)

Course Syllabus

The course syllabus will be delivered through a combination of eLearning resources, digital lectures, community based digital classrooms as applicable.

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POTENTIAL CAREER PATH

Instructional Designer

Software Developer

User Experience Designer

Software Design Evaluator

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Course Components

Digital Learning
Resources

Digital course accessible anytime and anywhere View Sample

Digital
Lectures

Digital lectures delivered by industry and academic experts View Sample

Academic Connect
Community

Focussed on building conceptual clarity View Sample

Industry Connect
Community

Focussed on building industry oriented applied knowledge View Sample

Industry
Assignment

Access to two industry related mini projects View Sample

Practice
Assessment

Access to two practice assessments for self-evaluation View Sample

Summative
Assessment

Test of theoretical and applied knowledge View Sample

Verifiable Digital
Certificate

Verifiable certificate on successful completion View Sample

Internship
Opportunity

For top percentile, subject to vacancies in corporates and their hiring policies View Sample

Job
Opportunity

Visibility to job vacancies with leading corporate recruiters, subject to vacancies and their hiring policies View Sample

Available Locations

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Meet the Mentor(s)

Dr. Ramesh Sharma

Former Director

Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia

Academic Expert

Dr. Ramesh Sharma teaches Instructional Design at Ambedkar University Delhi, India. He has earlier taught Educational Technology and Learning Resources at Wawasan Open University, Malaysia.

He is an expert in open, distance, and technology mediated learning and has served as a visiting professor at Universidade do Estado da Bahia, UNEB, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, visiting professor at University of Fiji, Fiji, Commonwealth of Learning as Director of the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia, India, Regional Director of Indira Gandhi National Open University, India, and Director of Distance Education at University of Guyana, Guyana, South America.

T. Arumugapandian

Chief UX Architect

Techdew UX Design & Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

Industry Expert

Arumugapandian is a design leader, creative collaborator and product strategist. He founded Techdew UX Design & Consulting Pvt. Ltd. and Nasscom awardee UXD Jobs, which connects over 9000 UI UX designers and developers with more than 1200 companies in India.

With over 16 years of experience, Arumugapandian is focussed on shaping business vision, user insights, and technology to define the experience strategy. He specialises in Human-Computer Interaction Design, User Experience, Branding, Digital Marketing Strategy, Design Management and New Product Innovation.

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1. How will this programme help students in building their proficiency? +

This programme is envisaged to help build a strong foundation across various streams through digital lectures, practice and summative assessments, mini projects, mentorship from renowned industry and academic experts. Students will also get an opportunity to showcase their skills to potential recruiters.

2. How is this programme different from other industry programmes? +

This programme is designed to continuously make academic content more relevant to students by integrating industry inputs, which is a compelling need of the industry.

3. Who should join this programme? +

Any student or academic institution/university can browse through our catalogue of courses and can subscribe to course(s) as needed. In case a student has directly subscribed to a course and is seeking credit recognition from their institution for this AICTE/UGC aligned course, it is recommended that they connect with their respective institutions for confirmation.

4. What is the responsibility of the university/institution enrolling for the programme? +

Create awareness about the course, register the students and administer the courses in the campus
Organise and/or procure all physical resources required for hands-on learning including lab equipment, MS/Open Office tools, appropriate browsers as mentioned on the course website, and other relevant infrastructure for learning and assessment
Assign faculty SPOC, who has exposure to the relevant subject matter, to locally govern and mentor course consumption and evaluate projects
Conduct summative assessments at their respective institutions
Integrate the summative assessment performance with the student's transcripts

5. What is the responsibility of the students who are directly enrolling for the programme? +

It is recommended that the students directly enrolling for this programme focus on the following points to gain maximum benefit:
- Approach their institution for credit transfer and share the required details with TCS iON
- Procure physical kits (if applicable) directly or through their institution as per the course requirement mentioned on the course website
- Share contact details of their academic SPOC with TCS iON
- Take the summative assessment on a pre-defined date; bring their own kits (if applicable) to the test centre for their respective courses
- Share scorecard and/or certificate with the institution for credit transfer

6. Will there be any internship and job opportunity provided through this programme? +

Internship opportunities, remote or on-site, as applicable, will be offered to students who have completed their industry assignments, subject to vacancies and the corporate hiring policy.
Successful students who have completed their pre-final year will gain visibility to job opportunities from corporates, subject to vacancies and the corporate hiring policy.

7. What is the duration of this programme? +

The duration of this programme is around 5 to 6 months, in sync with the universities'/institutions' semester.

8. What is the summative assessment format? +

The students will be assessed in 2 stages:
- Part A is a test of knowledge, to assess the conceptual knowledge of a student, specific to the course
- Part B is a test of application, to assess a student’s applied skills gained through this programme using the hands-on learning finalised for the course
The assessments would be conducted either at the respective institutions or through remote proctored assessments, or at TCS iON test centres, which will be communicated a month prior to the exam.

9. What is the total marks for the summative assessment? +

The summative assessment consists of total 100 marks with 50 marks each allotted for Part A and Part B. Part A is a summative assessment of one hour and Part B is a summative assessment of about two hours (actual duration may vary depending on the course).

10. What are the criteria to obtain a certificate? +

1. Students who successfully clear the summative assessment and meet each of the following criteria will receive a performance 'Scorecard' cum 'Certificate'. View Sample Certificate and Scorecard
  - Part A score is greater than or equal to 40%
  - Part B score is greater than or equal to 50%
  - Overall assessment score is greater than or equal to 50 marks
2. Students who have not taken the summative assessment or do not meet the criteria mentioned in point (a) but have completed the course 100% (which includes the digital content, digital lectures, industry assignments and practice tests) will receive the 'Certificate of Participation'. View Sample 'Certificate of Participation'
3. Students who have taken the summative assessment and have failed to clear it, will receive only a performance 'Scorecard'. View Sample 'Scorecard'
4. Students who do not meet any of the above criteria will not receive any certificate or scorecard.

11. How many attempts are allowed for practice and summative assessments? +

Students get access to 2 practice assessments for Part A. There are 2 attempts for each practice assessment. A sample Part B question along with model answer will also be available in the practice set similar to the one in the actual test. The students can appear for the summative assessment only once.

12. What is the process for taking the re-exam if the student does not clear the certification exam? +

The student can appear for the re-exam by paying the pre-defined exam registration fees.

13. How can the students validate their profile details filled by their institution? +

Students are encouraged to check and update their basic profile details such as name, email ID etc. by navigating to Home >> My Account >> Update Profile. Please note that the profile details will be leveraged to generate course completion certificates.

14. What is the refund policy for TCS iON Industry Honour Certification? +

Once an institution or a student subscribes to the TCS iON Industry Honour Certification, no refund will be issued under any circumstances.

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