Let teams of bachelor students help with the design process of a new digital product. They will investigate and propose how the interaction design and user experience of a digital product could look like by creating an interactive prototype.
During the course “c” (Interactive systems design), student teams will create an interactive prototype in two stages, finishing with an interactive hi-fi prototype. They will apply a selection of the human centred design methods that they study in the theoretical part of the course. Project work is supervised by Utrecht University staff, but there are regular meetings with the client organisations (see below). Each design challenge will be tackled by around 6 teams of around 6 students. The prototypes can be used as a starting-point of the actual development phase of the product, service or app.
✅ Key features of the challenge
Students per team: 6 students
Number of teams per challenge: 6 teams
Course: Ontwerpen van interactieve systemen
Level: Bachelor
No. of hours spent per team: 400 hours
Deliverables: Product vision; lo-fi prototype; hi-fi prototype; demo movie; 2 reports
Company time investment: Your time involvement is 10-15 hours in total (prepare proposal; present the challenge; three interview sessions; attending the final presentation). Note on the interview session: interviews with each team have a maximum duration of 20 minutes, so that a full interview round can be done within 2 hours
📑 Challenge Examples
Find below some examples that the students have worked on:
Theaterencyclopedie: zet de website (Poduimkunst) om in een app voor een jonge doelgroep, zie ook https://www.podiumkunst.net/nieuws/studenten-informatiekunde-ontwikkelen-prototype-theater-app/
Charge: routeplanner voor wandelen en fietsen langs monumenten
Alarmsysteem: hoe kunnen alarmsystemen op de Intensie Care gestroomlijnd worden?
Speelotheek: ontwerp digitale oplossing omvrijwilligers bij het innemen en controleren van uitgeleendspeelgoed te helpen
SURFscenario: maak een scenariogenerator voor cybersecurity-aanvallen
Synapses: interactief netwerk voor interdisciplinaire wetenschappelijke samenwerking (Tinder voor onderzoekers)
Virtual campus tour
🏢 Requirements for participating organisations
We strongly prefer to work with non-profit institutions and organisations. There should be at least one employee taking responsibility for the organisation’s role in the project. These involve answering student questions, supplying examples, data and background information, arranging interlocutors for the interviews, and if possible access to intended users.
📨 How to apply
You can submit the challenge directly through the website. Provide a title that summarises the challenge. Subsequently, briefly elaborate on your challenge (max. 150 words). Click here for a template you can use.
🗓 Planning
December 16, 2024: Deadline for submitting your challenge
December 20, 2024: Receiving message if your challenge is approved by the Course Coordinator
February 3-10, 2025: Matching phase
February 17, 2025: Project work starts
February 24-26, 2025: Kick-off meeting and first interview with your teams.
Around March 3, 2025: second interview: product vision
Around March 17, 2025: third interview: lo-fi prototype
Around April 10, 2025: final symposium, with students presenting their hi-fi prototypes