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3. Assignment (20% + 10%) Due in weeks 10 and 12.
• Stage 1: design of an interface. This will be done in groups.
• Stage 2: heuristic evaluation of the website using Nielsen’s usability principles. This will include a
description of the process used to conduct the evaluation, the evaluation results and recommendations
for changes with supporting evidence. Each group evaluates the design of one other group.
4. Exam (60%)
Course textbooks and materials
Sharp, H., Rogers, Y. & Preece, J. Interaction design: beyond human-computer interaction.
Recommended readings from:
Shneiderman & Plaisant Designing the user interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer
Interaction
Why do you teach the course this way
The course is an amalgam of two HCI courses taught in different degrees in the Faculty. One focused on theory,
design and evaluation and the other on design, application and development. The current course focuses on theory,
design, application and evaluation.
The aim of the course is to give students knowledge and understanding of:
• the underpinning theories relevant to HCI;
• the principles and practices of HCI in designing user interfaces;
• the importance and role of usability and evaluation in systems design;
• the issues relating to user diversity, different types of systems, interaction styles, devices and
environments.
Comments from the students at the start of semester is that the course is easy but by the end they think that it is hard.
Body of Knowledge coverage
KA Knowledge Unit Topics Covered Hours
HCI Foundations Contexts for HCI
Processes for user-centered development different measures for evaluation
Physical capabilities that inform interaction design: color, perception
Cognitive models that inform interaction design: attention, perception,
recognition, memory, gulf of expectation and execution.
Accessibility
4
HCI Designing Interaction Principles of graphical user interfaces
Elements of visual design (layout color, fonts, labelling)
Task analysis
Paper prototyping
Keystroke –level evaluation
Help and documentation
User interface standards
4
HCI
User-Centered Design
& Testing
Approaches to and characteristics of the design process
Usability
Techniques for data gathering
Prototyping techniques
Evaluation without users
Evaluation with users
Internationalization
4
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