615-247 Human Computer Interfaces

Note

Students enrolled in the single BSc or a combined BSc course will receive Science credit for the completion of this subject.

Credit Points

Coordinator

Corequisites

615-245 Systems Analysis and Design

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

Aspects of the following topics will be considered: conceptual theories; user characteristics; user modelling; types of human-computer dialogues - menu driven dialogues, Graphical User Interfaces (GUIS); user input design; development environments; usability measurements and testing; other issues in HCI.

At the completion of this subject, students should:

• have knowledge of the technical, cognitive, and social factors that can make interactive software effective or ineffective;
• have experience using several information exploration tools and user interface development environments;
• be aware of the range of design principles and guidelines that can assist user interface designers, and understand the limitations of such guidelines;
• understand the advantages and disadvantages of usability testing and various approaches to measuring usability.

Assessment

A 3-hour end-of-semester written examination; individual and group project work. Weighting of the assessment components will be announced at the commencement of the course.