Course Materials
Content
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Materials
The schedule below breaks the materials out into the weeks you will need them in, but if you would like to see materials in their entirety here are the links the repositories:- Lecture video channel on Media Hopper Create
- Lecture Slides
including some slides from prior years - Universal Methods of Design
text book select scanned in pages
- 2020/2021 version of the HCI course
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Schedule
Week Commencing Lectures and Slides Readings Coursework Steps 1 20-Sep-2021 Slides:- How to Understand Problems by Amy J. Ko
- How to Define Problems by Amy J. Ko
- What is HCI?
- 1: Find a group and register your group
- 2: Interview group members
2 27-Sep-2021 Slides:Universal Methods of DesignInteraction Design: How to conduct user interviewsCoursework 1 steps:- 3: Look at prior research
- 4: Pick a task
- 5: Select a course to improve
- 6: Select a persona
3 04-Oct-2021 Slides:Universal Methods of DesignObserve, Test, Iterate, and Learn - Don NormanStoryboards Help Visualize UX Ideas - Rachel KrauseCoursework 1 steps:- 7: Design iteration
- Start 8: Mockup the design
4 11-Oct-2021 Slides:Universal Methods of DesignCoursework 1 steps:- Finish 8: Mockup the design
- 9: Write the report
- Coursework report template (pdf
, tex
, md
, docx
)
- Report Instructions
Coursework 1 due 4pm 14 October5 18-Oct-2021 Slides:Universal Methods of DesignHow to evaluate analytically by Amy J. Ko10 Usability Heuristics for User Interface Design by the Nielsen GroupHow to conduct a Heuristic Evaluation by the Nielsen GroupCoursework 2 steps:- 1: Check that your assigned mock-ups work
- Start 2: Assign roles
6 25-Oct-2021 Slides:How to be critical by Amy J. KoHow to evaluate empirically by Amy J. KoCoursework 2 steps:- Finish 2: Assign roles
- 3: Run the cognitive walkthrough
- Start 4: Write the reports
7 01-Nov-2021 Slides:- Think Aloud
(aka Talk Aloud)
- Questionaires
- Qualitative Analysis
- Ethics
- Ethics Case Studies
Universal Methods of DesignThe Menlo Report: Ethical Principles Guiding Inforamtion and Communication Technology ResearchCoursework 2 steps:- 4: Write the reports
Coursework 2 due 4pm 4 NovemberQuiz 2 happening 5 November8 08-Nov-2021 Slides:Mental Models by Nielsen Norman GroupHow to design interfaces by Amy J. KoCoursework 3 steps:- 1: Look at CW2 reports
- 2: Select the mock-up to refine
9 15-Nov-2021 Slides:User Interface Design Patterns - Link to a pattern library, not necessary to read all these.Coursework 3 steps:- 3: Revise the identified problem, design goals, and task 4
- 4: Revise your design
- Start 5: Select two screens (and revise their designs)
10 22-Nov-2021 Slides:Coursework 3 steps:- 5: Select two screens (and revise their designs)
- Start 6: Write the report
11 29-Nov-2021 No recorded lecture Coursework 3 due 4pm 2nd DecemberQuiz 3 happening 3rd DecemberCoursework 3 steps:- 6: Write the report
12 06-Dec-2021 Revision Week 13 13-Dec-2021 14 20-Dec-2021 -
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