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| Course: | INFO310 - Human-Computer Interaction II |
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| On Campus Offering: | Winter (eve), Summer (day) |
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| Online Offering: | None |
| | Faculty: | Stahl, Gerry
Wiedenbeck, Susan
Allen, Robert B.
Khoo, Michael
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| Extended Course Description: | Catalog Course Description:
Introduces the student to design of interactive computer systems. Teaches some of the basic approaches to task analysis, design, and evaluation of interactive computer systems. Applies these design principles in the development of the interface to an interactive computer system.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites:
INFO 110 Human-Computer Interaction I
INFO 200 Systems Analysis
Curriculum Role:
This is a second course in HCI, usually taken in the last two years of college. It provides a more in depth approach to interaction design than INFO 110, building upon the basic understanding and experienced gained there. It provides a comprehensive grounding in the theory and basic techniques of HCI. This level of training in design is important for people interested in software development, interface design, website design and information system design generally. It may also be useful for people interested in other forms of design and of information systems.
Course Rationale:
This course provides an understanding of current thinking about interaction design, including the history of HCI, the skills needed for user-centered design and the cycles of iterative design. The course is also intended to provide hands-on experience in working on a design project, usually with other students, and in practical techniques for assessing the design of working prototypes.
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, a student will be able to:
• Describe the physiological, psychological, and engineering basis of design of interactive computer systems
• Relate system design decisions to user characteristics
• Relate system design decisions to the goals of the user population
• Perform at least one method of interactive system design
• Know the relationship between system design and system evaluation
Course Content:
Principal topics and the approximate number of weeks devoted to each are:
• Introduction to and survey of the history of human-computer interaction design, user-centered design and the design of interactive computer systems (1)
• Understanding and conceptualizing interaction (1)
• Understanding users and how to study them (1)
• The design cycle (1)
• Scenarios and prototyping (1)
• Evaluating design based on principles and through walkthroughs (1)
• Hands-on design project and reports (3)
• Special topics and current trends (1)
Presentation:
Note: Presentation method may vary somewhat from section to section.
Teaching methods include lectures, class demonstrations, and student projects.
Assessment:
Note: Assessment method may vary somewhat from section to section.
Grades are based on exams and interface design projects.
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