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| Course: | INFO610 - Analysis of Interactive Systems |
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| On Campus Offering: | None |
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| Online Offering: | Spring |
| | Faculty: | Wiedenbeck, Susan
Khoo, Michael
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| Extended Course Description: | Catalog Course Description:
This course focuses on the evaluation of human-computer interfaces covering such topics as heuristic evaluation, inspection and design reviews, cognitive walkthroughs, ethnographic observation, user testing, interviews, and questionnaires; the usability engineering life cycle, comparison of usability evaluation methods, selection or design of appropriate methods, reporting usability evaluation findings, and the development of user interface standards and guidelines.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites:
INFO 608 Human-Computer Interaction
Curriculum Role:
This course is part of the concentration in Human-Computer Interaction in the MSIS degree program. It is usually taken after several required courses have been completed.
Course Rationale:
This course gives the student a detailed understanding of analysis of interactive systems, including user and task analysis, as well as human-computer interaction evaluation methods. Students gain skills of analysis and evaluation from a user-centered perspective.
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, a student will be able to:
• Analyze the usefulness and usability of interactive systems
• Use a variety of usability inspection methods
• Select an appropriate analysis method for a given situation
• Apply analysis methods at all steps in the development life cycle
• Report the results of usability evaluations
Course Content:
Principal topics and the approximate number of weeks devoted to each are:
• Introduction to interactive system analysis (1)
• Heuristic evaluation (1)
• Cognitive walkthrough (1)
• Observation-based analysis (2)
• Comparison of evaluation methods (1)
• Cost-benefit analysis (1)
• Additional analysis methods (2)
• Organizational and social aspects (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, in-class discussion and exercises, and design projects.
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