1. Human computer interaction-com 402
Umarani Jayaraman

2. Course Overview
This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of human-computer interaction, user interface design, and usability analysis.
Students will learn principles and guidelines for usability, quantitative and qualitative analysis methods, and apply them through critiques of existing interfaces and development of new ones.
Topics covered will also include cognitive models, task analysis, psychology, experimental design, and prototyping and evaluating methods.

3. Learning Outcomes
Critically discuss common methods in the user- centered design process and the appropriateness of individual methods for a given problem.
Use, adapt and extend classic design standards, guidelines, and patterns.
Employ selected design methods and evaluation methods at a basic level of competence.
Build prototypes at varying levels of fidelity, from paper prototypes to functional, interactive prototypes.

4. Intended Skill Outcomes
To be able to apply the principles, tools and techniques of HCI to the development of usable digital information systems, including:
Requirements capture
System design / application of design guidelines
Interface evaluation

5. Aim-Approach for this course
Learn the major principles of HCI/Interaction
Usability
Affordance
Cognetics
Learn how people think, react, acquire
Perception
Learn how to design and evaluate a system
Development track
Prototyping, Evaluating
Research based approach

6. Teaching Methods:
The course will be based on the following teaching and learning activities:
Lectures covering the theoretical part using Power Point presentations, Black Board, Videos/Audio … etc.
Review questions at the beginning of the lecture and at the end of the lecture.
In-Class Group Activities
Class Discussions with Case studies

7. Assessment Tools Exams Presentation Projects Discussion
In-Class Activity
Feedback at the end of class

8. Assessments -Theory Quiz 1 - 20 Quiz 2 - 20 End-Exam – 40
In-Class Group Activity – 20 (Max 3 students)

9. Assessments- Lab CA - 20 Quiz 1 – 20 End-Exam – 40
Group Project- 20 (Max 3 Students)

10. Books and Web Resources
My Lecture Notes (ppt)
Web Resource (Nielsen Norman Group)
Book
Human Computer Interaction by Alan Dix, Janet Finlay et.al