| TDDC19 | System Usability Issues, 6 ECTS credits. /Användbara system/ |
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 16 |
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Area of Education: Technology Subject area: Computer Science/Computer Engineering |
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| Advancement level
(A-D): B
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| Aim: The course introduces the fundamentals of usability issues and interactive systems |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Basic knowledge of computer programming and system development. Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Organisation: The course is divided into two parts. The first half of the course is a mix of lectures and a group project. The lectures will cover the basics of a user centered approach to design, such as how to carry out a pre-study, basic GUI-design and prototyping. The project will enables the students to practice their skills in a small group. The first half of the course concludes with presentations of the projects to the rest of the class. During the second half of the course, students will work in pairs to complete a report based on the usability project they are doing. This will give the students experience in writing about their research in terms of purpose, related work, method, results, and conclusions. This part of the course will involve two meetings: one at the beginning of the course and one when the "report-writing" phase begins (week 47). Students are expected to make constant progress on their drafts, review one draft by other students, and deliver a completed report by the end of the course. |
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| Course contents: The course is concerned with usability in interactive computer systems and artefacts. The following topics are treated in the course: - Usability: what is usability and why is it important. - Cognitive Aspects: role of memory, recognition vs remembering, perception psychology, esthetic and emotional aspects - Interaction and Communication: design model, system model, usage model, visualization, affordance, feedback, overview, uniformity, modality - Methods for developing usable systems (evaluation, design and prototyping) |
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| Course literature: Cooper, A., Reimann, R., "About Face: Essentials of Interaction Design", Wiley 2003 |
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| Assignments and active participation in seminars. Report writing |
2 p 2 p |
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Course language is English. Department offering the course: IDA. Director of Studies: Jalal Maleki Examiner: Jonas Lundberg Link to the course homepage at the department Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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