School of Information Systems & Technology
Faculty of Informatics
CSCI324 Human Computer Interface Subject Outline
Autumn Session 2007
Head of School –Assoc Professor Peter Hyland, Student Resource Centre, Tel: (02) 4221 3606
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Subject Coordinator |
Mr Omar Garcia |
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4221 5290 |
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40.252 |
Mr Garcia’s Consultation Times During Session
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Monday Tuesday |
9:30 a.m.-11:30 am 9:30 a.m.-11:30 am |
Subject Organisation
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Session: |
Autumn Session, Wollongong Campus |
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Credit Points |
6 credit points |
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Contact hours per week: |
2 hours lectures,1 hour tutorial, 1 hour lab |
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Students should check the subject’s web site regularly as important information, including details of unavoidable changes in assessment requirements will be posted from time to time. Any information posted to the web site is deemed to have been notified to all students.
This subject examines the design evaluation and implementation of interactive computing systems for human use (HCI) and the major phenomena surrounding them. Also considered are joint performance of tasks by humans and machines, structure of human machine communication, social and organisational interactions with machine design, human capabilities to use machines including their learnability as well as algorithms and programming of the interface itself, engineering concerns that arise in designing interfaces, the process of specification design and implementation of interfaces and design tradeoffs..
At the completion of this subject, students should be able to:
i) describe & justify HCI principles;
ii) apply the principles of designing HCI;
iii) design a HCI for a specific application and implement a prototype.
Lecture Schedule (subject to minor changes)
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Topics |
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1 |
Introduction |
No Tutorials in Week 1 |
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The human and Usability Engineering |
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Usability Engineering(cont) and Everyday design |
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The Interaction and Use cases /HTAs |
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Prototype and early evaluation |
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Interactions, WIMP and Widgets |
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Task Analysis and Dialogs |
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Design Rational and Evaluation |
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User testing |
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Guidelines |
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Computer Support for Collaborative Work (CSCW) |
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12 |
Non Traditional Interfaces |
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13 |
Review and Final Exam Preparation |
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Attendance Requirements
It is the responsibility of students to attend all lectures/tutorials/labs/seminars/practical work for subjects for which you are enrolled.
It should be noted that according to Course Rule 003{Interpretation Point 2 (t)} each credit point for a single session subject has the value of about two hours per week including class attendance. Therefore, the amount of time spent on each 6 credit point subject should be at least 12 hours per week, which includes lectures/tutorials/labs etc
Satisfactory attendance is deemed to be attendance at approximately 80%* of the allocated contact hours. Attendance rolls may be kept for lectures, TUTORIALS and laboratories. If you are present for less than 80%* you need to apply for special consideration, otherwise a fail grade may be recorded.
Students MUST attend their allocated tutorial unless they have the written permission of the subject coordinator.
Tutorials and Assignments will relate to the lecture topics. Satisfactory attendance at lectures, tutorials and seminars is a requirement for the successful completion of this course.
Students should check the subject's web site, available via UOW e-Learning, regularly as important information, including details of unavoidable changes in assessment requirements will be posted from time to time. Any information posted to the web site is deemed to have been notified to all students
Subject Materials
Human Computer Interaction, Dix, Finlay, Abowd, Beale, Second Edition, Prentice Hall Europe or
Preece Rogers, and Sharp Interaction Design second edition, Wiley & Sons, 2002
Donald Norman, The Design of Everyday Things, MIT, 1998
Terry Winograd, Bringing Design to Software, Addison- Wesley, c1996
Draper and Norman, User-Centered System Design, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1986
Jacko and Sears, The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003
Don Norman, Emotional Design, Basic Books, 2004
These readings/references are recommended only and are not intended to be an exhaustive list. Students are encouraged to use the library catalogue and databases to locate additional readings
This subject has the following assessment components.
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Assessment Items & Format |
Percentage of Final Mark |
Due Date |
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1. Interface Evaluation report |
10% |
Lecture time Week 4 |
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2. Project Plan |
10% |
Lecture time Week 6 |
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3. Project-Low fidelity prototype |
10% |
Tutorial time Week 8 |
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4. Project-Evaluation report |
10% |
Lecture time Week 10 |
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5. Project-High Fidelity prototype |
10% |
Tutorial time Week 13 |
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6. Final Examination |
50% |
Exam Period |
Scaling
Final results in this subject may be scaled. The scaling method that will be used in this subject is as follows.
If E is the student exam mark, and A is the student assignment mark, the student final mark will be determined as follows:
if E >= 40% of the maximum exam mark: then student final mark is E + A;
if E < 40% of the maximum exam mark: then student final mark is minimum (E+A, 47)
if E < 35% of the maximum exam mark: then student: final mark is /min/{E+A, 42};
Students must refer to the Faculty Handbook or online references which contains a range of policies on educational issues and student matters.
Please note that if this is your last session and you are granted a supplementary exam, be aware that your results will not be processed in time to meet the graduation deadline.
Plagiarism
When you submit an assessment task, you are declaring the following
1. It is your own work and you did not collaborate with or copy from others.
2. You have read and understand your responsibilities under the University of Wollongong's policy on plagiarism.
3. You have not plagiarised from published work (including the internet). Where you have used the work from others, you have referenced it in the text and provided a reference list at the end ot the assignment.
4. Plagiarism will not be tolerated.
5. Students are responsible for submitting original work for assessment, without plagiarising or cheating, abiding by the University’s policies on Plagiarism as set out in the Calendar under University Policies, and in Faculty handbooks and subject guides. Plagiarism has led to the expulsion from the University.
This outline should be read in conjunction with the following documents:
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Code of Practice - Teaching and Assessment http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/codesofprac/teaching_code.html |
Key Dates |
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Code of Practice - Students http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/codesofprac/cop_students.html |
Information Literacies Introduction Program |
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Acknowledgement Practice Plagiarism will not be tolerated |
Student Academic Grievance Policy http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/codesofprac/cop_supervision.html#8 |
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Special Consideration Policy http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/courserules/specialconsideration.html |
Code of Practice-Honours |
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Non-Discriminatory Language Practice and Presentation |
Intellectual Property Policy http://www.uow.edu.au/research/researchmanagement/1998IP.html |
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Occupational Health and Safety http://staff.uow.edu.au/ohs/commitment/OHS039-ohspolicy.pdf |
SISAT Internet Access & Student Resource Centre http://www.sitacs.uow.edu.au/info/current/internet_access_and_resource.shtml |
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SISAT Computer Usage Rules http://www.itacs.uow.edu.au/info/current/support/labs/rules.shtml |
SISAT Style Guide for Footnotes, Documentation, Essay and Report Writing |
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SISAT Student Guide |
Informatics Faculty Librarian, Ms Annette Meldrum, phone: 4221 4637,ameldrum@uow.edu.au |
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SISAT Subject Outlines |
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