HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION
Stampa
Enrollment year
2021/2022
Academic year
2021/2022
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
ING-INF/05 (DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL,COMPUTER AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Course
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Curriculum
Embedded and Control Systems
Year of study
Period
2nd semester (07/03/2022 - 17/06/2022)
ECTS
6
Lesson hours
45 lesson hours
Language
English
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Teacher
MOSCONI MAURO (titolare) - 6 ECTS
Prerequisites
None
Learning outcomes
Human-computer interaction is a discipline concerned with the design, evaluation and implementation of interactive computing systems for human use and with the study of major phenomena surrounding them. This course includes both theoretical material and practical approaches to designing user interfaces. In the lectures, the two will be combined.
Course contents
Introduction to HCI

The human
Input-output channels, human memory, thinking: reasoning and problem solving

Accessibility techniques

The interaction
Models of interaction, ergonomics, interaction styles, elements of the WIMP-interface, interactivity

Paradigms for interaction

Interaction design basics
The process of design, user focus, navigation design, screen design and layout

Usability engineering

Design rules
Usability priciples, guidelines, standards, design patterns

Evaluation techniques, through expert analysis and through user participation
Teaching methods
Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 45
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Reccomended or required readings
Textbook: "Human-Computer Interaction" (3rd Edition). Prentice Hall. By A. Dix, J. E. Finlay, G. D. Abowd and R. Beale. ISBN: 0130461091 ISBN-13: 9780130461094
Assessment methods
Written exam (english|italian) at the end off the course: short “open” questions. Attending 75% of lessons: optional project (adds 1-3 points) Optional ten-minutes powerpoint presentations during the lessons (1 point)
Further information
Written exam (english|italian) at the end off the course: short “open” questions. Attending 75% of lessons: optional project (adds 1-3 points) Optional ten-minutes powerpoint presentations during the lessons (1 point)
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