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Course Description
This course provides students with an introduction to the discipline of HCI and examines the issues of methods and principles of human factors, human-computer interaction (HCI), user-centered design (UCD), and usability evaluation.
Course Objectives
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gain an understanding of human-computer interaction principles,
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Understand UI problems, issues, and challenges
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Learn and apply basic principles of design psychology
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Become familiar with basic underlying principles and models
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identify the impact of system design on users’ attitudes and behaviors,
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recognize the importance of needs requirements, prototyping, and evaluation
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understand user-centered design and evaluation processes,
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apply user-centered design processes in designing and building systems.
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Become familiar with important HCI research issues and technology trends
Course Outline
- What is HCI?
- What is interaction?
- Human factors
- Interface design
- Usability
- Evaluation
- User centered design process
Textbooks
- Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction by Rogers, Sharp, Preece, . John Wiley & Sons.
- A. Dix, J. Finlay, G. Abowd, G., and R. Beale, Human-computer interaction (3rd ed.), Prentice Hall. 2003.
Additional Sources
- Ä°nsan Bilgisayar EtkileÅŸimi ve Kullanılabilirlik MühendisliÄŸi: Teoriden PratiÄŸe, KürÅŸat Çağıltay. ODTÜ Yayıncılık.
- Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites, by Patrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton. Yale University Press. http://webstyleguide.com/
Grading
Midterm : 25%
Final : 35%
Assignments: 15%
Group Project: 25%