Draft,
3/20/2016
INF 132:
Project in HCI and Evaluation
Teaching
Assistant: Yao Li (yao.li)
Disclaimer:
These are guidelines
intended to help students plan their work in this course. However, the
instructor does reserve the right to make changes if needed, including
students' signups.
Important note:
This class requires a high amount of
coursework.
- General
Educational Aims:
- Students will
learn and practice the process of user interface design and/or
evaluation. They will learn different methods for user interface
evaluation and experimental design. In real-world projects,
students will have to carefully chose among available
methods and apply them to obtain empirically verified evaluation
results. They will practice collaboration in teams, including the
presentation of the project results in oral
and written form.
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- Specific
Objective:
- At the
conclusion of this course, students should be able to:
- realize the importance of user-centered design, and formative and
summative evaluation
- choose between different methods for user needs analysis and user
interface evaluation
- select an appropriate design for user studies
- carry out usability experiments
- have attained the ability to evaluate user interfaces of low and
medium complexity
- have familiarity with some of the outstanding research problems in
the field of Human-Computer Interaction
Prerequisite:
INF 131
Class
format:
Half of the
class will be lecture-format, and the other half will consist of
student presentations on their plans and progress in their projects. Students will collaborate
in teams of 5 to 6,
depending on the total class enrollment and the project requirements.
- Location/Times:
MoWe 5:00am-6:20pm DBH 1500
Discussion (as needed): F 1:00-1:50pm
ICS 174
Readings:
Required
- Kathy Baxter,
Catherine Courage, and Kelly Caine (2015): Understanding Your Users: A
Practical Guide to User Research Methods. 2nd enhanced edition. Morgan
Kaufmann. ISBN 978-0-12-800232-2.
Also online
(free access from the UCI domain), iBook,
Kindle,
Google
- Carol M.
Barnum (2010): Usability Testing Essentials. Morgan Kaufmann. ISBN 978-0123750921. Also online (free access from the UCI domain), iBook,
Google,
Kindle.
Optional
- Jeffrey Rubin
and Dana Chisnell (2008): Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan,
Design, and Conduct Effective Tests. 2nd edition. John Wiley &
Sons. ISBN 978-0470185483.
- Joseph S.
Dumas and Janice C. Redish (1999): A Practical Guide To Usability
Testing. Norwood, N.J. Ablex Publishing Corp. Revised edition 1999,
Intellect Ltd.: ISBN 1841500208
- Elizabeth
Goodman, Mike
Kuniavsky, Andrea Moed (2012): Observing the User Experience: A
Practitioner's
Guide to User Research. 2nd edition. Morgan Kaufmann, 978-0123848697.
- Joseph S.
Dumas and Beth A. Loring (2008): Moderating Usability
Tests: Principles and Practices for Interacting. Morgan Kaufmann, ISBN 978-0123739339
The
readings are also available from a course reserve
in the Ayala Science Library.
Lecture part
overview (links to chapters
accessible from within the UCI domain only)
3.1 Heuristik evaluation
3.2 Cognitive
walkthrough
3.3 Usability
experiments
Projects: More details and signup
Projects 1a,b:
Website Supporting the Racial Violence Archive (customer Geoff Ward
gward)
Projects
2a,b: Website for Questions about Fundamental Physics and Cosmology
(customer Kevork Abazajian kevork)
Project 3:
Usability Evaluation of the UCI Libraries Website (customer: Ashley
Burke afburke, Robert Crippin crippinr)
Project 4: Website Accessibility and Usability Evaluation focusing on
Students with Disabilities (customers: Somphone Chen somphone, Todd
McGill tmcgill)
Project 5: Evaluation of the Usability and Usefulness of EEE Scout
(customer: Raymond Vadnais rvadnais)
Project 6: Evaluating Navigation in Online Courses (customer:
Mathew.Williams)
Project 7: Smartphone and Web App to Help Caregivers Construct Safe
Routes (customer: Amelia Regan aregan)
Project 8a,b: Patient Administration System for an Exergame for Leukemia
Patients (customers: Yunho Huh yunhoh, Magda El Zarki elzarki)
Grading:
60% for
project work (team score, unless vetoed)
30% for
final exam
10% for class attendance (plus penalties for
missing customer/group presentations
and customer meetings)
up to 10%
bonus for active in-class participation
Efficient reading: see here
Cheating: see here
Students with Disabilities: see here
Absences:
Medical, emergency: send email with documentation to TA
Professional: send email with documentation to TA beforehand
Add/drop: By
Tuesday 3/29 midnight (on 3/29, registration
will switch to X. Request a code from the instructor in this case.)
Course Evaluation:
Hours:
Alfred
Kobsa: after class, or Mondays 4-5pm in
5092 Bren
Hall (send email if you plan to come)
Yao Li (yao.li): Fridays 1:00-1:50pm (send
email if you plan to come and ask for location)
Syllabus
(changes possible)
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