Human-Computer Interaction

Code:

EIC0057

Acronym:

IPCO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Interaction and Multimedia

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MESG	25	Syllabus since 2007/08	1	-	6	56	162
MIEIC	28	Syllabus since 2009/2010	5	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Main aims:
The main aim of this course unit is to prepare students to analyse and project interactive components of systems, particularly the user interface. It should be adequately done, considering the short, the medium and the long term.

Aims:
1. To prepare students to analyse interactive systems concerning their quantitative and qualitative parameters.
2. To prepare students to use study, observation and questioning techniques based on the understanding of the conceptual model of system users
3. To prepare students to use a construction process of interactive products based on the design, user assessment, conception, prototyping, validation, construction and maintenance.

Program

1. Project of Interaction Design.
2. Understanding and conceptualizing interaction.
3.Understanding users.
4. Affective Aspects.
5. Interfaces and Interactions
6. The process of interaction design.
7.Identifying needs and establishing requirements.
8. Prototyping and Evaluation.

[Nielsen 1999] Jakob Nielsen: Designing Web Usability; New Riders Publishing; ISBN: 156205810X; 1st edition (December 1999); www.useit.com.

[Harmelen 2001] Mark Van Harmelen (Editor): Object Modeling and User Interface Design; Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0201657899; 1st edition (April 13, 2001).

[Shneiderman 1998] Ben Shneiderman: Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective
Human-Computer Interaction (3rd Edition), Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Longman, Inc. 1998, xiv+639 pp.; ISBN: 0-201-69497-2.

[Raskin 2000] Jef Raskin: The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems; Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2000, xix+233; ISBN: 0-201-37937-6.

[Roberts et al 1998] Dave Roberts, Dick Berry, Scott Isensee, John Mullaly: Designing for the User with OVID: Bridging User Interface Design and Software Engineering, Indianapolis: Macmillan Technical Publishing, 1998, xvii+189 pp.; ISBN: 1-57870-101-5.

[Tufte 1993] Edward Rolf Tufte: The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Cheshire, Connecticut, USA: Graphics Press, 13th Printing 1993, 197 pp.; sem ISBN.

[Tufte 1992] Edward Rolf Tufte: Envisioning Information, Cheshire, Connecticut, USA: Graphics Press, 3rd Printing with revisions, 1992, 126 pp.; sem ISBN.

[Tufte 1997] Edward Rolf Tufte: Visual Explanations, Cheshire, Connecticut, USA: Graphics Press, 1997, 158 pp.; ISBN: 0-9613921-2-6.

[Norman 1988 ] Donald A. Norman: The Design of Everyday Things, Doubleday, 1988, 261 pp.; ISBN: 0-385-26774-6

Mandatory literature

Preece, Sharp, Rogers; Interaction design, Wiley, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-470-01866-8

Complementary Bibliography

Norman, Donald A.; The design of everyday things. ISBN: 0-262-64037-6

Teaching methods and learning activities

This course is based on the following activities:

A1. THEORETICAL NOTIONS
Students may learn the theoretical notions of this course, which are presented in theoretical and practical theoretical classes, by studying and conceptualizing.

A2. THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL SITUATIONS
What have been taught during theoretical and practical-theoretical classes should be followed by study and experimenting.

A3. HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION PROJECT
Students have to carry out a group project on the analysis of an interactive system and its evolution. It will be supervised by the professors during the theoretical-practical classes.

A4. SEMINARS
Students may have to write a report on sessions given by guests. Questions about the content of the report may be asked on the final exam.

ASSESSMENT COMPONENTS
Assessment will be based on the following components (P1 and P2):

P1. Group Project- continuous assessment (50%)
Each group has to identify a system concerning its interaction with users. The assignment should be based on the study of the system and concurrent systems, contact with users and authors, interviews and queries and an assessment session based on a script previously produced, analysis of interviews and queries, case specification and design and test of a prototype. Students have to develop a cycle like the ones done in class.


P1.1 – Group assignment proposal (10%)
A report with a proposal of the group assignment (one page) and presentation to colleagues and professors (ten minutes)

P1.2- Project report (30%)
A final report with the description of the work done by the group (twenty pages top)

P1.3- Project presentation (10%)
A presentation should be give to colleagues and professors (ten minutes top)

All project components have to be delivered (printed) on the course secretariat until 5p.m. For each day of delay on the delivery of components P1.1 and P2.2 one value will be discounted.
Students have to reach a minimum grade of 10 out of 20 to complete the course.

P2. Individual written exam- 50%
Students have to reach a minimum grade of 8 out of 20 in the final exam. Students cannot complete the course if they have a very good mark on the project, but a bad one on the final exam.

keywords

Technological sciences > Technology > Interface technology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	39,00
Project Proposal	Trabalho escrito	30,00		2010-10-21
Project Final Report	Trabalho escrito	50,00		2010-12-09
Final Exam	Exame	3,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Exam preparation	Estudo autónomo	40
	Total:	40,00

Eligibility for exams

Students have to reach a minimum grade of 10 out of 20 in the component P1. See (Normas Gerais de Avaliação da FEUP 2002”, Art. 4º, nº 1 e Art. 5º, nº 16). Only students who have reached a passing grade on the Project can attend to the final exam.
The assessment will also be based on the correctness and quality of the Portuguese language.

Calculation formula of final grade

P1.1: Group assignment proposal (10%)
P1.2: Project report (30%)
P1.3: Project presentation (10%)

P1: Final Project Mark
P1 = (0.1 * P1.1 + 0.3 * P1.2 + 0.1 * P1.3) / 0.5

P2: Final Exam (50%)

Final Mark = 0.1 * P1.1 + 0.3 * P1.2 + 0.1 * P1.3 + 0.5 * P2
or
Final Mark = 0.5 * P1 + 0.5 * P2

Examinations or Special Assignments

The method for the computation of the final mark for students with special status is identical to the method used for regular students.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students with a special status (working-student, military personnel and high-level competition athletes) can either follow the above mentioned assessment components, or substitute component P1 by an individual or group project with a schedule previously set by the professor.

Classification improvement

Students may improve the mark of the component P1 in the following academic year.
Students may improve the mark of the component P2 in recurso (resit) season.

Observations

Students and professors will be in touch by e-mail messages (SIFEUP)
Some classes about specific themes may be given by specialists or other professors.