Here you can find the course schedule. Here you find the topics for all learning units per week. For each week there is a separate page with the respective content.
Week #01 | 13.04.2021
LU#1 Introduction: Course Organization, Defining Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), History and Paradigms of HCI, Defining Human-Centered System Design, Usability, Defining Human-Centered Design
Course Organization (PDF) | ➡️ Lecture LU#1 material | Quiz LU#1 | Assignment #1 – Project Pitch | Lab agenda (no lab in week#01)
Week #02 | 20.04.2021
LU#2 Collecting and Analyzing Data: Data collection methods overview, planning the analysis phase, data collection methods with and without users, combining data collection methods
➡️ Lecture LU#2 material | Quiz LU#2 | Lab agenda | Assignment #2 – Data Gathering
Week #03 | 27.04.2021
LU#3 Defining Requirements and Design Rationales: Elicitating Requirements, Types of Requirements, Simple Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis, Conceptual Models: User, Context, Task
➡️ Lecture LU#3 material | Quiz LU#3 | Lab agenda | Assignment #3 – Conceptual Model: User & Context
Week #04 | 04.05.2021
LU#4 From Requirements to a Conceptual Design: Ideation, Interface Type, Interface Metaphors, Interaction Types, Iterative Design and Prototyping, Defining Design Rationales
➡️ Lecture LU#4 material | Quiz LU#4 | Lab agenda | Assignment #4 – Ideation & Storyboard
Week #05 | 11.05.2021
No new LU this week.
Lab agenda | Assignment #5 – First interactive low-fidelity prototype
Week #06 | 18.05.2021
LU#5 Considering Human Capabilities and Behavior: Model Human Processor, Process of Human Vision, Preattentive Processing, Fixations and Saccades, Color, Human Memory (short and Long term memory), Inattentional Blindness
➡️ Lecture LU#5 material | No Quiz this week, cause no new LU last week. | Lab agenda
Week #07 | 25.05.2021
LU#6 Considering the Computer and its input-output devices: display devices, positioning, pointing, drawing, text entry devices, processing & networks
➡️ Lecture LU#6 material | Quiz LU#5 | Lab agenda | Assignment #6 – Paper prototyping and Usability Testing
Week #08 | 01.06.2021
LU#7 Designing the Interaction between Human and Computer: Models of Interaction, Norman’s Model of Interaction, Principles of Good Design, The Interaction Framework, User Interface Guidelines, Interaction Styles
➡️ Lecture LU#7 material | Quiz LU#6 | Lab agenda | Assignment #7 Starting High Fidelity Prototyping (two weeks)
Week #09 | 08.06.2021
LU#8 Evaluating Techniques I: Introducing Evaluating Technique & Inspections: Types of Evaluation, Heuristic Evaluation, Nielsen’s Heuristics, and Walkthroughs
➡️ Lecture LU#8 material | Quiz LU#7 | No lab (exercise between 2-4 PM) this week! | Same assignment #7 as last week!
Week #10 | 15.06.2021
LU#9 Evaluating Techniques II: Remote Usability Testing & Quantification: Process of Conducting an Evaluation, Synchronous & Asynchronous Remote Usability Testing, GOMS Keystroke Level Model, Fitts’ Law
➡️ Lecture LU#9 material | Quiz LU#8 | Assignment #8 Heuristic Evaluation
? Week #11 | 22.06.2021
LU#10 Evaluating Techniques III: Experiments & Usability Metrics: Usability testing and experiments, measuring usability: completion rate time-based and overall relative efficiency, task and test level satisfaction, conducting experiments
➡️ Lecture LU#10 material | Quiz LU#9 | Assignment #9 Preparation of a summative evaluation (two weeks) | Lab agenda
Week #12 | 29.06.2021
Advanced Topics in HCI: Data Visualization, Reflective Technologies
➡️ Lecture LU#11 material | Quiz LU#10 | Same assignment #9 as last week!
Week #13 | 06.07.2021
No new LU this week.
Quiz LU#11 | Assignment #10: Evaluation of the test results and final project description | Lab agenda: Usability Testing Session with guests!
Week #14 | 13.07.2021
No new LU this week.
Lab agenda: Exam preparation + exam test run