HCI 460 Usability Evaluation Methods
Summary
This course surveys methods for evaluating user interfaces. For projects, students will perform a heuristic evaluation, a cognitive walkthrough, a usability test and how to communicate their findings. Class meetings will also introduce, discuss and occasionally practice additional methods for usability evaluation.
The coursework consists of:
- Lectures;
- Class-time activities;
- Reading assignments;
- An individual assignment;
- Team assignments; and
- Mid-term and final exams.
Students perform UCD activities on a team-selected project throughout all team assignments.
Texts
Grading
Coursework includes the following components:
Coursework
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Grade Proportion
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Individual Assignments (2)
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20%
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Team Assignments (3)
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30%
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Project Presentation
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20%
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Midterm Exam
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10%
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Final Exam
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20%
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Total
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100%
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Prerequisites
HCI 440 is a prerequisite for this and most other HCI courses in this program.
Qualifying coursework in Statistics (eg: IT 403) is also required.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. Conduct a variety of methods for evaluating the usability of interactive systems (LO1)
2. Select an appropriate evaluation method and articulate its advantages and disadvantages (LO2)
3. Critique the validity of usability measures (LO3)
4. Explain the role of evaluation in the design process (LO4)
5. Establish useful test objectives (LO5)
6. Prepare usability reports and present results (LO6)
This syllabus is subject to change as necessary during the quarter. If a change occurs, it will be thoroughly addressed during class, posted under Announcements in D2L and sent via email.
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Students complete the evaluation online in CampusConnect.
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