Human-Computer Interaction

Lecturer: Dr Mark Wright
To contact: Mark(dot)Wright(at)ed(dot)ac(dot)uk
Office: IF 4.38
Phone: 650 4588

Day and Time	Room
Monday 11:10-12:00	Lecture Theatre 1, Appleton Tower
Thursday 11:10-12:00	Lecture Theatre A, David Hume Tower

TA: Michal Dziemianko
To contact: M(dot)Dziemianko(at)sms(dot)ed(dot)ac(dot)uk

News

NEW
DEADLINES LOOMING! Part 2 of the practical is due soon
Deadlines (Part 2) Level 10, Deadline 23rd November at 16:00 (4pm) BST for UG4
Deadlines (Part 2) Level 11, Deadline 30th November at 16.00 (4pm) BST for MSc
Please be aware that deadlines are imposed strictly by the School
See Late Coursework and Extension Requests GUIDELINES and particulary what is NOT considered acceptable reasons
Tips
Obviously it is best to plan your work and not leave things to the last minute
You can submit a placeholder before the deadline even if the report or application is incomplete
It is not recommended to update submissions after the deadline as earlier valid submissions cannot be traced easily
All core content New Lecture Slides now online
Q & A Labs to be held 16:00 each Friday, AT 5.08 Computer Lab South
Practical Updated: Monday 17th September 2012
Response to Student feedback and changes to this years course
Coursework FAQ is available in the coursework section below. Please take a look at FAQ before you contact the TA.
If you cannot find a partner for the coursework, please contact the course lecturer and TA immediately by email with providing the information: your UUN(university username); the level of course your are taking (i.e. level 10 or 11); and your programming skills (e.g. programming languages that you know).
If you have any special circumstances/requirements that the course lecturer should know, please email the lecturer.

Week 1.	Mon 17 Sep	Principles	New Slides
	Thu 20 Sep	Human capabilities: Input Output Systems	New Slides
Week 2.	Mon 24 Sep	Human capabilities: Memory and Learning	New Slides
	Thu 27 Sep	Human capabilities: Cognitive Processing	New Slides
Week 3.	Mon 01 Oct	Design:Task Analysis,Scenarios,Prototypes	New Slides
	Thu 04 Oct	Formal methods I: GOMS	New Slides
Week 4.	Mon 08 Oct	Formal methods II: STNs	New Slides
	Thu 11 Oct	Evaluating Design I: Collecting data	New Slides
Week 5.	Mon 15 Oct	No Lecture
	Thu 18 Oct	Guest Lecture: HCI in Mobile Development, Gavin Dutch, CEO Kotikan
Week 6.	Mon 22 Oct	Evaluating Design II: Analysing data	New Slides
	Thu 25 Oct	Evaluation III: Experiments	New Slides
Week 7.	Mon 29 Oct	Special Issues I: Rich Interaction	New Slides
Week 8.	Thu 01 Nov	Special Issues II: Agency	New Slides
	Mon 05 Nov	Special Issues III: Web pages	New Slides
	Thu 08 Nov	Guest Lecture: HCI and Analytics, Bonamy Grimes, Chief analytics officer, Skyscanner
Week 9.	Mon 12 Nov	Special Issues IV: Ubiquitous computing	New Slides
	Thu 15 Nov	Guest lecture: HCI and Ubiquitous Computing, Kate Ho, CEO Interface3
Week 10.	Mon 19 Nov	Revision
	Thu 22 Nov	Revision	handout ,	handout(4-up) (revision FAQ)

For Level 10 (UG4/VS):
Deadlines: (part 1) 26th October at 23.59 (11.59pm) BST,(part 2)23rd November at 16.00 (4:00pm) BST.
For Level 11 (MScs):
Deadlines: (part 1) 26th October at 23.59 (11.59pm) BST,(part 2)30th November at 16:00 (4:00pm) BST.

For both levels, the coursework is worth 30% of the final mark, whereas the exam is worth 70%.
The two assignments for Level 10 have equal weights (50% and 50%), whereas those for Level 11 have 40% for part 1 and 60% for part 2.
Marking feedback will be given within two weeks after each deadline.

HCI exam for Semester-1 for VUG (visiting) students only will be held in December.
(NB: please double check the information with the university's Examination Timetables)
HCI exam for other students will be held in 2012.