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Human-Computer Interaction

Semester 1 2016/2017

Monday	11:10-noon	Lecture Theater 1, Appleton Tower
Thursday	11:10-noon	Doorway 4, Teviot Place, Old Medical School

Location: Lecture Theater 1 Appleton Tower

MSc / Level 11 Official course descriptor

Lecturer: Dr. Kami Vaniea
To contact: kvaniea at inf.ed.ac.uk (replace at with @)
Office: IF 5.23
Phone: 502870

This course runs in Semester 1. Lectures will be held as follows:

1.	19 Sep	Introduction and Principles Slides: PDF Short Reading: UMD: 67. Questionnaires Long Reading: ID: Chapter 7.5 News: FTC disclosure evaluation research from the archives Supplimentary: Survey handed out in class
2.	22 Sep	Interviews, Questionaires, and Focus Groups Slides: Book PDF slides Short Reading: UMD: 43. Focus Groups Short Reading: UMD: 48. Interviews Long Reading: ID: Chapter 7.1-7.5 Optional Reading: UMD: 30. Diary Study Supplimentary: Likert-Type Scale Response Anchors
3.	26 Sep	Contextual Inquery Slides: PDF, Handout Short Reading: UMD: 20. Contextual Inquery Long Reading: ID: Chapter 7.6
4.	29 Sep	Modeling User Contexts Slides: PDF, Handout Short Reading: UMD: 2. AEIOU Long Reading: ID: Chapters 8.4, 10.4 Supplimentary: Example of an professional-grade survey designed to test how inclusive a course is. The last section (p126-158) describes how to interpret the survey.
5.	3 Oct	Think Aloud Slides: PDF Short Reading: UMD: 87. Think Aloud Long Reading: DMMT: Chapter 9: Usability testing on 10 cents a day Supplimentary: Guide to conducting Think-Alouds
6.	6 Oct	Think Aloud Slides: Think Aloud and Heuristics Short Reading: UMD: 87. Think Aloud Short Reading: UMD: 94. Usability Testing Long Reading: ID: Chapter 15.2 Inspections: Heuristic Evaluation and Walkthroughs
7.	10 Oct	Heuristics and Cognitive Walkthrough Slides: PDF Short Reading: UMD: 13. Cognitive Walkthrough Short Reading: UMD: 46. Heuristic Evaluation Short Reading: UMD: 93. Usability Report Long Reading: ID: Chapter 15.2 Inspections: Heuristic Evaluation and Walkthroughs
8.	13 Oct	Ethics Slides: PDF Long Reading: The Belmont Report
9.	17 Oct	Personas and GOMS Slides: PDF Short Reading: UMD: 63. Personas
10.	20 Oct	No Lecture, go work on your coursework
11.	24 Oct	Interface Conceptualization Slides: PDF Long Reading: ID: Chapter 2
12.	27 Oct	Human Capabilities Slides: PDF Long Reading: ID: Chapter 3 Long Reading: Designing with the Mind in Mind Chapter 2
13.	31 Oct	Storyboards and Patterns Slides: PDF Short Reading: UMD: 82. Storyboards Long Reading: ID: Chapter 3
14.	3 Nov	Interface Design Slides: PDF Short Reading: User Interface Design Patterns - Do not read all of this site. Instead read a couple of the patterns under "User Interface Design Patterns". I do not expect you to have all the patterns on this site memorized.
15.	7 Nov	CW1 Review Slides: PDF
16.	10 Nov	Webpage Layout Slides: PDF Long Reading: Chapters 2 and 3 of Don't Make Me Think
17.	14 Nov	Navigation and Accessibility Slides: PDF Long Reading: Chapters 6 of Don't Make Me Think
18.	17 Nov	Design Process Slides: PDF
19.	21 Nov	Study Design Slides: PDF
20.	24 Nov	Class Canceled
21.	28 Nov	Revision
22.	1 Dec	Revision

Coursework

• Coursework 1: Evaluate Office365 Calendar
  • Due Monday the 24th of October
  • Group sizes of between 3 and 4
• Coursework 2: Design a website for students who are new to the University of Edinburgh
  • 17th of November
  • Group sizes of between 1 and 4

Feedback

• Formative feedback: Verbal feedback on both coursework will be provided by the lecturer during the weekly tutorials. One of the aims of the formative feedback for the coursework is to align in good time the student's proposed solutions with the advertised marking scheme. 
• Marks with written summative feedback on the coursework will be returned by the dates given above.

HCI Tutorials

Tutorial groups are managed by the ITO, and will be announced soon.

Doodle poll to sign up for tutorial groups

• Monday 10:00-10:50 in Appleton 2.06
• Monday 12:10-13:00 in Appleton 2.06
• Monday 13:10-14:00 in Forest Hill 1.B31
• Tuesday 13:10-14:00 in Forest Hill 1.B31
• Wednesday 13:10-14:00 in Forest Hill 1.B31
• Thursday 12:10-13:00 in David Hume Tower Room 4.18
• Friday 13:10-14:00 in Forest Hill 1.B31

Tutorials start in week 3. A worksheet will be issued before each tutorial. For tutorials were we are doing a hands-on activity you may be asked to think about a topic in advance or gather some experiences from your friends. For tutorials where we are going over example exam problems the problems will be posted in advance and the answers discussed during the tutorial.

1. Affinity Diagram
   • UMD: 03. Affinity diagrams
2. Think Aloud
   • Handout
3. Personas
   • Handout
   • GenderMag Forms
   • Abby Persona
   • Patrick Persona
4. Example exam question traditional tutorial
   • Handout
   • Answers
5. Co-design
   • Handout
6. Evaluate CW2 designs on each other
7. Evaluate CW2 designs on each other
8. Rapid design
   • Handout

Recommended Textbooks

• Universal methods of design 100 ways to research complex problems, develop innovative ideas, and design effective solutions
  ebook available: from the library.
  
• Interaction Design - Beyond Human-Computer Interaction 3e by Yvonne Rogers, Helen Sharp and Jenny Preece
  ebook available: from the library.
  
• Don't Make Me Think, revisited a common sense approach to web and mobile usability by Steve Krug, 2014
  ebook available from the library.
  

Useful links

• Past exam papers

Examinations

• HCI exam will be held in April 2016. Please double check information with the university's Examination Timetables.