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Human Computer Interaction - IIT Guwahati

This document provides a syllabus for a Human-Computer Interaction course offered through NPTEL. The syllabus covers 10 modules over 40 lectures addressing topics such as the history and foundations of HCI, usability methods, design guidelines, empirical research techniques, models of interaction including GOMS and Fitts' Law, task analysis, dialogue design, cognitive architecture, object-oriented programming, and three design case studies. The course is coordinated by faculty from IIT Guwahati and references several textbooks on HCI and interaction design.

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Human Computer Interaction - IIT Guwahati

This document provides a syllabus for a Human-Computer Interaction course offered through NPTEL. The syllabus covers 10 modules over 40 lectures addressing topics such as the history and foundations of HCI, usability methods, design guidelines, empirical research techniques, models of interaction including GOMS and Fitts' Law, task analysis, dialogue design, cognitive architecture, object-oriented programming, and three design case studies. The course is coordinated by faculty from IIT Guwahati and references several textbooks on HCI and interaction design.

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NPTEL Syllabus

Human-Computer Interaction - Web course

COURSE SYLLABUS HCI foundation and history; Usability life cycle and methods; Design rules and guidelines; Empirical research methods; Models in HCI - GOMS, Fitts law and Hick-Hymans law; Task analysis; Dialogue design; Cognitive architecture and HCI ; Graphic User Interfaces & aesthetics; Usability Testing; UML,OOP,OOM; Design Case Studies.

NPTEL
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COURSE DETAILS

Computer Science and Engineering


Lecture Details No of Lectures Remarks Author Additional Reading: Yvonne Rogers, Helen Sharp, Jennifer Preece; Interaction Design 3rd Edition Wiley 2011 Frank Bentley,Edward Barrett Building Mobile Experiences MIP Press Cambridge 2012 Selected research papers (details will be provided at the end of relevant materials). Jacob Nieilsen; Useability Engineering; Morgan Kaufmann, Academic Press, London, 1993. Coordinators: Dr.Samit Bhattacharya Department of Computer Science and EngineeringIIT Guwahati Pradeep P Yammiyavar Department of Computer Science and EngineeringIIT Guwahati SB

Module

SL.No

Topic L1

No

Topic Course objective and 1 overview

SB

M1

Introduction L2

Historical evolution of 1 the field Concept of usability - 1 definition and elaboration HCI and software engineering GUI design and aesthetics Prototyping techniques 1

SB

L1 M2 Interactive system design (theory and practice) L2

PY

SB

L3

PY

L4

SB

L1-L4 M3 Model-based Design and evaluation

Basic idea, 4 introduction to different types of models, GOMS family of models (KLM and CMN-GOMS) Fitts law and HickHymans law 2

SB

L5, L6

L7, L8

Model-based design 2 case studies Shneidermans eight 1 golden rules Normans seven principles Normans model of interaction Nielsens ten heuristics with example of its use Heuristic evaluation Contextual inquiry 1 2 2

SB

M4

Guidelines in HCI

L1

PY

L2

PY

L3

L4

PY

L5 L6 L7 L1, L2 M5 Empirical research methods in HCI L3, L4

PY PY SB

Cognitive walkthrough 1 Introduction (motivation, issues, research question formulation techniques) Experiment design and data analysis (with explanation of one-way ANOVA) Hierarchical task analysis (HTA) Engineering task models and Concur Task Tree (CTT) 2

SB

L1 M6 Task modeling and analysis L2, L3

PY

SB

L1 M7 Dialog Design

Introduction to 1 formalism in dialog design, design using FSM (finite state machines) State charts and (classical) Petri Nets in dialog design 3

SB

L2 L4

SB

L1 M8 Cognitive architecture

Introduction to CA, CA 1 types, relevance of CA in IS design

SB

L2, L3

Model Human Processor (MHP) OOP- Introduction

SB

M9

Object Oriented L1 Programming L2

PY PY

OOM- Object 1 Oriented Modeling of User Interface Design Case Study 1- Multi- 3 Key press Hindi Text Input Method on a Mobile Phone Case Study 2 - GUI design for a mobile phone based Matrimonial application. Case Study 3 Employment Information System for unorganised construction workers on a Mobile Phone.

M10

Design -Case Studies

L1

PY

L2

L3

Total Modules 10

Total Lectures

40

SB = 25 PY = 15

References: Dix A., Finlay J., Abowd G. D. and Beale R. Human Computer Interaction, 3rd edition, Pearson Education, 2005. Preece J., Rogers Y., Sharp H., Baniyon D., Holland S. and Carey T. Human Computer Interaction, Addison-Wesley, 1994. B. Shneiderman; Designing the User Interface, Addison Wesley 2000 (Indian Reprint).
A joint venture by IISc and IITs, funded by MHRD, Govt of India http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

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