Republic of the Philippines

Romblon State University

INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Odiongan, Romblon

COURSE SYLLABUS
2nd Semester / School Year 2019-2020
Vision
Romblon State University as premier institution of higher education in the
MIMAROPA region for a globally competitive province of Romblon.

Mission
Romblon State University shall be committed to provide advanced education,
technological, professional instruction and training in agriculture and fishery, forestry,
science and technology, arts and other relevant fields of study. It shall undertake research
and extension services and provide progressive leadership in its area of specialization.

Goals
The Institute of Information Technology is committed to provide relevant and
quality training for students in Information Technology and relates fields consistently to
satisfy the needs of regional and national development.

Objectives
1. To motivate the students to be IT professionals;
2. To train students on application installation, operation, development,
maintenance and administration;
3. To train students to become familiar and hardware installation, operation and
maintenance;
4. To develop awareness among students on the existing laws related to IT;
5. To expose students to the IT industry.
6. To prepare graduates of Information Technology Program who are total IT
professionals utilizing their knowledge of arts, science and technology with
nobility, integrity and sincerity.

I. Course Title: Introduction to Human Computer Interaction

II. Course Number: IT 229
III. Course Credit: 3 Units (3 hours)
IV. Course Description:

This course will cover some of the core concepts in HCI relating to users and
technology use. These include the notions of the interface, interactivity and
interaction. Traditional ways of characterizing these aspects of the relationship
between technology and users will also be examined in terms of various usability
aspects.

V. Course Pre-requisites: IT 112

VI. Course Requirements
• Pass all major exams
• Pass all quizzes
• Pass all research assignments
• Participate in all discussions and oral presentations / reporting
• Submit all written assignments
• Pass all projects and defend it.
VII. Course Policies
• Attendance is necessary for each student to obtain maximum benefits for
instruction. Eighty percent of the total required hours must be attended for each
semester.
• Students are given 15 minutes allowance before they are considered absent. 2
consecutive late will be equivalent to 1 absent.
• Non-wearing of complete uniform is considered no attendance credit and will not
be allowed to take the examinations.
• Special examination is only given for excused absences. Excuse letter duly signed
by the parents/guardian or a medical certificate (in case of sickness is required.
• Cell phones are allowed provided, it must be on silent mode, must not be used
during class hours except during extreme necessities, and must be off during
examinations.
• Uniform, ID and permits are required before taking major examinations and
clearance during final examination.
• Any form of cheating will not be tolerated. Exam will not be credited.

VIII. Course Grading System

Midterm Grade
Lecture
Major Examination (Written) 40%
Class Standing 60%
Quizzes 30%
Assignments 20%
Research Output 20%
Discussions / Presentation 20%
Attendance / Attitude 10%
TOTAL 100%
Final Term Grade
Lecture
Major Examination (Written) 40%
Class Standing 60%
Quizzes 20%
Assignments 10%
Research Output 30%
Project 30%
Attendance / Attitude 10%
TOTAL 100%

Methods of Computation: Percent rating shall be used in recording grades when

evaluating students using the formula:
Rating = (Score obtained / highest possible score) * 50+50
Midterm Grade = Major Examination + Class Standing
Final Term Grade = Major Examination + Class Standing
Final Grade = (Midterm Grade + Final Term Grade) / 2

IX. Course Objectives

Upon completion of this subject, the students are expected to:

1. Employ a diverse set of thinking approaches in appropriate situational contexts to

produce successful outcomes.
 2. Effectively develop, execute, communicate and give verbal presentations in
support of project and initiatives;
3. Investigate emerging human computer interfaces and paradigms and implement
them into prototype and products with original interfaces and interactions for web,
PC, mobile, handheld, or next generation platforms including all the production
materials required in a complete production pipeline.
4. Demonstrate customer-centered design, usability, accessibility and localization
deployed across multiple platforms and devices.

X. Course Content

OBE SYLLABUS
Course Introduction Course This course will cover some of Course IT Credit 3
Title to Description the core concepts in HCI Code 229 Units
Human relating to users and
Computer technology use. These include
Interaction the notion of the interface,
interactivity and interaction.
Traditional ways of
characterizing these aspects
of the relationship between
technology and users will also
be examined in terms of
various usability aspects.
Course Link to Program IT01, IT02, IT03, IT04, IT05, IT06,
IT 112
Prerequisite: Outcome Codes: IT07, IT08, IT09, IT10

Course Outcomes: Upon completion of the subject the student must be able to:
LO1: Identify and describe various HCI methodologies, including input and interaction types.
LO2: Articulate the co-dependency of the user and the technology in an HCI system
LO3: Learn and reflect on key concepts, theories, processes, and frameworks in interaction
design, and apply this knowledge to an interactive design process.
LO4: Analyze how the study of interface / interactivity /interaction influences the design of an HCI
system.
LO5: Apply some user-centered design methods to practical design problems.
LO6: Develop Basic prototypes with a range of interaction styles and technologies.
LO7: Apply knowledge and understanding of the interaction design examples in order to analyze
their situations and critically evaluate them in oral and written discussion.

Outcome Teaching and Weight

Learning
Required Based Learning of
Module Outcome
Output Assessment Activities Module
(LO)
(OBA) (TLA) to LO
Presentation of VMGO,
Course Policies, Presentation
Course Content and Discussions 1 Hour
Grading System
1. Introduction to Assignment 1:
HCI and Readings of
Overview Chapter 1 &
Research of Week 1
LO3 Short Quiz 1 Two Examples
of HCI
 LO7 Research 1: Rubrics for Presentation
Two Group
Examples of Presentation
HCI
2. History of HCI Paper Review Rubrics for
about One Old Paper Assignment 2:
HCI Review of Choose one
Technologies. HCI example of the
Technologie old HCI
s Technologies
to summarize
in an essay
LO1 format
Week 2
LO7
Technology
Based
Short Quiz 2 Instruction: HCI

Reading for the

week: Chapter
Short Quiz 3 1

3. Overview of Discussion
Design Overview of
Design

Research 2: Rubrics for Assignment 3:

The Importance Research Importance of
of HCI in the Paper HCI in the
LO3
design process design process
LO4
Week 3
LO5
Technology
LO6
Based
Instruction:
Design

Short Quiz 4 Reading for the

week: Chapter
2
4. HCI is Design: Discussion on
Designing for HCI is Design
people
Presentation 1: Rubrics on Assignment 4:
LO4 Assignment Presentation Inspirational
Week 4
LO5 about Design
Inspirational
Design
Short Quiz 5 Reading for the
week: textbook
5. Mobile Discussion on
Technologies Mobile
and HCI Short Quiz 6 Technologies
LO6 and HCI
Week 5
LO7
Research 3: Rubrics of Assignment 5:
Mobile the Research
Assignment
 Phones & about Mobile
HCI Phones & HCI
6. Design of Technology
Mobile Based
Technologies Instruction:
Design of
Mobile
Technologies

Short Quiz 7 Discussion:

LO2 Week 6
Design of
Mobile
Technologies

Short Quiz 8 Discussion:

The Future of
Mobile
Technologies
7. Input Discussion:
Short Quiz 9 Input

Technology
LO2
Based
LO3
Instruction:
LO7 Week 7
Zerkin Glove
LO1
Video

Research 4: Rubrics of Assignment 6:

Other Input the Research other
Devices Assignment Input Devices
8. Prototyping Discussion of
and Heuristic 10 Heuristic
Analysis principles by
Nielsen
LO2
LO3 Week 8
Research 5: Rubrics on Assignment 7:
LO6
The Value of the Research
Prototyping Research about The
Value of
Prototyping
9. Visual Design Discussion
The
Short Quiz Importance of
10 Visual Design
in HCI

Presentation 2: Rubrics on Reading:

of Output about Oral Online-Multi
LO7
Online-Multi Presentation Scale Design Week 9
LO2
Scale Design

Research 6: Rubrics on
Well Designed the Assignment 8:
Website Research Research
About Well-
Designed
Websites
 MIDTERM EXAMINATION WRITTEN EXAMINATION 1 Hour
10. Designing for Reaction Paper: Rubrics on Discussion
Diverse Feedback on the Reaction Designing for
Contexts: the Design and Paper Diverse
Software Tools LO2 Diverse Context Contexts
LO6 Long Quiz 1 Week
10
Research 7: Rubrics on Assignment 9:
How to Conduct the Research How
a User Study Research to Conduct a
User Study
11. Web and Social Discussion
Software Collaboration
Long Quiz 2 on the Web

Assignment 10:
Web Scale
Week
LO2 Long Quiz 3 Experiments
11
Assignment 11:
Research 8: Rubrics on Research on
HCI and Social the HCI and Social
Responsibility Research Responsibility

12. Future Presentation 3: Rubrics on Assignment 12:

directions of One Example of Oral Find one
HCI the Future Presentation example of the
Directions of future
HCI directions of
HCI

Project Idea Rubrics on Research

LO3 Concept Draft Research Project Ideas Week
LO1 evolving 12
around the
concepts of
change, time
glance –
choose one

Project Assignment 13:

Storyboard Final project
Draft story boarding
13. Work on the Discussion of
Final Project: the
Concept Long Quiz 4 Storyboarding
Development for the Final
and Project
LO6 Week
Storyboarding
13
Final Project Rubrics Work on the
Idea Concept Final Project
and
Final Project
Storyboard
 14. Work on the Testing Stage Rubrics Presentation of
Final Project: Documentation the Testing Week
LO6
Testing and stage 14
Result
15. Final Project Project Rubrics
Week
Presentation Documentation Presentation of
15 –
LO6 the Final
Week
ACM Paper Project
18
Format Rubrics
FINAL EXAMINATION WRITTEN EXAMINATION 1 Hour

Major Course Output

Learning
Required Output Due Date
Outcome
LO1 Research about other input devices End of Week 7
LO2 Research on how to conduct user study End of Week 10
LO3 Research on the Importance of HCI in the design process End of Week 3
LO4 Assignment on Inspirational Design End of Week 4
LO5 Final Project & Documentation using ACM Format End of Week 17
LO6 Research about Prototyping End of Week 8
LO7 Essay About Old HCI Technologies End of Week 2

LIST OF RESOURCES
PRINTED RESOURCES WEB-BASED
“Human-Computer Interaction 3/E” Dix, Human-Computer Interaction
2004, Prentice Hall https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hhci20/curre
“Smart Things: Ubiquitous Computing User nt
Experience Design, Mike Kuniavsky”,
2010 A. Dix and N. Shabir (2011). Chapter 3: Human-
“The UX Book: Process and Guidelines for Computer Interaction and Web Design.
Ensuring a Quality User Experience”, In Handbook of Human Factors in Web
Rex Harston and Pardha Pyla, 2012 Design, second edition. Robert W. Proctor and
“Design of Everyday Things”, Donald Kim-Phuong L. Vu (eds). Lawrence Erlbaum.
Norman, 2013 pp.35-61.
“Designing for the Digital Age: How to http://www.hcibook.com/alan/papers/
Create Human-Centered Products web-hci-2011/
and Services”, Kim Goodwin and
Alan Cooper, 2011 Dillon, A. and Zhu, E. (1997) Designing Web-Based
“Human-Computer Interaction Handbook: Instruction: A Human-Computer Interaction
Fundamentals, Evolving (HCI) Perspective. In B. Khan (ed.) Web-
Technologies, and Emerging Based Instruction, Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Applications”, Third Edition, Julie Educational Technology Publications, 221-225
Jacko, 2012 https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~adillon/BookC
hapters/Web%20Based%20Instruction.htm
 Rubrics in Grading the Research Assignments

CATEGORY Score
14-15 13 12 11
Introduction/ Exceptional Proficient Basic Weak or no
Research introduction that introduction that introduction that introduction of
Topic grabs interest of is interesting states topic but topic.
____ reader and and states topic. lacks interest. paper’s purpose
states topic. Research is thesis is is
Research is clear and somewhat clear unclear/Researc _____/ 15
exceptionally arguable and arguable. h is weak or
clear, well- statement of missing.
developed, and position.
a definitive
statement.
29-30 28 27 25-26
Content Paper is Information Information Information has
knowledge: exceptionally relates to the relates to the little or nothing
Quality of researched, main topic. main topic, but to do with the
Research contains 3 peer Paper, is well- few details thesis.
reviewed researched in and/or examples information has
articles, the 3 detail and from 3 are given. weak or no
_____/ 30
articles relate to good sources. Shows a limited connection to
the thesis References are variety of the thesis.
argument in a correctly cited sources. References are
logical manner. References are not cited
References are not cited correctly.
correctly cited correctly
29-30 28 27 25-26
Content Exceptionally Consistent Some Limited or no
application: critical, relevant connections connections connections
Support of and consistent made between made between made between
Research connections evidence and evidence and evidence and
and made between research thesis. Research. _____/ 30
Analysis evidence and good analysis. some analysis. lack of analysis.
research.
excellent
analysis.
14-15 13 12 11
Conclusion Excellent Good summary Basic summary Lack of
summary of of topic with of topic with summary of
thesis argument clear concluding some final topic.
with concluding ideas. concluding
_____/ 15
ideas that introduces no ideas.
impact reader. new information. introduces no
introduces no new information.
new information.
8-10 6-7 4-5 1-3
Writing Writing is clear Most ideas are Many ideas Paper does not
and relevant, stated clearly require meet the criteria
with no and are related clarification for the
grammatical to the topic, with and/or are off- assignment (too
and/or spelling only minor topic or have short or
errors – polished grammatical marginal incomplete, too
and and/or spelling relevance to the long, and/or
professional. errors. assignment. completely off-
Reference Reference Many topic).
_____/ 10
section properly section grammatical Reference
formatted. adequate. and/or spellings section missing.
errors
throughout the
paper. The
paper is very
challenging to
read due to poor
writing flow.
 Improper
reference
section.
TOTAL SCORE

Rubrics for Grading the Oral Presentation

36-40 31-35 26-30 20-25

Organization The The There is some No apparent
presentation is presentation organization, organization.
carefully has a focus but the Evidence is
organized and and provides speaker not used to
provides some occasionally support
______/ 40
convincing reasonable goes off topic. assertions.
evidence to evidence to Evidence used
support support to support
conclusions conclusions conclusion is
weak.
36-40 31-35 26-30 20-25
Content The content is The content is The content The content is
accurate and generally sometimes inaccurate or
comprehensive. accurate and inaccurate or overly general.
Listeners are reasonably incomplete. Listeners are
likely to gain complete. Listeners may unlikely to
new insights Listeners may learn some learn anything
______/ 40
about the topic develop a few isolated facts, or may be
insights about but they are misled.
the topic unlikely to gain
new insights
about the
topic.
16-20 11-15 6-10 1-5
Delivery The speaker is The speaker is The speaker The speaker
professional. generally occasionally appears
Relaxed, and relaxed and appears anxious and
comfortable comfortable. anxious or uncomfortable
and interacts Listeners are uncomfortable and read
effectively with generally and may notes, rather
listeners recognized occasionally than speak.
______/ 20
and read notes, Listeners are
understood. rather than ignored.
speak.
Listeners are
often ignored
or
misunderstood
TOTAL SCORE

Rubrics for Grading the Final Project

16-20 11-15 5-10
Standards
Abstract Clearly states Summarizes Is vague about
problem and problem, method, the problem; does
question to be results, and not provide a
resolved; clearly conclusions but summary of the _______/ 20
summarizes lacks some whole project
method, results, details
and conclusions
16-20 11-15 5-10
Introduction Provides Provides Provides
background background background
research into the research into the research into the _______/ 20
topic and topic and topic but does not
summarizes describes the describe the
 important findings problem to be problem to be
from the review of solved solved;
the literature; insufficient or
describes nonexistent
problem to be explanation of
solved; justifies details to non-
the study; specialists
explains the
significance of the
problem to an
audience of non-
specialists
21-25 16-20 10-15
Discussion Addresses the Addresses the Presents little to
topic with clarity; topic; lacks no clarity in
organizes and substantive formulating
synthesizes conclusions; conclusions _______/ 25
information; and sometimes and/or
draws digresses from organization
conclusions topic of focus
21-25 16-20 10-15
Summary Presents a logical Presents a logical Does not
explanation for explanation for adequately
findings; presents findings explain findings
clear
_______/ 25
recommendations
and/or
implications for
future research
7-10 4-6 1-3
Mechanics Is free or almost Has errors but Has errors that
and free of errors of they don’t obscure meaning
documentation grammar, represent a major of content or add
spelling, and distraction; confusion;
writing documents neglects _______/ 10
mechanics; sources important sources
appropriately or documents few
documents to no resources
sources
TOTAL SCORE

Grade Equivalents

Percent Rating Numerical Rating Description

(Grade)

99 – 100 1.00 Excellent

96 – 98 1.25 Excellent
93 – 95 1.50 Very Good
89 – 92 1.75 Very Good
85 – 88 2.00 Good
82 – 84 2.25 Good
79 – 81 2.50 Satisfactory
76 – 78 2.75 Satisfactory
75 3.00
Below 75 5.00 Fail
Prepared by:

MARVIN RICK G. FORCADO

Recommending Approval:

PROF. SARAH JANE F. FALLARIA

Program Chairman, IIT

Approved by:

ENGR. JULIE F. FALLARIA

Director, IIT