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Associated Term: Spring 2023
Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate West Lafayette Campus Lecture Schedule Type Learning Outcomes: After successful completion of this course, a student will be able to: • Apply HCI methods such as semi-structured interviews and contextual inquiries to uncover user needs and realistic problems that can be solved by computational methods • Apply user-centered design principles to iteratively develop interface designs to address those needs • Develop prototypes to concretize a design idea in different levels of fidelity • Critique a design idea or prototype and pinpoint design flaws and usability issues based on commonly agreed upon design principles and usability heuristics • Iteratively evaluate and improve upon the prototypes based on feedback from potential users • Communicate your design ideas and findings to target users, other designers, funders, etc. • Work in a team and succeed Required Materials: No textbook is required. If you are interested, we recommend reading one of the following books. • Norman, D. (2013). The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition. Basic Books. • Sharp, H., Preece, J., Rogers, Y. (2015). Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction 4th Edition. John Wiley & Sons. • Shneiderman, B., Plaisant, C., Cohen, M. S., Jacobs, S., Elmqvist, N., & Diakopoulos, N. (2016). Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction. Pearson. Other HCI and UX learning resources: • Articles from the Nielsen Norman Group (link) • The Ultimate Guide to Understanding UX Roles and Which One You Should Go For (link) • The Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction (link) • Three levels of UX Research impact (link) • Method Podcast from Google Design (link) Also check articles from UX Research and UI Design from Nielson Norman Group. Technical Requirements: CS25100 with a minimum grade of C View Catalog Entry
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