Human Factors - Introductory Lecture

MDIA 2530 Human Factors for Interface Design

your instructor • Cecily Walker, MLIS (call me Cecily) • Web Services Librarian at VPL • User Experience Consultant and Part-Time Instructor • Combined public and private sector experience • Rarely seen without a camera

about you • Name (including what you’d like to be called) • Professional area of interest • What you expect from this class

what we’ll cover in this course • Human factors • Human-computer interaction • Persuasion • User-Centred Design • Design Methodology • Psychology

“required” text • Neuro Web Design: What Makes Them Click? by Susan M. Weinschenk, Ph.D. • Not available at the BCIT bookstore (sorry!) • Available from Amazon.ca, Chapters, and Safari Books Online. • Recommended texts will be available on the course website.

ASSIGNMENTS

design logs • Choose an interface (web, mobile, car dashboard, household appliance, your choice) • Report on what works well and what doesn’t. • Assignment details will be distributed at the end of the previous week’s class • Assignments due at the start of the following week’s class • Use photo, video, screenshots, and text to tell your story. Photo by cdemetriadis - http://ﬂic.kr/p/6hBy3r

cognitive walkthrough • Your chance to work as professional experts, taking turns as expert/participant • Evaluate the signup process for two well-known content management systems/blogging engines • You’ll work in pairs; group partners must be submitted no later than at the end of Week 3 • Practice observing how people interact with web applications, as well as data gathering, task analysis • Focus on human capabilities and limitations of each user and how each system addresses limitations, if at all • Submit a report - using photos, screen captures, or video • Detailed instructions to be distributed at the end of Week 3 Photo by mansikka - http://ﬂic.kr/p/6W6jw3

term assignment: design brief • Create brief that describes your student portfolio website • You will not be required to submit a ﬁnished website for this course. • Include task analysis, commentary on usability of your site and any functionality you plan to include • Discuss how you plan to use persuasion to make your portfolio stand out above others • 10 minute presentation on last day of class wireframe by mansikka - http://ﬂic.kr/p/6jfQir

grading & assignment calendar Assignment Due Date Design Log 2 Design Log 1 15% Design Log 1 January 12 15% Attendance/Participation Design Log 2 January 19 5% Design Log 3 15% Design Log 3 January 26 Cognitive Term Project February 2 30% Cognitive Walkthrough Walkthrough 20% Term Project February 9

Human Factors - Introductory Lecture

by Cecily Walker on Dec 22, 2009

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