Assignment of 3,500 words max (50%) - Learning Outcome 2, 3 and 4. The students will produce an assignment which will involve some practical review work and a written report.
Exam (50%) duration 2 hours - Learning outcome 1 and 2.

Principles and techniques of HCI
Principles and techniques of Usability
Usability for different devices such as handheld, tablet pc, kiosk
Designing for different target audiences
Designing for children
Web Usability
Accessibility
Global Effects

The lecture will support the two lab sessions. Lectures will support the learning in the areas of HCI and usability for different devices. The lab sessions will run in groups of 70 with 2 members of staff in attendance. The lab sessions will support the underlying knowledge and skills required to complete the module, and will be facilitated with booklets, course texts (if any) and the internet. Group discussions will also take place in these sessions. Independent study will involve research and group based exercises related to the assignment.
(1:n) (2:70)2

Web TV Box
Mobile Devices
Kiosk / touch screen
Usability lab
Various software

Prior study of Introduction to Software Development and Object Oriented and Event Driven Programming or equivalent.

Directed reading will be given in lectures.

Usability for the Web: Designing Highly Usable Websites (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies), Tom Brinck, Darren Gergle, Scott Wood, Paperback 320 pages (October 2001), Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann, ISBN: 1558606580

www.uscif.com