HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION

Course Description

The course helps students to appreciate the delicate and divergent nature of human and computer interactions. It covers the dynamics of user interface designs including their evaluations as well as usability issues for both software and related devices.

Course Objectives

The aims of this course are equip students with knowledge and skills:

i) To appreciate established human-computer interaction approaches and techniques.

ii) To design user interfaces

iii) To use appropriate software evaluation techniques and heuristics

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this course, the student shall be able to:

i) Apply established human-computer interaction approaches and techniques

ii) Produce conceptual and physical designs using prototyping methods

iii) Evaluate software interfaces using appropriate heuristics