Course syllabus
Welcome Advanced HCI: 2016 Semester 2
15points
Prerequisites: CompSci 345 or SoftEng 350
Course coordinator: Beryl Plimmer
Other Lecturers: Craig Sutherland, Robert Amor
Tutor MD Athar Imtiaz
CS Class Rep William Hsu
Course contact hours/timetable
Lectures Tuesday & Wed 2-3, Thurs 12-1 (Labs as selected)
Tutorial Friday 2-3 (not every week)
Course prescription
Human aspects of computer systems, relevant to commercial solution development and computer science research. Sample topics: advanced evaluation methods; support of pen and touch-based interaction; trends with domain specific user interface design, such as interfaces for enterprise systems
Assessment: 60% course work, 40% exam, Details
Course outcomes
A student who successfully completes this course will have the opportunity to :
acquire advanced knowledge of topics in human-computer interaction including:
evaluation methods
pen-based computing
gesture-based interfaces
domain specific HCI, e.g., for architecture and construction
carry out a literature review and project on a specific HCI related topic
acquire skills in critical thinking academic literacy, and oral presentation
Course outline
A major component of this course the project. In the first couple of weeks you will be given an opportunity to form a team and bid for a project. You will then individually carry out a literature review related to that topic. The literature review is completed before the break.
During the first half of the semester, there will be a series of lectures from the teaching team and guest lecturers. Lecture slides will be available on the Modules page.
The second half of the semester is devoted to projects. Immediately after the break, each group will meet with their supervising lecturer to finalize the scope and deliverables of their project. Each group will present their project to the class (schedule to be advised). Apart from the presentation, the remainder of the project deliverables are due at the end of teaching.
You may find some of last year's material useful https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/courses/compsci705s2c This year’s course will be much the same. The main difference will be Jim Warren is replaced by Robert Amor. Robert will be lecturing about gesture-based interfaces and domain specific HCI. The assessment will be pretty much the same with 60% for a research project and 40% exam. The research project is part individual and part group - look at the assignments page from last year. We will have a new project list for this year.
Course summary:
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