CA256: Human Factors in Computing

General Information

The approved university module specification.


Continuous Assessment

Assignment 1. This will contribute 15% of the total module mark.Revised deadline for submission of written report: Friday 19th December 2008.

Assignment 2. This will contribute 10% of the total module mark. Revised deadline for submission of written report: Friday 9th January 2009.


Lecture Notes

Copies of the lecture notes in pdf format.

Slides
Section
1 up A4 slides
1: Introduction Part 1 a4pdf
Part 2 a4pdf
2: Design Paradigms
a4pdf
3: Users and User Centered Design
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4: Designing User Interfaces
a4pdf
5: Graphical User Interfaces
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6: Cognitive Issues
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7: Evaluation
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8: HCI and the Web
a4pdf
9: Standards
a4pdf


Previous Examination Papers

Previous examination papers for this module: 2004 2004 repeat 2005 2005 repeat 2006 2006 repeat 2007 2008.



Exercises

Exercises based on material covered in lectures and/or in the lecture notes will appear here.



Other Materials

Main Text

Human-Computer Interaction, Serengul Smith-Atakan, Thomson, 2006

Reference Texts

User Interface Design: A Software Engineering Approach, Soren Lauesen, Addison Wesley, 2005.

Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction, Jenny Preece, Wiley & Sons, NY.

Human Computer Interaction, Dix, Finlay, Abowd & Beale, Prentice Hall.

Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction, Ben Shneiderman, Addison-Wesley Longman


Dr Gareth Jones
School of Computing, Dublin City University
Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland
Tel: +353 (0)1 700 5559 Fax: +353 (0)1 7005442
email: Gareth.Jones @ computing.dcu.ie