Human Computer Interface Design and Evaluation COMP3900

Learning outcomes

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Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Appreciate the importance of the user interface in software development.
2. Understand key aspects of human psychology which can determine user actions at and satisfaction of the interface.
3. Describe the key design principles for user interfaces.
4. Set up and carry out a process to gather requirements for, engage in iterative design of, and evaluate the usability of a user interface.
5. Describe how user interface development can be integrated into an overall software development process.
6. Understand sufficient theory of human computer interaction, experimental methodology and inferential statistics to engage with the contemporary research literature in interface technology and design.
7. Identify key design errors in simple interfaces and suggest alternative designs.
8. Discuss ethical issues involved in testing user interfaces.