CP3301 - Human Computer Interaction
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | School of Business |
This subject focuses on situated and user-centred analysis, design and testing of the usability and usefulness of interactive systems. Aspects of the following topics will be considered: conceptual theories, user characteristics, user modelling, and usability engineering (user-centred design, user needs analysis, participatory design and usability evaluation).
Learning Outcomes
- understand and be able to apply situated and user-centred design techniques;
- be aware of the range of design paradigms, principles and guidelines that can assist user interface designers, and understand the limitations of such approaches, principles, and guidelines;
- understand the advantages and disadvantages of various usability engineering approaches;
- understand the cognitive, social and situated factors that can make interactive systems effective.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
- The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
- An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
- The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
- The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
- The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | CP5607 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 26-Aug-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Carrie Lui |
| Lecturer: | Assoc. Professor Bruce Litow. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50% - 60%); assignments (30% - 45%); (5% - 10%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 26-Aug-2010 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Carrie Lui. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50% - 60%); assignments (30% - 45%); (5% - 10%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 18-Nov-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Carrie Lui |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50% - 60%); assignments (30% - 45%); (5% - 10%). |
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