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Computer Science, Electrical Engineering

SMD045 Human-Computer Interfaces 6.0 ECTS credits

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TIMEPERIOD: I

LANGUAGE: English/Swedish

EXAMINER
David Carr Univ lekt

PREREQUISITES
Basic Course in imperative programming.

COURSE AIM
The aim of the course is to give the student some insight into how programs and computer systems should be designed so that the end-user perceives the system as useful. After the course the student should be able to design the user interface for simple systems as well as evaluate existing systems.

CONTENTS
Basics: human cognitive properties. Mental models. Models of human computer interaction. Interaction styles: Command language, Forms-fills, Menus, Graphical User Interfaces, Direct Manipulation. Sound. Speech. New interaction techniques.

TEACHING
Consists of lectures and laboratory work.

EXAMINATION
Mandatory assignments and laboratory work.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: U,3,4,5

ITEMS/CREDITS


Required assignment                                         	1.5ECTS
Laboratory work                                             	4.5ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE
Preece et al.: Human Computer Interaction, Addsion-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-62769-8. (Preliminary.)

REMARKS

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