Information about me. Human-Computer Interaction. 0 - presentation. The question: WHY???? TimeTable. Objectives. Non-objectives.

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Human Computer Interaction

0 - presentation

Andrea

Molinari

University of Trento

Department of Computer and

Management Sciences

Trento

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Italy

Andrea Molinari

Andrea Molinari HumanHuman--Computer InteractionComputer Interaction University of TrentoUniversity of Trento

Information about me

Contacts

Department of Computer and Management Sciences

- Trento – Via Inama, 2 - Italy

[email protected]

+39-0461-882344

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TimeTable

Lessons

THU 14.00 – 16.00

classroom

FRI 14.00 – 16.00

classroom

FRI(ex) 16.00 – 18.00

classroom

Office hours

FRI 18.00 – 20.00 or THU 16.00-18.00

……please advise me in advance

Contact

Every moment.…..I always answer e-mail (if

connection is available….

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The question: WHY????

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a course in Human Computer Interaction?

Simply because ICT is not only programming

There are huge economic drawbacks when HCI

errors are revealed / experienced by users

programming is (relatively) easy, deciding a good

interface is more complicated

this is a master: you need something else that pure

ICT topics…

is a good source of topics for thesis

is a good source for a job….

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Objectives

As Human

As Human-

-computer interfaces are everywhere, the

computer interfaces are everywhere, the

main objectives of the course are:

1. create a sensibility towards HCI topics & research

2. know what is meant by good interface design

3. know guidelines and models to be applied to

interface design in different environments

4. have sufficient background to

• apply your training in industry

• continue your education in this field

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Non-objectives

Full experience in HCI topics

The discipline is too vast

geek stuffs

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Where we are….

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Do you recognize it ?

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Why a HCI course?

In the net

In the net-

-economy, computers rule major part of

economy, computers rule major part of

our activities

“

“computer

computer”

”

must be intended in many facets

phones, PDAs, TLC devices …..

SOHO market

electronics (TV, Hi-Fi, VRC, CD, DVD…..

automotives

domotics (washers, ovens, heaters, air-conditioners,

lifts, freezers)

Infopoints, airports, railstastions, public utilities, gas

stations …..)

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Why a HCI course?

if we are part of the net

if we are part of the net-

-economy (like it or not)

economy (like it or not)

we will therefore find ourselves into one (or many)

of these situations:

use HCI

design HCI

create HCI

evaluate HCI proposed by others

take decisions based on HCI

choose products/services based on HCI

Topics

Human, Computers, Interfaces

Design Human

Design Human-

-computer interfaces

computer interfaces

Test and design

Cognitive and Psychological aspects

Augmented reality

web design

Mobile user

Mobile user-

-interface design

interface design

Standards and law

usability and accessibility

Evaluation

Final exam:

70% written exam on theoretical parts

30% as follows (must be negotiated with the

professor)

• seminars on … (15 minutes of presentation +

discussion)

• software projects (no geeks, please….)

Note: you must pass both exam

components to pass the course

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Evaluation

seminars (15 minutes of presentation +

discussion)

papers from ACM/IEEE conferences (at least two on

same/related topics): discuss research topics

re-design of web sites: present the old, present the

HCI failures, present your proposal

re-design a software user interface: present the old,

present the HCI failures, present your proposal

(whatever language you want to use to do this…..)

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Evaluation

software projects

web projects: a static website (pure HTML, Flash,

JS) with particular care for the UI

stand-alone projects: whatever topic, whatever

language, perfect adoption of HCI rules, no

algorithm, only interface and respective UI

mechanisms and controls)

research software projects (experimental software

devoted to UI aspects) - whatever language

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Textbook of the course

Dix, Finlay, Abowd, Beale - Human Computer Interaction,

3rd Edition, Prentice Hall ISBN: 0130461091

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Another interesting book

In italian:

la Caffettiera del

masochista

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Textbooks

Other books

Lecture notes: copies of the lecture notes and

handouts available on the website of the Faculty

Ben Shneiderman, Designing the User Interface

Jennifer Preece, Yvonne Rogers, Helen Sharp

Interaction Design, Wiley

Jacob Nielsen, Web usability

D.A. Norman, The psycology of Everyday things, NY

Basic Books

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References -1

Ben Shneiderman; Designing the User Interface, 3rd Ed.; Addison-Wesley,

1997. ISBN 0201694972 (de, uk)

Jenny Preece et al; Human-Computer Interaction; Addison-Wesley, 1994.

ISBN 0201627698 (de, uk)

Alan Cooper; The Inmates are Running the Asylum; SAMS, April 1999. ISBN

0672316498 (de, uk)

Alan Cooper; About Face: The Essentials of User Interface Design; IDG Books,

1995. ISBN 1568843224 (de, uk)

Dix, Finlay, Abowd, Beale - Human Computer Interaction, 3rd Edition, Prentice

Hall ISBN: 0130461091

Jef Raskin; The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive

Systems; Addison-Wesley, March 2000. ISBN 0201379376 (de, uk)

Helander, Landauer, Prabhu (Eds.); Handbook of Human-Computer

Interaction; 2nd. Ed., Elsevier, 1997. 1600 pages. ISBN 0444818626 (de, uk)

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References -1

Bruce Tognazzini; TOG on Interface; Addison-Wesley, 1992. ISBN 0201608421

(de, uk)

Bruce Tognazzini; Tog on Software Design; Addison-Wesley, 1995. ISBN

0201489171 (de, uk)

Baecker et al; Human-Computer Interaction: Toward the Year 2000; Morgan

Kaufmann, 1995. ISBN 1558602461 (de, uk)

Baecker and Buxton; Readings in Human-Computer Interaction; Morgan

Kaufmann, 1987. ISBN 0934613249 (de, uk)

ACM Interactions, TOCHI, CHI Conference Proceedings.

ISO 9241 Ergonomics requirements for office work with visual display

terminals (VDTs).

ISO DIS 13407 Human-centred design processes for interactive systems,

1997.

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Web resources

HCI

Endless resources on the web: start from here

• http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Human-Computer_Interaction/

• http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Computer_Science/Hu

man_Computer_Interaction__HCI_/

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Web resources

some examples

ACM SIGCHI http://www.acm.org/sigchi/

Usability Professionals’ Association http://www.upassoc.org/

Human-Computer Interaction Resources Network (HCI RN)

http://www.hcirn.com/

HCI Bibliography http://www.hcibib.org/

Newsgroup news:comp.human-factors

ACM Digital Library http://www.acm.org/dl

IEEE Computer Society Digital Library

http://www.computer.org/publications/dlib/

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Slides

Sources

Personal experience and research

Alan Dix’s book

Interaction Design, by Jennifer Preece, Yvonne

Rogers, Helen Sharp

the HCI course of the Calgary University, courtesy

of Saul Greenberg

Slides

The content

Abundant, so you have almost all you need for the

exam

Made for study, not for reading at projection

For these reasons, break some HCI rules …..

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Caveat

This is not a programming course

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Caveat

we don

we don’

’t talk about languages, APIs, VM, libraries,

t talk about languages, APIs, VM, libraries,

OO, multi

OO, multi-

-tier applications, polimorphism

tier applications, polimorphism……

…….

.

People who are looking for these things, well, you

better follow this course anyway…

it

it’

’s pretty easy to talk a blue streak, saying

s pretty easy to talk a blue streak, saying

nonsenses, banalities, tons of words

nonsenses, banalities, tons of words…

….

.

just talking is not ability

Previous abilities extraneous to this course (web

design, geeking, ++ing etc.) are appreciated but

will not be considered an excuse for ignoring

specific course contents

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Where we are….

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Bad design is everywhere

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Bad design is everywhere

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Bad design is everywhere

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HCI and bad design

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HCI and bad design

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HCI and bad design

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