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ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & IT

Course Name: Human Computer Interaction Pre-

requisite: InTc 341

Course code: InTc412

Credit Hours: 4hrs

Instructor Name: T. Prince Target

Group: G4IT

Course Description: This course proides an introduction to the !e"d o# human-computer

interaction $HCI%& an interdiscip"inar' !e"d that integrates cognitieps'cho"og'& design& computer science and others. The graduate mustdee"op a mind-set that recogni(es the importance o# the users andorgani(ationa" conte)ts. The' must emp"o' user-centered methodo"ogies inthe dee"opment& ea"uation dee"opment o# technica" app"ications ands'stems. This course *i"" e)amine human per#ormance& components o# techno"og'& methods and techniques used in design and ea"uation o# thes'stem. This course *i"" a"so introduce students to the contemporar'techno"ogies used in empirica" ea"uation methods.

Course Objective:

• +escri,e the re"ationship ,et*een the cognitie princip"es and theirapp"ication to inter#aces and products.

•

)p"ain the conceptua" terms #or ana"'(ing human interaction *ithproducts such as aordance& conceptua" mode"& and #eed,ac/.

• 0na"'(e dierent user popu"ations *ith regard to their a,i"ities andcharacteristics #or using ,oth so#t*are and hard*are products.

• )p"ain the importance o# the user a,i"ities and characteristics in the

usa,i"it' o# products

Course Outline

UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION

• +e!nition

•

ac/ground

UNIT 2 HUMAN IN HCI

• In#ormation Inpututput

• emor'

• 5easoning& pro,"em so"ing& s/i"" and error

• motion

• Indiidua" dierence

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UNIT 3 COMPUTER IN HCI

• Input deice

• utput deice

• 6irtua" rea"it'

•

Ph'sica" interaction• Paper

• emor'

 

Processing

UNIT INTERACTION

• Introduction

• ode"s o# interaction

• rgonomics

• Interaction st'"es

•  The conte)t o# the interaction

UNIT ! INTERATION DE"I#N AND HCI IN THE "O$T%ARE PROCE""• Interaction +esign HCI in the 7o#t*are Process

UNIT & DE"I#N RU'E" AND IMP'EMENTATION "UPPORT

 

+esign 5u"es Imp"ementation 7upport

UNIT ( E)A'UATION TECHNI*UE" AND UNI)ER"A' DE"I#N

• a"uation techniques

• 8niersa" design

Te!t Boo"s1+ +i)& 0.& 9in"a'& . 0,o*d& G. and ea"e& 5. $1;;<%. Human Computer Interaction.

Met#o$s o% te'#in(: Lecture, demonstrations, practical

Assess)ent: Assignments, Regularity, Continuous Assessment (Oral/Written)

ATTENDANE RE*UIREMENT

There should be aboe oer all !"# o$ the attendance at the end o$ the course %ithout

$ails& Those %ho are not haing the re'uired percentage o$ attendance (!"#) %ill not be gien

 permission to %rite the $inal eam at any cost& edical certi$icates and other releant documentto proe your absence in the class should be submitted %ithin one %ee* a$ter your re+entry&

EVALUATION CRITERIA  ro-ect . "#

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  Assignment (34) . 3"#

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