IT 107: HUMAN COMPUTER
Designing for Users
INTERACTION
The course aims to introduce to
the students the discipline concerned
with the design, evaluation and
implementation of various computing
systems intended for human use.
Emphasis will be placed on
understanding human behavior with
interactive objects, knowing how to
develop and evaluate interactive
software using human-centered
approach, and general knowledge of HCI
design issues with multiple types of
interactive applications.
COURSE OUTLINE:
Orientation
1. CNSC Mission, Vision,
Quality Policy
2. Overview of the topics to
be covered in the whole
semester.
3. Unit Goals, policies and
objectives
4. Course Contents
5. Course policy,
requirements and grading
system
6. Inclusive Education policy
for students with
disability
1 – Usability
1. Introduction to usability
analysis
2. Error Handling, Error
Prevention
3. Cognitive Walkthrough
4. Usability Engineering in
the Business Context
5. Usability Guidelines
6. Choosing among usability
methods
2 – Prototyping and Iterative Design
1. Low-Fidelity Prototyping
2. Transition Diagrams
3. Visual Basic Prototyping
4.
5. Making the Design
Process Iterative
3 – Data Presentation
1. Perception, gestalt
perception, typography
2. Using Color in UI design
effectively
3. Graphic design
4. Displays, Paper, and other
Output Devices
5. Information Visualization
4 – Mental Models and Interface
Design
1. Psychological Perspective
and social perception
2. User Characteristics
a. Spatial Ability
b. Personality
c. Memory
d. Verbal ability
e. Previous
experience
f. Older Users
g. Users with
Disability
3. The Mental Model Rule
of Thumb
4. Confused Mental Models
5. Mental Models in Design
6. Mental Models and
Skeuomorphism
7. Foundational Creativity
and Innovation
5 – Analysis, Visions and Domain
Description
1. Higher Cognition,
Interaction Styles
a. Metaphor
b. Direct
Manipulation
c. Command
Language
d. Choosing among
Interaction Styles
2. Annotated Task List
(Sample Hotel System)
3. Task Description
4. Task and Support
Approach
 5. UML Use Case 6. User Interface (UI) and
6. Session Task User Experience (UX)
7. High-Level Tasks and Design Trends
Case Management
6 – Virtual Windows Design
1. Linking User Tasks, Data
Models, and Interface
Design Prepared by:
2. Data-oriented approach
3. Task-oriented approach
4. The virtual-windows
technique as an approach EDGAR BRYAN B. NICART, MIT
5. Using virtual windows to Asst. Prof. I
design a user interface
6. Examples of Virtual
Windows Projects
7 – Function Design
1. Semantic functions and
searching
2. Actions and feedback
(use cases)
3. Undo-to do or not to do
(undo strategy for the user
interface)
4. From virtual windows to
screens
5. Single and multi-page
dialogue
6. More about state
diagrams
7. Function presentation
8. Error messages and
inactive functions
8 – Prototypes and Defect Correction
1. The systematic prototype
2. Programming and testing
the system
3. Defects and their cure
4. Problems, causes and
solutions
9 – Reflections on User Interface
Design
1. Events and Handlers
2. Development Tools
3. Responsive Issues
4. Designing Object-
oriented User Interfaces
5. MVC-based architecture
approaches