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Syllabus:

Design and Usability of Interactive Systems, 7.5 credits

The course is discontinued

Swedish name: Design och användbarhet för interaktiva system
This syllabus is valid: 2010-11-29 and until further notice
Syllabus for courses starting after 2010-11-29
Course code: 2IN030
Credit points: 7.5
Education level: First cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level: Informatics: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Informatics

Contents

This course provides knowledge of methods and techniques used when designing human-computer interactive systems, as well as practical experience in how this knowledge can be used in real situations. Its emphasis is on the relation between design and usability, where expert- and user tests are conducted in order to discover usability problems. These problems are then translated into design implications for redesign of the system in order to improve its usability.

Required Knowledge

Basic eligibility.

Literature

Valid from: 2010 week 48

Interaction design : beyond human-computer interaction
Sharp Helen, Rogers Yvonne, Preece Jennifer 1949-
2. ed. : Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley : cop. 2007 : xxvi, 773 s. :
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip071/2006030649.html
ISBN: 978-0-470-01866-8 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Mandatory
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