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Other Courses of the Study Programme

Course year: 1

DIGITAL AUDIO PROCESSING - 6 credits - Student's own choice
ALGEBRA FOR CODING THEORY AND CRYPTOGRAPHY - 6 credits - Student's own choice
ALGORITHMS AND DATA STRUCTURES - 9 credits - Characterising
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - 9 credits - Characterising
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FUNDAMENTALS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS GOVERNANCE - 6 credits - Student's own choice
BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT - 9 credits - Characterising
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (STRATEGY AND MARKETING) - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
COMPILERS - 6 credits - Characterising
COMPLEX SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND CONTROL - 6 credits - Characterising
CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES - 9 credits - Student's own choice
DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MODELING - 6 credits - Characterising
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS - 6 credits - Characterising
HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION - 6 credits - Characterising
IMAGE PROCESSING AND VISUALIZATION
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza - Student's own choice
INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICE ROBOTS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND WEB PROGRAMMING
Attendance grouping
12 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
INSTRUMENTATION FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION - 9 credits - Student's own choice
MACHINE LEARNING E DATA MINING - 6 credits - Characterising
MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS - 6 credits - Characterising
NETWORK SECURITY - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION - 9 credits - Student's own choice
ROBOTICS - 9 credits - Characterising
SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
SMART SENSORS AND FIELDBUS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION - 6 credits - Characterising
SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION AND DATA ANALYSIS - 6 credits - Student's own choice

Course year: 2

DIGITAL AUDIO PROCESSING - 6 credits - Student's own choice
ALGEBRA FOR CODING THEORY AND CRYPTOGRAPHY - 6 credits - Student's own choice
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - 9 credits - Characterising
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FUNDAMENTALS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS GOVERNANCE - 6 credits - Student's own choice
BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT - 9 credits - Characterising
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (STRATEGY AND MARKETING) - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
COMPILERS - 6 credits - Characterising
COMPLEX SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND CONTROL - 6 credits - Characterising
CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES - 9 credits - Student's own choice
DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MODELING - 6 credits - Characterising
FINAL THESIS - 12 credits - Language/Final Examination
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS - 6 credits - Characterising
HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION - 6 credits - Characterising
IMAGE PROCESSING AND VISUALIZATION
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza - Student's own choice
INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICE ROBOTS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
INSTRUMENTATION FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION - 9 credits - Student's own choice
LEGAL INFORMATICS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
MACHINE LEARNING E DATA MINING - 6 credits - Characterising
MOBILE PROGRAMMING - 6 credits - Student's own choice
NETWORK SECURITY - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION - 9 credits - Student's own choice
ROBOTICS - 9 credits - Characterising
SMART SENSORS AND FIELDBUS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION AND DATA ANALYSIS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
TRAINING ACTIVITY/INTERNSHIP 6 CREDITS - MASTER LEVEL - 6 credits
WEB INFORMATION SYSTEMS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
WEB INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND WEB SERVICES - 9 credits - Characterising

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2015/2016

Academic Year of provision:

2015/2016

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Disciplinary Sector:

Data Processing Systems

Language:

Italian

Grouping type:

Credits:

Programme Year:

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Hours of individual study:

Contents acquired in the Bachelor in Computer Science and Engineering.

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HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Educational Goals

The goal of this course is understanding the role of the user in the design of usable interactive systems. Therefore, the human-computer interaction discipline is introduced, by deepening those aspects that mainly affect the usability of interactive systems. These aspects are at the basis of the techniques for design, development and evaluation presented in this course and which are referred to the so-called "user-centered approach". The course aims at providing the students with further tools, with respect to those already acquired in previous courses, to cope with the design and development of real software applications, both desktop and web-based.

Content

Introduction

The Human-Computer Interaction discipline. Usability of interactive systems. Human-computer interaction models. Mental models and conceptual models.
Phenomena that characterize the interaction between users and systems.

The human

Perceptive, cognitive and motor characteristics of humans. User profile and its definition for designing and evaluating interactive systems.

The computer

Input/output devices. Interaction styles: commands, fill-in forms, menus, spreadsheet, direct manipulation, anthropomorphic styles of interaction. Advanced interaction styles: ubiquitous computing, virtual reality and augmented reality.

Usability and accessibility

Usability definitions and dimensions. Usability engineering.
Accessibility and W3C standards for accessibility.

Usability evaluation

Usability evaluation methods: heuristic evaluation, cognitive walkthrough, keystroke level model, experiments with users, observation, monitoring, logging, questionnaires, interviews.

User-centered design

The star life cycle. Requirements specification. Task analysis: hierarchical task analysis, use cases, scenario-based design. Prototyping: horizontal and vertical prototypes, mock-ups, throw-away, evolutionary and interactive prototypes. Design patterns. Physical design: Gestalt rules, colors, affordance. Formal design.

Extended Syllabus

Introduction

The human

Perceptive, cognitive and motor characteristics of humans. User profile and its definition for designing and evaluating interactive systems.

The computer

Usability and accessibility

Usability definitions and dimensions. Usability engineering.
Accessibility and W3C standards for accessibility.

Usability evaluation

Usability evaluation methods: heuristic evaluation, cognitive walkthrough, keystroke level model, experiments with users, observation, monitoring, logging, questionnaires, interviews.

User-centered design

Recommended Bibliography

Polillo, R. "Facile da usare", Apogeo, 2010.
Dix, A., Finlay, J., Abowd, G. D., Beale, R., "Human-Computer Interaction", Third Edition, Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2004. (Traduzione italiana: "Interazione Uomo-Macchina", McGraw Hill).
Benyon, D., "Progettare l'interazione", Pearson,2012
Nielsen, J., "Usability Engineering", Academic Press, 1993.
Course website: http://www.ing.unibs.it/fogli (Sezione 'Didattica')

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Lectures.

Assessment Methods

Project development and oral examination.

Assessment:

Final Mark

Programme of Educational Activities

Start date of teaching period:

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

End date of teaching period: