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Fig. 4. Artefact ‘Working thoughts/brain storm’  Degree Syllabus  document for HCI theme

dated 19.12.2000

Degree Syllabus /syllabi   Brief Suggested Outline

Level 1

User Interface Design (or Principles of HCI)

concentrating on GUI design, emphasising form design, navigability, GUI widgets, style etc.

Focus on idea of usability (for a specific user doing a specific task)Coverage of data collection techniques

A little bit on task analysis.

Small amount on Human Factors but could this be left to Level 2????

Level 2 Principles of HCI?   (Or User Interface Design?  Or Interface Design?)

Cover those areas not covered  at level 1.

Particularly the human factors, evaluation, UI design methods.

Designing for an interface generally (VB) (and designing for the Internet?.  This could be on an introductory basis whereby the VB interface is transferred to a web interface.  However, the initial year that this is done would probably be on an experimental basis and may be revised/reviewed.  Therefore, the unit syllabus should not be product/software specific)

Specifically:

Human Factors, Perception, Attention, Memory

Social and organisational factors????

Interaction Styles, Direct Manipulation Interfaces,

GUIs & Windows Systems

Object based, Event Driven Langs & VB environment

Elements of GUI Design, & VB Objects

Memory, Metaphors, Icons VB Decisions,  IF THEN, Select  Case Decisions

VB Iteration

Evaluation,   Analysis of on line help, message box handling etc

Navigation (VB and web?), Menus & Menu Editor, Active X, objects OLE , DDE

Principles of GUI Windows Design, Multiple Document Interface, Common Windowing tasks & Guidelines

Web considerations

Should Task analysis be done??????

Level 3

Human Computer Interaction

Further work on Cognitive Frameworks

Perception and Representation

Extension of web considerations and principles

Models and metaphors

Social and Organisational Considerations extended

Groupware

Evaluation?

Web considerations and practical work in more depth