INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA

COURSE OUTLINE

Kulliyyah Information and Communications Technology

Department Information Systems

Programme Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Computer Science

Course Title Human Computer Interaction

Course Code INFO 3401

Status Department Core

Level Undergraduate Level 3

Credit Hours 3 credit hours

Contact Hours 3 lecture hours

Pre-requisites INFO 2401 (Systems Analysis and Design)

INFO 2201 (Multimedia Technology)

Co-requisites None

Instructional
Strategies Lectures, class discussion, online forum, problem solving, seminar, group
presentations

Course
Assessment LO Method %
3,4,5,6 Group Project 30
3 Individual Assignment /Quizzes 10
6 Class/Online Participation 5
1,2 Mid-term exam 15
3,4,5 Final Exam 40
Total 100

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Instructor(s) Name : Dr. Murni Mahmud
Room : Level 4 (Education Building)
Phone : 03 6196 5620
Email : murni@iiu.edu.my, murni@kict.iiu.edu.my
Consultation Hrs. : To be determined

Semester Semester 2 2007/2008

Offered
Course This course stresses the importance of good interfaces and the
Synopsis relationship of interface design to effective human interaction with
computers. The course covers fundamental theory and practice of the
design, implementation and evaluation of human computer interfaces.

Course The course aims to achieve the following objectives:

Objectives • To provide students with a good understanding on what is meant by
good design and why it is important;
• To provide students with some experience of designing and
implementing interfaces using an iterative approach and good design
principles;
• To provide students with the knowledge on selected usability
evaluation techniques and allow them to apply on some interfaces.

Learning On completion of the course, students should be able to:

Outcomes
1. demonstrate knowledge and understanding of basic concepts
and framework of human computer interaction
2. relate between human capabilities and the design of interfaces
and interactive products.
3. demonstrate knowledge, understanding and application of
user-centered approach and tools to interaction design.
4. distinguish and apply appropriate usability evaluation
methods to existing or new software or interactive products.
5. apply good principles of interaction design in selected
prototypes.
6. work as part of a team to analyze user and tasks requirements,
then design, create and evaluate the interface and interaction.

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Week Topics Task/Readings
1 Introduction to the Course; Benyon, Chap.1;
Overview of HCI; “A Taxonomy of HCI”;
Historical Perspective of HCI “A Historical & Intellectual
Perspective”;
“The Xerox Star: A Retrospective”
2 HCI Framework Benyon, Chap.2.1-2.6;
Principles & Practice Benyon, Chapt. 3

3 Understanding People Benyon, Chap.5;

The Process of HCI Benyon, Chap.2.7;

4 Task-Centered Design “Getting to Know Users & Their

Cognitive Walkthrough Tasks”
Requirements Benyon, Chap. 9
5 User-Centered Design Benyon, Chap. 11
Prototyping “A Case study….CHI‘89
Information Kiosk”;
“Prototyping for Tiny Fingers”
6 Intro. to Evaluation “The Story of the 1984 Olympic
Evaluating Interface with Users: Qualitative messaging System”
Methods / Observation

7 Evaluating Interface with Users: Benyon, Chap.12

Quantitative Methods / User Testing
Mid-Sem. Examination (Tentative)

8 Psychology of Everyday Things “The Psychopathology of Everyday

Things”

9 Representations / “Working with Interface

Interface Metaphors Metaphors”;
“Envisionment: Using Text &
Graphics”
10 Principles of Screen Design “Principles of Effective Visual
Communication for GUI Design”

11 Usability Heuristics; “Usability Heuristics”

Heuristic Evaluation
12 Web-Based Design “Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design”
“Top Ten Guidelines for Homepage
Usability”
13 Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Benyon, Chap. 28
(CSCW)
14 Group Presentations

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References Required:

1. Benyon, D., Turner, P. & Turner, S. (2005) Designing

Interactive Systems, Pearson Education Limited.
2. Husnayati Hussin (2006). Online reading materials for human
computer interaction, (Available at Claroline Course
Repository), Kuala Lumpur: KICT.

Recommended Readings :

1. Shneiderman, B. & Plaisant, C. (2005) Designing the user

interface, (4th ed.), United States: Pearson Education Inc.
(Addison-Wesley).
2. Dix, A., Finlay, J., Abowd, G. & Beale, R. (2004). Human
computer interaction, (3rd ed.), USA: Pearson-Prentice Hall.
3. Cooper, A. & Reimann, R. (2003) About Face 2.0 – the
essentials of interaction design. USA: Wiley Publishing Inc.
4. Preece, J., Rogers, Y. & Sharp, H. (2002). Interaction design:
Beyond human computer interaction, USA: John Wiley &
Sons, Inc.