University home »
Faculty of Science »
Department of Computer Science »
Courses » COMPSCI 345 S1 C » Lectures »
Computer Science
Lectures:
COMPSCI 345 & SOFTENG 350
Semester 1, City Campus
If you miss a lecture
- Lecture notes are here
- Ask a classmate for a summary of what was discussed
- If necessary visit the tutor (or lecturer) during their office hours
This is the planned schedule, but changes can occur without warning!
| Day | Topic | Lecturer | Required Reading |
| Week 1 | Monday | Introduction | Robert Amor | |
| Thursday | Interaction Paradigms | Robert Amor | Heim, Chapter 1 | |
| Friday | Interaction Frameworks | Robert Amor | Heim, Chapters 2.1 and 2.2 |
| Week 2 | Monday | Conceptual Design | Robert Amor | Heim, Chapters 5.1 and 5.2 |
| Thursday | Guest Lecture - Orion Health | Nilu Seneviratne | ||
| Friday | Physical Design | Robert Amor | Heim, Chapter 5.3 |
| Week 3 | Monday | Evaluation, Physical Design (cont.) and Standards | Robert Amor | Heim, Chapters 5.4-5.6 |
| Thursday | Design Principles: Comprehensibility; Learnability; Effectiveness | Robert Amor | Heim, Chapters 6.1-6.4 | |
| Friday | Design Principles: Efficiency; Grouping; Stimulus Intensity | Robert Amor | Heim, Chapters 6.5-6.7 |
| Week 4 | Monday | Design Principles: Proportion; Screen Complexity; Closure; Usability Goals | Robert Amor | Heim, Chapters 6.8-6.11 |
| Thursday | Interaction Styles | Robert Amor | Heim, Chapter 2 | |
| Friday | Interaction Styles (cont.) | Robert Amor | Heim, Chapter 2 |
| Week 5 | Monday | Interaction Design Process | Robert Amor | Heim, Chapter 3 |
| Thursday | Discovery Framework and Collection | Robert Amor | Heim, Chapters 4.1 and 4.2 | |
| Friday | Guest Lecture - Telecom NZ | Jonathan Morris |
| Week 6 | Monday | Discovery Interpretation and Documentation | Robert Amor | Heim, Chapters 4.3 and 4.4 |
| Thursday | In class tutorial for test preparation | Heim, Chapters 1-6 | ||
| Friday | In class test | Robert Amor & Beryl Plimmer | Heim, Chapters 1-6 |
| Week 7 | Monday | No Lecture (Easter) | Beryl Plimmer | |
| Thursday | The Human Part 1 |
Beryl Plimmer | Dix et al Chapter 1 | |
| Friday | The Human Part 2 | Beryl Plimmer | Dix et al Chapter 1 |
| Week 8 | Monday | The Human Part 3 | Beryl Plimmer | Dix et al Chapter 1 |
| Thursday | Usability Evaluations |
Beryl Plimmer | www.usability.org and | |
| Friday | Usability Testing 1 | Beryl Plimmer | and Heim Chap 8 |
| Week 9 | Monday | Usability Testing 2 | Beryl Plimmer | www.usability.org and Heim Chap 8 |
| Thursday | Visual Aesthetics
and Text |
Beryl Plimmer | .. | |
| Friday | Colour and Images | Beryl Plimmer | .. |
| Week 10 | Monday | Lines and borders | Beryl Plimmer | .. |
| Thursday | Forms and Controls | Beryl Plimmer | .. | |
| Friday | Sound | Beryl Plimmer | .. |
| Week 11 | Monday | HCI Research Paul and Sam | Samuel Chang and Paul Schmieder | .. |
| Thursday | Haptics and Smell | Beryl Plimmer | .. | |
| Friday | Accessibility | Michael Lloyd | .. |
| Week 12 | Monday | HCI Patterns and Standards | Beryl Plimmer | .. |
| Thursday | Where to next | Beryl Plimmer and Robert Amor | .. | |
| Friday | Exam Revision | Beryl Plimmer | .. |
The schedule for the remaining weeks is tentatively as follows:
- Week 7 The Human
- Weeks 8-9 Design details, colour, fonts, text, and icons
- Weeks 10-11 Usability testing including ethics, Fitts & Hicks laws
- Week 12 Standards, accessibility, other interaction methods touch/pen, voice, haptics
-
Related Programmes
