Overview
Students build and reflect upon skills, methods and techniques learned in previous HCI courses. Course participation includes paper discussions, project exercises, peer reviews, and contributions to general course discussions. Course participation is demonstrated by participating to online discussion forums.
The course project is a comprehensive work that draws upon principles and methods learned in the foundational courses. It should include the design of an actual application, using HCI principles and methods. The final report must include a reflective component that assesses the methods used for the project. Students choose their projects with the advice and consent of the instructor. The project must be an original work and may not be applied for academic credit in another course.
Students are expected to share project milestones, reading summaries, and activity reports with the rest of the class.
Goals
A general goal is to practice previously acquired HCI principles and methods while also learning new ideas and practices in human-computer interaction. More specific goals include the following:
- Draw upon common HCI methods to complete a comprehensive project
- Read about new HCI methods and evaluating them
- Learn how to apply new HCI methods
- Evaluate new methods
- Discuss and present findings