To provide guidelines, concepts and models for designing and evaluating interactive systems. To provid e an introduction to designing and implementing graphical user interfaces.

(LO1) identify or describe the tasks and issues, such as establishing requirements, developing designs, and implementing designs, which are involved in the process of developing efficient, effective, and safe interactive products for people, and the tools and techniques used to perform these tasks

(LO2) identify or describe and compare different styles of interaction for graphical user interfaces

(LO3) evaluate and critique existing interactive systems, in accordance with human-centric principles, standards and guidelines for interface design, including usability, accessibility, and health and safety issues

(LO4) illustrate how event-driven software can be designed using standard, formal techniques

(LO5) construct Web pages that conform to current Web standards

(LO6) write Java programs that demonstrate simple examples of graphical user interfaces

(S1) Working in groups and teams - Group action planning

(S2) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Following instructions/protocols/procedures

(S3) Critical thinking and problem solving - Creative thinking

(S4) Commercial awareness - Ability to analyse/balance risk and reward

(S5) Global citizenship - Cultural awareness

(S6) Critical thinking and problem solving - Evaluation

(S7) Critical thinking and problem solving - Creative thinking

(S8) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills - written

1 Introduction (3 lectures) What is human-centric computing? Principles of Human Computer Interaction; the human in the loop; user models; cognitive issues. The process of developing interactive products (7 lectures) Lifecycle models; requirements; data gathering involving users; task analysis; design; purpose of evaluation and methods for conducting it. Principles, standards and guidelines for interface design.   Case studies of development tasks in practice.  Interactions (8 lectures) Interaction styles: key based, menu based, form fill-in, command languages, natural language, direct manipulation, iconic languages. Cultural considerations and constraints. Affective computing; virtual characters; groupware and cooperative activity. Interface software design (4 lectures) Event-driven software, state transition diagrams, statecharts. Implementing interfaces (8 lectures) Overview of HTML and CSS; markup validation for Web standards. Graphical user interfaces in Java: the Jav a AWT and Swing packages, components of GUIs; events and event-handlers; the Model-View-Controller architecture; Java applets.

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
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Teaching Method 2 - Laboratory Work
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