HCI - HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION Previous Year Question Bank

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CS6008                                     HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION                           L  T  P  C

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OBJECTIVES:

The student should be made to:

·         Learn the foundations of Human Computer Interaction.

·     Be familiar with the design technologies for individuals and persons with   disabilities.   

·         Be aware of mobile HCI.

·         Learn the guidelines for user interface.

UNIT I             FOUNDATIONS OF HCI                                                                                          9

The Human: I/O channels - Memory - Reasoning and problem solving; The computer:  Devices -Memory - processing and networks; Interaction: Models - frameworks - Ergonomics - styles -elements - interactivity- Paradigms.

UNIT II           DESIGN & SOFTWARE PROCESS                                                                         9

Interactive Design basics     - process - scenarios - navigation - screen design - Iteration and prototyping. HCI in software process - software life cycle - usability engineering - Prototyping in practice -  design  rationale.  Design  rules -  principles,  standards,  guidelines,  rules.  Evaluation Techniques - Universal  Design.

UNIT III          MODELS AND THEORIES                                                                                      9

Cognitive models -Socio-Organizational issues and stake holder requirements -Communication and collaboration models-Hypertext, Multimedia and WWW.

UNIT IV         MOBILE HCI                                                                                                               9

Mobile  Ecosystem:  Platforms,  Application  frameworks-  Types  of  Mobile  Applications:  Widgets, Applications, Games- Mobile Information Architecture, Mobile 2.0, Mobile Design: Elements of Mobile Design, Tools.

UNIT V         WEB INTERFACE DESIGN                                                                                        9

Designing Web Interfaces - Drag & Drop, Direct Selection, Contextual Tools, Overlays, Inlays and Virtual Pages, Process Flow. Case Studies.

L: 45, T: 0, TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES:

·         Design effective dialog for HCI.

·         Design effective HCI for individuals and persons with disabilities.

·         Assess the importance of user feedback.

·         Explain the HCI implications for designing multimedia/ ecommerce/ e-learning Web sites.

·         Develop meaningful user interface.

TEXT BOOKS:

1.   Alan Dix, Janet Finlay, Gregory Abowd, Russell Beale, “Human Computer Interaction”,          3^rd Edition, Pearson Education, 2004 (UNIT I , II & III).

2.   Brian  Fling,    “Mobile  Design  and  Development”,  First  Edition       ,  O‟Reilly                  Media  Inc.,    2009 (UNIT -IV).

3.   Bill Scott and Theresa Neil, “Designing Web Interfaces”, First Edition, O‟Reilly, 2009.          (UNIT-V).



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