Course overview
Human Computer Interaction
COMP3511 and COMP9511
Dr Ali Darejeh
School of Computer Science and Engineering
Term 2, 2024
What is the HCI course?
• To develop your skills in the area of user
interface design
• To teach you the process of user-centred
design including methods, and techniques
• To provide the background knowledge about
how people think and process information
Course Aims
• User interface and visual design principles
• To teach you different data collection methods from
users and how to analyze the collected data
• To give you an understanding of how to design and
develop paper-based and electronic-based prototypes
of user interfaces
• To give you experience in the formal evaluation of user
interfaces for their usability
• To maintain a real-world perspective so this knowledge
can be applied in industry
Communication
• Moodle Forum
• E-mail lecturer
– Ali Darejeh
ali.darejeh@unsw.edu.au
• Consultation time (6pm-7pm on Fridays)
– Blackboard collaborate on Moodle
• Regarding the tutorials email your tutor
Lectures
• Lectures
– Time
oMonday 6-8pm
oThursday 6-8pm
• Recordings will be made available
Moodle
Administration: People
• Lecturer in Charge
– Dr Ali Darejeh
• Lecturer
– Dr Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson (Physicality and Representation in design)
– A/Prof Nadine Marcus (Cognitive load theory)
• Tutors:
– Arousha Soltany
– Christian Lam
– Elly Dossetor
– Guy Chilcott
– James Wong
– Lauren Huynh
– Liz Santoso
– Maliha Mian
– Olivia Chen:
– Shiying Lin
– Silvia
– Sofia De Bellis
– Yi Fu (Summer)
Tutors and classes
COMP3511
Class Time Location Tutors Email
4045 Fri 10:00 - 12:00 Chi Lab K17 Maliha Mian m.mian@unsw.edu.au
4046 Fri 12:00 - 14:00 Chi Lab K17 Maliha Mian m.mian@unsw.edu.au
4047 Fri 13:00 - 15:00 Quad G042 Christian Lam christian.lam@student.unsw.edu.au
4048 Fri 14:00 - 16:00 Chi Lab K17 James Wong james.l.wong@unsw.edu.au
12692 Fri 18:00 - 20:00 Online Christian Lam christian.lam@student.unsw.edu.au
4050 Thu 10:00 - 12:00 Chi Lab K17 Yi Fu yi.fu.1@student.unsw.edu.au
4051 Thu 12:00 - 14:00 Chi Lab K17 Arousha Soltany a.soltany@student.unsw.edu.au
4052 Thu 13:00 - 15:00 Webster 252 Christian Lam christian.lam@student.unsw.edu.au
4055 Tue 09:00 - 11:00 Quad 1042 Liz Santoso liz.santoso@student.unsw.edu.au
4056 Tue 10:00 - 12:00 Chi Lab K17 Lauren Huynh lauren.huynh@student.unsw.edu.au
4060 Tue 14:00 - 16:00 Quad 1049 Guy Chilcott guy.chilcott@student.unsw.edu.au
4061 Tue 15:00 - 17:00 Quad G042 Olivia Chen olivia.chen@student.unsw.edu.au
4062 Tue 16:00 - 18:00 Chi Lab K17 Lauren Huynh lauren.huynh@student.unsw.edu.au
12614 Tue 19:00 - 21:00 Online Silvia silvia@student.unsw.edu.au
4063 Wed 09:00 - 11:00 Quad G042 Liz Santoso liz.santoso@student.unsw.edu.au
4064 Wed 10:00 - 12:00 Chi Lab K17 Shiying Lin shiying.lin@student.unsw.edu.au
4065 Wed 11:00 - 13:00 Quad 1049 Silvia silvia@student.unsw.edu.au
4066 Wed 12:00 - 14:00 Chi Lab K17 Christian Lam christian.lam@student.unsw.edu.au
4067 Wed 13:00 - 15:00 Online Sofia De Bellis s.de_bellis@unsw.edu.au
12618 Wed 19:00 - 21:00 Online Elly Dossetor eloise.dossetor@unsw.edu.au
Tutors and classes
COMP9511
Class Time Location Tutors Email
4353 Fri 10:00 - 12:00 Chi Lab K17 Shiying Lin shiying.lin@student.unsw.edu.au
12620 Fri 18:00 - 20:00 Online Yi Fu yi.fu.1@student.unsw.edu.au
4361 Thu 14:00 - 16:00 Quad G048 Arousha Soltany a.soltany@student.unsw.edu.au
4362 Thu 16:00 - 18:00 Online Yi Fu yi.fu.1@student.unsw.edu.au
4365 Tue 11:00 - 13:00 Quad G031 Guy Chilcott guy.chilcott@student.unsw.edu.au
4366 Tue 12:00 - 14:00 Quad 1049 Lauren Huynh lauren.huynh@student.unsw.edu.au
4367 Tue 13:00 - 15:00 Chi Lab K17 Olivia Chen olivia.chen@student.unsw.edu.au
12216 Tue 18:00 - 20:00 Chi Lab K17 Shiying Lin shiying.lin@student.unsw.edu.au
4376 Wed 13:00 - 15:00 Quad G048 Guy Chilcott guy.chilcott@student.unsw.edu.au
4377 Wed 15:00 - 17:00 Chi Lab K17 Christian Lam christian.lam@student.unsw.edu.au
4378 Wed 16:00 - 18:00 Quad G042 Shiying Lin shiying.lin@student.unsw.edu.au
12213 Wed 18:00 - 20:00 Chi Lab K17 Yi Fu yi.fu.1@student.unsw.edu.au
Laboratories and Tutorials
• Start in Week 1
• Every week
• 2 hour combined tutorial and laboratory
• Online tutorials will be held via Blackboard Collaborate on Moodle.
• The in-person tutorials will be held in different labs (Please check the
timetable).
• Supervised assignment work / checkpoints
• Group discussion
• Practical activities
• Please ensure that all tutorial and lecture exercises are completed by
Friday midnight (23:59) of each week.
• Compulsory attendance – please make sure to attend the designated lab
time
• You must attend at least 80% of all tutorials to pass the course, unless
documented special consideration is in place.
OneNote space
• In each lab and during lectures you should do
some exercises and write them into your
OneNote space that is called OneNote
• We will be using online digital OneNote – each of
you will have a private OneNote that only your
tutor can access for marking
• You can still use pen and paper and upload
images into your OneNote
Where to find your OneNote
Task COMP3511 COMP9511
Assignment 1 User
Interface Critique 25% 25%
Assignment 2
Consolidated Group
Design and Evaluation
25% 25%
OneNote 10% 10%
Final Exam* 40% 40%
Assessment
Assignment 1 (individual)
• In this assignment you will critically analyse
the user interface of a Non-Profit Organization
website such as Red Cross, UNICEF, Salvation
Army.
• Will be released by the end of next week.
• It relies on the content covered in the first
three weeks of lectures.
Assignment 2 (group work)
• In this group assignment, you will be
exposed to the initial phases of the user
centred design process. The outcome will be
a simple prototype that you will evaluate
using formal usability tests.
• You should design a prototype of a charity
related website.
• Will start from week 5 until week 10
Late Penalties
• Late penalties will apply to all assessable work
• Assignments -5% per day deducted from the
assessable mark
• Not accepted or marked after 5 days
Special Consideration
• Must be documented
• Must be officially lodged via MyUNSW and Student
Central
• See https://student.unsw.edu.au/special-
consideration
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that if you sit an exam or submit a piece of assessment, you’re
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Special Consideration.
• No non-medical supplementary exam - ensure you get date,
and time of the exam correct!
Plagiarism
• Don’t submit work that is not your own
• Provide all references to quoted material
• Paraphrase information in your own words
• Zero tolerance -> zero marks
• Academic misconduct-> instant fail
• Applies to all submissions (assignments,
tutorials and laboratories)
• See https://student.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism
Reference book of the course
• Prescribed Text
–Preece, Rogers & Sharp, Interaction Design:
Beyond Human Computer Interaction (ID) –
5th edition
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