Software Atélier II: Human Computer Interaction

The ultimate goal of the Software Atelier is to teach the student to become a computing professional. To this end, the atelier gives an introduction to the role of computing and computer scientists in the professional world as well as society in general and provides an environment for the students to learn about and use specific software tools, work with other students in group projects, and present the results of their projects to the class. The atelier will be held every semester. The emphasis in the first semester is on individual work, with a small group project at the end. Second semester topics: principles of graphical user interfaces (GUI) design; introduction to human computer interaction (HCI).

Objectives

• To learn the principles of designing user interfaces;
• To learn the importance of involving the users early in the design process and keep them in the development loop;
• To learn to approach a new application, learn how to use, and be able to criticise it from a human-centric point of view. 

Teaching mode
The atelier is "open" Monday through Friday, 13:30-17:30. Attendance is mandatory 13:30-15:30. Usually, there will be one or two lectures per week during this period. Projects will be assigned to be worked on in the atelier. Course tutors will be available to review and help the students. The last half of a semester group projects assigned in the Programming Fundamentals course might use the space of software atelier.

References
www.hcibib.org/tcuid/index.htm
Bibliographic references available on the University Library website:
www.library.lu.usi.ch/core/newshowRec2.asp?code=5426

Prerequisites
Software Atélier I and Programming Fundamentals I