Human Computer Interaction
Seminar questions
1. Discuss the challenges that are faced by HCI/professionals. Many examples are expected.
2. What kind of conflicts might designers face when designing computer systems?
3. Compare and contrast HCI, human factors, user interface, usability, user needs and user oriented design.
4. Describe how various disciplines contribute to HCI.
5. “Too many developers think that they are artistic geniuses – they do not bother to follow user interface design standards or invest the effort to make their applications usable, instead they mistakenly believe that the important thing is to make the code clever or to use a really interesting color scheme”. Discuss the truth of this statement giving your opinions in view of HCI.
6. Discuss the advantages of a good interface to various stake holders. Specify the area of application and if necessary the organisation.
7. Describe how we receive information through our sensory organs and relate this to HCI. Some description of these organs is necessary.
8. Device experiments to test the properties of (i) short-term memory (ii) long-term memory..
9. Find out all you can about natural interfaces. Are there any successful systems? For what applications are these most appropriate?
10. Look at guidelines for use of colour. Be able to state the empirical psychological evidence which supports the guidelines. Do the guidelines conflict with any other known guidelines? What principles of interaction do they support?
11. A group of universities has decided to collaborate to produce an information system to help potential students find appropriate courses. The system will be distributed free to schools and career offices on CD-ROM and will provide information about course contents and requirements, university and local facilities, fees and admissions procedures. Identify the main stakeholders for t he system, categorise them and describe them and their activities, currently and with regard to the
1. Discuss the challenges that are faced by HCI/professionals. Many examples are expected.
2. What kind of conflicts might designers face when designing computer systems?
3. Compare and contrast HCI, human factors, user interface, usability, user needs and user oriented design.
4. Describe how various disciplines contribute to HCI.
5. “Too many developers think that they are artistic geniuses – they do not bother to follow user interface design standards or invest the effort to make their applications usable, instead they mistakenly believe that the important thing is to make the code clever or to use a really interesting color scheme”. Discuss the truth of this statement giving your opinions in view of HCI.
6. Discuss the advantages of a good interface to various stake holders. Specify the area of application and if necessary the organisation.
7. Describe how we receive information through our sensory organs and relate this to HCI. Some description of these organs is necessary.
8. Device experiments to test the properties of (i) short-term memory (ii) long-term memory..
9. Find out all you can about natural interfaces. Are there any successful systems? For what applications are these most appropriate?
10. Look at guidelines for use of colour. Be able to state the empirical psychological evidence which supports the guidelines. Do the guidelines conflict with any other known guidelines? What principles of interaction do they support?
11. A group of universities has decided to collaborate to produce an information system to help potential students find appropriate courses. The system will be distributed free to schools and career offices on CD-ROM and will provide information about course contents and requirements, university and local facilities, fees and admissions procedures. Identify the main stakeholders for t he system, categorise them and describe them and their activities, currently and with regard to the