HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION : WEBSITE DESIGN
Année du cours : 1 année(s)
Etablissement : IÉSEG School of Management
Langue : English
Formation(s) dans laquelle/lesquelles le cours apparait :
Période : S1
No prior knowledge is required, but the following skills are critical in the successful completion of the course:
– Critical thinking
– High work ethic
– Ability to pursue independent work
– Time management
– Prepared and punctual class attendance
– Professional conduct during class sessions
At the end of the course the student should be able to :
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the underlying psychology of human-computer interactions in an international context;
2. Develop an analytical mindset to evaluate the web needs of an organization and construct expoert knowledge from cutting-edge information;
3. Employ state-of-the-art management techniques and effectively communicate in English what is involved in the creation of a website;
4. Have gained hands-on experience with the development of static websites working both directly from source code and through a WYSIWYG editor, here, WordPress, to propose creative, sustainable solutions for the organization.
This course focuses on the dynamics of HCI. It provides a general overview of the domain and explores in more depth its sub-area of usability and web design. Areas covered include user interface design strategies, gathering requirements, and website development. Brief tutorials will be given on developing websites in WordPress (interactive) and Adobe Dreamweaver (demonstration only). The following topics will be covered:
– Chapter 1: Introducing HCI, Usability, and User Interface Design requirements
– Chapter 2: How to gather requirements
– Chapter 3: Finding out about the users and the domain
– Chapter 4: Finding out about the tasks and work
– Chapter 5: Requirements gathering: Knowledge of user interface design
– Chapter 6: Thinking about requirements and describing them – Design
– Chapter 13: Choosing interaction elements: software components
– Managing Web Design Projects: A 6-phase process
– WordPress tutorial; Dreamweaver demonstration
