2015/16 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
COMP3442 Usability Design
10 creditsClass Size: 60
Module manager: Dr Roy Ruddle
Email: r.a.ruddle@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2015/16
Pre-requisite qualifications
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Objectives
On completion of this module, students should be able to:- understand ethical issues from end-users' perspective
- design and prototype user interfaces
- take account of the needs of a diverse user population
- choose appropriate methods for usability evaluation
Syllabus
Ethics: codes of practice and key organisations (e.g., BCS, ACM and IEEE); relevance to user interface design. Design fundamentals (e.g., errors, colour, feedback, human memory, motor skills, accessibility) and practice (e.g., guidelines, standards, and cross-platform delivery). Low and high fidelity approaches to prototyping. Expert and user evaluation methods.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Lectures | 22 | 1.00 | 22.00 |
| Class tests, exams and assessment | 1 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Private study hours | 76.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 24.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100.00 | ||
Private study
Lecture preparation/review, coursework, exam preparation.Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Progress is monitored through summative coursework, and answers to example exam questionsMethods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Report | Design exercise 1 | 10.00 |
| Report | Design exercise 2 | 10.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 20.00 | |
This module is re-assessed by exam only.
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Open Book exam | 2 hr 00 mins | 80.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 80.00 | |
This module is re-assessed by exam only.
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 05/11/2015
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