TL;DR

• Easy
• 7 hours a week
• No coding!

What is Human-Computer Interaction?

Human-Computer interaction is the study of how to get interfaces so well made, that humans don’t even notice they’re using them

Graded course material

• 1 Final project
  • 20% of final grade
  • No programming required
• 5 Principles (P) assignments
  • 4% of final grade
  • Easy
• 5 Method (M) assignments
  • 4% each
  • Tedious
• 42 Peer feedbacks!! 💀
  • 10% of your grade
  • Every assignment, you have to give 3 feedback forms to your peers
• 2 Exams
  • Open-note, open-internet
  • 15% each

Final Project

Choose an interface (mobile app, website, laundry machine etc.) that could use some redesign
Ask classmates in surveys or interviews what they do/don’t like about the interface
Figure out how to “redesign” the interface (on paper only)

• Super easy
• Just need to follow the rubric on Canvas
• No programming required!

P Assignments

• Super easy
• Just have to do some exercises
• Very interesting

Examples:

• Choose an app that has multiple contexts, like Google Maps, analyze it’s surroundings
• What is a good interface you use day to day and why is it good?
• Select an interface that has bad error handling, what should it do instead?

They are all online you can read them here
My advice is to follow the rubric on Canvas for each one and you will get 100%

M Assignments

• Slightly more tedious than P assignments but similar
• Can do them in one sitting

Peer feedbacks

• 3 per assignment
• Super tedious 💀 just have to give your feedback to three peers’ assignments
• You can make up for them by participating in surveys

Exams

• Open-note, open-lecture videos, open everything!
• You can do “ctrl + f” in required readings while taking the exam

Grade breakdown

• Final project – 94%
• P Assignments – 80% (didn’t do 1 😋)
• M Assignments – 93%
• Peer feedbacks – 73% (Lols!)
• Exams – 89%

Final score: 87% or a B 😎