The course has three courseworks that progress through an HCI project starting with refining design requirements and creating a UI design (CW1), evaluating the design to see if it is usable (CW2), and finally using the outcome of the evaluation to improve the design and plan an evaluation to see if the improvements worked (CW3). CW1 is formatiive and not marked, CW2 and 3 are marked. Below is a brief summary of each coursework and how they fit together in the course.
CW1: Design - Students work in teams of 3-4 to refine design requirements, identify problems, and design an user interface mock-up using an online tool like Figma.
CW2: Evaluate - Students work in teams of 3-4 to evaluate two design created by different teams. They use a Cognitive Walkthrough approach, analyzed the results and make recommendations about how the design might be improved and the different types of problems users might have when interacting with it. These reports will be returned to the initial CW1 design team.
CW3: Refine - Students work in teams of 3-4 to improve a CW1 design and plan an evaluation that could determine if the improvements are working as expected. The improved design will also be done using an online mock-up tool. The new evaluation will also be only an evaluation plan and will not be run with participants.
Individual Engagement - Accompanying each coursework is an individual quiz which also contains some harder open-text questions to assess engagement with the coursework.