HCI: Assessment

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 formative and not marked, CW2 and 3 are marked. Below is a brief summary of each coursework and how they fit together in the course.

Assignment briefs will be published on Learn, where you will also submit your coursework.
 

Group Sign-Up

To mimic how HCI is done in a real-life setting, we ask you to work in groups for your coursework. We ask you to work in groups of 3 or 4. If you already know people you would like to form a group with, then we have a self-signup approach for you to use. You can click here or do so by:
- Going to the HCI Learn page
- Click on the 'Groups' tab on the top menu.
- Click on the 'Coursework Group' set.
- Pick a number you like and click on 'Join'.

If you prefer us to assign you to a group, please fill out this form and we'll create a group for you. 

Please enrol your group or fill out the form by Wednesday, Sep 25th.
 

Coursework Overview

CW1: Design - 0% - 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.

Published: 16/09/2024
Due: noon on 04/10/2024

CW2: Evaluate - 35% - 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.

Published: 07/10/2024
Due: noon on 06/11/2024

CW3: Refine - 35% - 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.

Published: 08/11/2024
Due: noon on 04/12/2024

Individual Engagement - 20% - Accompanying the last coursework is an individual quiz which also contains some harder open-text questions to assess engagement with the coursework.

Published: 05/12/2024
Due: 4pm on 06/12/2024

Weekly Quizzes - 10% - On Friday each week, we will publish a 10-question quiz on the topic of the week. It is marked as a pass-fail and you will pass if you answer 70% correctly. If you have watched the videos, you should be able to pass easily.

Published: Every week on Monday
Due: Every week at 4pm on Friday