Study Guide

Objective

After completing the course, a student can
- identify basic problems in usability situations 
- pay attention to basic demands existing between users and tools  
- take user’s place in usability problems   
- construct easy driven user connections

Content

- Designing the user connection
- Problematic situations in usability
- Estimating the usability
- Ergonomics in usability

Materials

All course materials and instructions can be found in It'sLearning workspace.

Teaching methods

The course is implemented as face-to-face teaching using electronic work tools with a schedule according to the timetable. The course material is added to It'sLearning as the course progresses and is available to students until the end of the course. In the final phase of the course, an exercise is carried out in small groups, where the things learned during the course are applied to a practical application. A report is produced from the exercise work, which is evaluated as part of the whole. At the end of the course, there is a theory test on the most relevant theoretical content covered during the course.

Exam schedules

Exam 12/2023
Re-exams 12/2023 - 1/2024

International connections

In the course, the basic skills of usability and usability planning are studied. The examples and tasks contain sector-specific application examples. The study course uses source material in English, which gives students the ability to understand international engineering literature, publications, standards, etc. When solving assignments, students are encouraged to work in a team. Digital study material and an electronic learning environment are used in a variety of ways in the course.

Student workload

Contact teaching 28h
Personal studying, homework, project work and exam preparations 111h

Content scheduling

• 9/23 : usability definition, benefits, principles and operating models
• 10/23 : human as user, interaction, culture and environment and usability evaluation
• 11/23: usability testing, user research, conceptual design and sense of sight and visual observation
• 12/23: practice work on the topics discussed in the course. It is carried out in small groups.
• 12/23: final exam

Further information

All course materials and instructions can be found in It'sLearning workspace.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Exercise work (max 20). The task in small groups is project-based work. [summative assessment, teacher assessment]
Final exam (max 20 points, linear table). [summative assessment, teacher assessment].
Repeat exams (max. 20 p.) 2 will be organized as needed. [summative assessment, teacher assessment]

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The student knows the topics covered in the course and recognizes the practical design tasks to which they could be applied.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The student is familiar with the topics covered in the course and knows how to use them in practical planning tasks.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student has mastered the topics covered in the course and knows how to apply them independently to practical design tasks.