Usability and User Interface Design (5 cr)
Code: 5051257-3005
General information
- Enrollment
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01.06.2023 - 15.09.2023
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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31.08.2023 - 31.12.2023
Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 4 cr
- Virtual portion
- 1 cr
- RDI portion
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- Engineering and Business
- Campus
- Kupittaa Campus
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 20 - 60
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Information and Communications Technology
- Degree Programme in Information and Communication Technology
- Teachers
- Teppo Saarenpää
- Teacher in charge
- Teppo Saarenpää
- Groups
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PTIVIS22HHealth Technology
- Course
- 5051257
Evaluation scale
H-5
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
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
Further information
All course materials and instructions can be found in It'sLearning workspace.