Heuristic Evaluation
Course Outline
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| Contact information |
Prof. Saul Greenberg
Email: saul or saul@cpsc.ucalgary.ca
Where: room MS 616, 220-6087 or check the human-computer interaction lab on the
same floor |
| Structure of the course |
This is a reading course, with regular one on one meetings scheduled
between the student and the instructor. Readings and projects will be assigned by the
instructor. The course has restricted enrollment, as it is meant to prepare a student who
is pursuing this specific topic as part of their graduate research. |
| Description |
The course will investigate the heuristic evaluation process, which
describes a particular usability evaluation method. The student will study the literature
on heuristic evaluation, identify opportunities for further research in this area, and
will identify and solve a substantial problem. |
| Assessment |
- 1. An Annotated bibliography of Heuristic Evaluation and related topics (10%)
- This report will deliver a set of key papers relevant to HE as well as brief summaries.
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- 2. An Overview of Heuristic Evaluation, and identification of a research problem (30%)
- This report, done in the form of a thesis chapter, introduces and provides background to
the heuristic evaluation process, identifies at least one good opportunity for
further research in this area, and frames that opportunity as a research problem to be
solved.
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- 3. Requirements of a system supporting a portion of the heuristic evaluation process
(30%)
- This report, done in the form of a thesis chapter, argues for particular requirements of
a system that supports a portion of the heuristic evaluation process. These requirements
must be justified by either studies of people using this process; by related factors in
the literature, and/or by logical argumentation.
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- 4. Design and Implementation of a system supporting a portion of the heuristic
evaluation process (30%)
- The deliverable will be a report that describes the design and implementation of a
system meeting the above requirements. The report will describe related systems and
approaches in the literature relevant to the design, and will offer low fidelity
prototypes and/or actual implementations that illustrate how the particular design
approach can be operationalized.
With permission from the instructor, the student may re-arrange particular items within
the deliverables across the deliverables. |
| Schedule |
Assignment #1 - January 21, 1998 Assignment #2 - February 17, 1998
Assignment #3 - March 17, 1998
Assignment #4 - April 17, 1998 |