IS573 - Human-Computer-Interaction
• Assoc.Prof.Dr. Kürşat Çağıltay
kursat@metu.edu.tr
Phone: 2103683
• Office hours: By appointment
• Course e-list : is573@metu.edu.tr
• Readings and Syllabus:
www.metu.edu.tr/~kursat/is573/is573.htm
From the Syllabus
• This course will provide students with a sound
introduction to the discipline of HCI and
examine the issues of human factors and the
design of computer application interfaces.
• We will have a more psychological and social
focus rather than a technical one.
• It will be organized around a collection of
readings (>1000 pages) and real-world
exercises concerned with applying HCI
research to the design of computer interfaces.
Student Requirements
• This course has no prerequisites.
• The only requirement is reading (a lot of), writing,
discussing and conducting research.
• Students’ primary responsibilities will be making
weekly readings, critiquing and analyzing them,
finding related case studies/hands-on experiences,
and organizing and participating class discussions.
• This series of integrated exercises, both in-class
and outside of class time, will link with concepts
covered in lectures and readings
Grading (Tentative)
Good news: No exams 
Library Journal Analysis = 5
Design diaries report (3 items) = 10
Design diaries presentation (1 item) = 5 pts
Usability tests (Heuristic and End User) =
20 pts
• Term Paper = 40 pts
• Term Paper presentation = 10 pts
• Participation/Presentations-Quiz = 10 pts
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Weekly Topics - 1
• What is HCI and why is it important?
• From interface to interaction: views, frameworks and
lessons
• What is a good user interface: Guidelines, Styles, and
Evidence
• Usability engineering
• Evaluation strategies for usable interface design: Heuristic
Evaluation and Cognitive Walkthrough
• Beyond usability engineering: Understanding the user
(part 1) Human Cognition (Interaction and Psychology)
Weekly Topics - 2
• Understanding the user (part 2) Individual differences:
Personality, Disabilities , anxiety, and age.
• Understanding the user (part 3) Human Capabilities:
Learning, errors, and training
• The environment of use: implementation and resistance
of new technology
• The Design Process (part 1): Improving technology
through User-Centered Design
• The design process (part 2): Understanding how
designers think
• Ethics in the design of information systems for users
• Case studies
Usable or not usable?
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Do you have any device with a chip in it?
Let’s talk about it, share your experiences
Good design?
Problems and implications
How to fix it?
Easy to
say,
Hard to
Realize
• 2002 First HCI course at METU
• 2006 First HCI lab with Eye-tracking in Turkey
Reference:
As we may think, The Atlantic Monthly, July 1945
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/194507/bush
TUBITAK Vizyon 2023 Report
• 1. Kullanımı eğitim gerektirmeyen bilgisayarların geliştirilmesi.
• Bilgi çağında yaşamanın gereği olan “bilgisayar okur-yazarlığı”,
günümüzde en çok sözü edilen yeteneklerden birisi. Genç
kuşaklar bilgisayarla barışık bir biçimde yetiştirilecek, böylece
birçok alanda bilgisayar kullanımının önü açılacak. Ne var ki
nüfusu giderek yaşlanan AB’de, öğrenme yeteneği zayıflamış,
yaşlı insanların çokluğu ve bunların BİT olanaklarıyla örülen
yaşam tarzları nedeniyle, bilgisayar kullanmaya giderek daha
bağımlı duruma gelmeleri, çözümü ters yüz etme düşüncesini
getirmiştir: “İnsanlar bilgisayara ayak uyduracağına, bilgisayarlar
insanlara ayak uydurmalı; bir başka deyişle, “insan okuryazarlığı” olan bilgisayarlar yapılmalı”. Hem yaşam düzeyine,
hem ulusal katma değere katkısı olacağından, bilgisayarı “akıllı”
kılacak olan yazılım ve donanımların ülkemizde tasarlanması,
üretilmesi ve ayrıca dışsatımı hedeflenmektedir. (Sayfa 73)
• http://vizyon2023.tubitak.gov.tr/Strateji_Belgesi-V211.pdf
So, in 573 my purpose is,
• Create a paradigm change
– designers must feel guilty if they create
bad designed products
– Users mustn’t suffer anymore
Papers will be presented….
• Annual Conference of HCI
• Will be open to public
• I expect you publish it in a journal or an international
conference
• Some of previous years’ projects were presented at:
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E-learn conference, 2003 Phoenix AZ
San Diego International Systems Conference, 2005
TBD 21. Ulusal Bilisim Kurultayi, Ankara, 2004
HCI International 2005, Las Vegas
HCI International 2007, China
29th International Conference on Information Technology Interfaces,
2007,Hırvatistan
– And others.......
New: METU HCI Lab
• To design, utilize, and evaluate interactive
technologies like web sites and other computer
software
• Eye tracking device
• We will have a tour and you will use it
Readings
• For the first week
– www.metu.edu.tr/~kursat/is573/is573.htm
• Following weeks PDF docs under NetClass
– Visit “Lecture Notes” section
Last Thing: An Unpleasant Topic
• Remember the story of Nasreddin Hoca
– Before you broke the cup, I will beat you.
• Plagiarism
http://www.indiana.edu/~istd/overview.html
– Take the tutorial
– Take the test
• WARNING! Plagiarism = F
(Satisfaction)