Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to develop an understanding of usability evaluation methods and to know when to use them during the product development life cycle both with and without the user. The methods will be first studied theoretically and then applied in practice as weekly assignments and project work. The emphasis of the course is in the hands-on usability evaluation project which is carried out as a team work. The project work involves evaluating and reporting the usability of a given product using good procedures. The project work also gives students team work skills needed in working life. After the course the student knows how to carry out a heuristic evaluation and a usability test in a laboratory, and write a usability test plan and report the findings.

Contents

The importance of usability evaluation in different stages of the product life cycle, the influence of different types of user interfaces and user groups in the selection of the methods, ethical considerations in usability studies, heuristic evaluation, usability evaluation in the lab, making a test plan, condicting usability tests, analyzing and reporting, team work skills.

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Lectures	14 h	0 h
Exercises	14 h	0 h

Also instruction for team work.

Teaching language

Finnish

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Recommended year of study

1. year spring

Or later.

Study materials

Defined later on.

Further information

Some of the course topics have previously been included in the course Human Factors in Computing Systems.

Belongs to following study modules