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Archived Curricula Guide 2009–2011
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TECHS7 Usability and Technical Communication 3 ECTS
Organised by
Translation Studies (English)
Person in charge
Lecturer
Corresponding course units in the curriculum
School of Modern Languages and Translation Studies
Curricula 2007 – 2009

Learning outcomes

To familiarise students with the concept of usability and special aspects of usability concerning technical documents.

Contents

Basic concepts of usability, user-based design, evaluation and testing of usability.

Further information on prerequisites and recommendations

For students in the Technical Communications Programme.

Teaching methods

Teaching method Contact Online
Lectures
Exercises

Teaching language

Finnish

Modes of study

Class participation, exercises, paper.

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Pass/fail.
Accepted performance based on a paper.

Study materials

Nielsen (1993): Usability Engineering; Coe (1996): Human Factors for Technical Communicators; Articles given in class.

Belongs to following study modules

School of Modern Languages and Translation Studies
Advanced Studies (Translation Studies (English))
2009–2010
Teaching
Archived Teaching Schedule. Please refer to current Teaching Shedule.
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