CS374 Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction / 2024 Spring

Updates

New Design Project released: [Design Project 6: Project Showcase]
New Design Project released: [Design Project 5: Usability Testing]
New Assignment released: [Homework #3 - Connecting Figma to Web Prototyping]
New Design Project released: [Design Project 4: Design Iteration]
New Assignment released: [Homework #2 - Figma Prototyping]
New Design Project released: [Design Project 3: Low-fidelity Prototyping]
New Design Project released: [Design Project 2: Ideation]

Course Description

Designing useful and usable user interfaces is much more than designing fancy and beautiful things. This course introduces fundamental principles, techniques, and methods for designing, prototyping, and evaluating user interfaces. Through this course, you’ll master the skills to design useful and usable interfaces that are carefully catered to users’ needs.

Prerequisites: There are no formal prerequisites for this class, and non-CS majors are welcome to enroll, but students may benefit from having taken some introductory computer science classes.

Topics

Major topics include:

Usability: Learnability, Efficiency, Safety
User-Centered Design Process
Rapid Prototyping, Iterative Design
Needfinding, Contextual Inquiry, Storyboards
Affordance, Metaphors, Conceptual Models
User Interface Software Architecture
Input and Output
Visual Information Design
Layout, Color, Typography
Usability Testing & Heuristic Evaluation
Experimental Design & Analysis

Important Links

Course Website: https://hci.cstlab.org/
Submission & Grading: KLMS
Discussion and Q&A: Campuswire
Staff Mailing List: cs374kaist@googlegroups.com

Time & Location

Classes & Studios: 10:30 - 11:45 AM Tue/Thurs @ Zoom
Office Hours: Monday 8 PM (Emailing ahead recommended)

Grading

Design Project: 50%
Mini Project: 10%
Assignments: 20%
Nano quizzes: 10%
Class & Studio participation: 10%

Previous Years

Instructor

Joseph Seering

Teaching Assistants

Yoonseo Choi

Juhoon Lee

Yoojin Hong