Unit HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
- Course
- Informatics
- Study-unit Code
- GP004170
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Valentina Franzoni
- Teachers
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- Valentina Franzoni
- Hours
- 42 ore - Valentina Franzoni
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2024
- Offered
- 2025/26
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- INF/01
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- English
- Contents
- The course focuses on advanced principles for the design, development and implementation of human-computer interfaces that promote effective, efficient and satisfactory interaction between users and computer devices and systems. The fundamentals of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and User Experience (UX) will be covered, with emphasis on key concepts such as usability, accessibility, natural interaction, ergonomics and affordance in human-computer interaction.
- Reference texts
- Teaching material provided by the teacher, including bibliographic references. Optional: J. Johnson: Designing with the Mind in Mind: Simple Guide to Understanding User Interface Design Guidelines, Elsevier, (2014), ISBN= 978-0-12-407914-4J. J. Garret: The Elements of User Experience: User Centered Design for the Web and beyond, New Riders Publishing, (2010), ISBN=0735712026P. Morville, L. Rosenfeld and J. Arango: Information Architecture: For the Web and Beyond , O’Reilly and Ass., 2015, ISBN=1491911689J. Allen, J. Chudley: Smashing UX Design: Foundations for Designing Online User Experiences, (ebook), Wiley, (2015), ISBN=1118650379
- Educational objectives
- The course aims to provide students with a solid knowledge and understanding of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) issues and to present guidelines for designing effective and user-friendly interfaces. By the end of the course, students will be able to design intuitive, effective, and user-friendly interfaces.
- Prerequisites
- Useful to have preliminary notions about software engineering, web app/pages design.
- Teaching methods
- Lectures with the aid of multimedia tools (slides, videos, etc.). Classroom exercises.
- Other information
- The teacher is available for lectures or exams in Italian and English.
- Learning verification modality
- The examination consists of an oral examination of approximately 30 minutes in which the student will be asked to present a case study assigned by the professor. During the oral examination, the student must demonstrate mastery of the required concepts, an adequate command of language and the ability to arrange the concepts to be presented in an appropriate manner. For attending students, there could be the opportunity to split the exam in ongoing partial assessments.
- Extended program
- The course focuses on advanced principles for the design, development and implementation of usable, accessible, ergonomic and good affordance human-computer interfaces in human-computer interaction. Topics covered include: 1. Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and User Experience (UX) 2. Usability concepts in human-computer interaction 3. User-Centred Design (DUC) principles for intuitive interfaces 4. Insight into User Experience (UX) and Emotional Design 5. Accessibility aspects of human-computer interaction 6. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in human-machine interfaces 7. Ethical considerations in the use of Artificial Intelligence 8. Evolution of interfaces and human-computer interaction 9. Visual Design for appealing graphical interfaces 10. HCI interface design
- Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- This teaching contributes to the realisation of the UN goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development such as: goal 3: health and well being goal 4: quality education goal 5: gender equality goal 9: industry, innovation and infrastructure