User tests, prototyping and evaluation

This is a specialisation course on user test methodology. Students practice evaluating design proposals through prototyping and user tests. Special emphasis is on formulating reliable and valid evaluation reports. Course components: - user testing in laboratory and home environments - practice in using screen recording, sound recording, Ozlab and eye-tracking as evaluation tools, - evaluating interaction design proposals through the questionnaire method including video file demonstrations of interaction design proposals - presenting ealuations to teachers, fellow-students, researchers and practitioners and developing skills in report writing.