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Please NOTE: You must have study rights to University of Tampere (UTA). With the study rights, you get your UTA basic user account ID, which is needed for access to UTA services, such as NettiOpsu (enrollment, course credits etc), course’s Moodle area, rights to enter the usability lab (granted separately after the course has started) etc. (NOTE: TUT or TAMK user account ID does not work, yet as the systems of the three universities have not yet been combined).<\/p>\n
TAMK<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0TUT students<\/strong>\u00a0can apply study rights via the\u00a0Tampere3 agreement<\/strong>. See more information at\u00a0https:\/\/www10.uta.fi\/ristiinopiskelupalvelu\/?uiLang=en<\/a>\u00a0(updated 17.8.2016)<\/p>\n For students outside Tampere3, the course is available via Joo-agreement, see\u00a0https:\/\/www.uta.fi\/opiskelunopas\/en\/during-your-studies\/free-choice-studies\/joo-studies<\/a><\/p>\n If you don’t get the study rights in time, email paivi.majaranta (at) uta.fi (you still\u00a0need to<\/em>\u00a0get the rights but you can attend the first lecture(s) while waiting).<\/p>\n See you at the\u00a0first lecture on Monday 3 September 2018 at 12-14, Pinni B 1097<\/strong>!<\/em><\/p>\n You can get a\u00a0key card<\/strong>\u00a0for the UTA computer labs from the IT Customer service desk (concerns non-UTA students, UTA students have the key card included in their student card). That card can also then be used to access usability laboratory. Check opening hours and contact information here:\u00a0Customer service desk<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(updated 14.9.2016)<\/p>\n The key card is personal and can be used only by you.<\/p>\n HTIS81 Usability Evaluation Methods (UEM) \u00a0<\/strong>is part of\u00a0#tampere3\u00a0<\/strong>studies. For more information, see\u00a0https:\/\/www10.uta.fi\/ristiinopiskelupalvelu\/?uiLang=en<\/a> NOTE:<\/strong>\u00a0You should not take this course, if you have already completed any of the similar previous courses with basically same content, such as: Learning outcomes<\/strong><\/p>\n The aim of the course is to develop an understanding of usability evaluation methods that are conducted with and without the user and to know how to use them during the product development process. The methods will be first studied theoretically and then applied in practice in the weekly assignments and project work. The emphasis of the course is in the hands-on usability evaluation project which is carried out as team work. The project work involves evaluating and reporting the usability of a given product using good practices. The project work also gives students team work skills needed in working life. After the course the student has an overview of different methods and knows how to select an appropriate usability evaluation method for different cases, has practical knowledge how to carry out a heuristic evaluation and a usability test in a laboratory, and how to report the findings.<\/p>\n Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n The importance of usability evaluation in different stages of the of product development, the influence of different types of user interfaces and user groups in the selection of the methods, overview of usability evaluation methods, ethical considerations in usability studies, heuristic evaluation, usability evaluation in the lab, making a test plan, conducting usability tests, analyzing and reporting, team work skills.<\/p>\n Read the official course description from the\u00a0curriculum<\/a>.<\/p>\n (P\u00e4ivi Majaranta<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n (Biju Thankachan)<\/strong><\/p>\n See the course’s \u00a0Moodle area\u00a0\u00a0for more information, including assignments for weekly exercises.<\/p>\n The course includes hands-on project work that is done in small groups. More information is given during lectures and in the course’s Moodle area.<\/p>\n TUT\/TAMK students<\/strong>: Make sure you have an UTA keycard (UTA students have the key card feature in their student card). It is needed in order to access the usability lab.<\/p>\n Recommended readings<\/b><\/p>\n For Finnish students, this seminary report should be useful:<\/p>\n Want to prepare for the course?<\/strong><\/p>\n Basic knowledge on HCI is assumed. However, if you are fairly new to the area or if it has been long since you studied HCI, this freely available\u00a0Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction<\/a>\u00a0should be useful.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NEWS Enroll to the course by Sunday 2 September 2018.\u00a0The link to the enrollment form is available on the course’s teaching shedule page at\u00a0https:\/\/www10.uta.fi\/opas\/teaching\/course.htm?id=38906.\u00a0(updated 6.8.2018) Please NOTE: You must have study rights to University of Tampere (UTA). 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\nCurricula:\u00a0https:\/\/www10.uta.fi\/opas\/opintojakso.htm?rid=14619&idx=6&uiLang=en&lang=en&lvv=2018<\/a><\/p>\n
\nTIEVS81 Usability Evaluation Methods,
\nTIEVA30 K\u00e4ytett\u00e4vyyden arvionnin menetelm\u00e4t (\u201cKAME”),
\nIHTE-3201 K\u00e4ytett\u00e4vyystutkimuksen menetelm\u00e4t,
\nVTEKA206 K\u00e4ytett\u00e4vyyden arvioinnin menetelm\u00e4t,
\nITIA14 Informaatioarkkitehtuurin ja k\u00e4ytett\u00e4vyyden evaluointiprojekti<\/p>\nTeaching<\/h1>\n
Lectures<\/h3>\n
\n(lab work before the final lecture)<\/div>\nExercises<\/h3>\n
Project work<\/h3>\n
Supporting Materials<\/h1>\n
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