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Usability Engineering in Information and Communication Technologies

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Möller, Sebastian

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Fakultät IV

Institut für Softwaretechnik und Theoretische Informatik

34355300 FG S-Professur Quality and Usability

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Kontakt


TEL 18

Jettkowski, Tobias

module@qu.tu-berlin.de

Learning Outcomes

The students gain: - Comprehension of „Usability“ as interdisciplinary research and application field at the development of Information and Communication Technologies. - Basic knowledge of the processes of human perception and judgement that are a crucial factor for the quality and usability of information and communication technologies. - Basic knowledge of multimodal human-machine interaction. - Knowledge of methods for measuring quality and usability. - Competence in the presentation of the learned knowledge to others The students know: - how to apply this knowledge in the design cycle of technical systems - how to apply the learned methods for the judgement of quality and usability of selected technical systems.

Content

IV „Usability Engineering“: Terms of quality, usability and human engineering; Psychophysics and psychometrics basics; Measurement and prediction of quality; Scaling; Quality units and characteristics; Usability Engineering Lifecycle; Usability heuristics; Usability tests; Usability evaluation methods; Quality of graphical interfaces; Quality of transmission systems; Quality of interactive systems; Quality prediction models; Standards

Module Components

Pflicht:

All Courses are mandatory.

Course NameTypeNumberCycleLanguageSWSVZ
Usability EngineeringIV0434 L 901SoSeNo information4

Workload and Credit Points

Usability Engineering (IV):

Workload descriptionMultiplierHoursTotal
Präsenzzeit15.04.0h60.0h
Vor-/Nachbereitung15.08.0h120.0h
180.0h(~6 LP)
The Workload of the module sums up to 180.0 Hours. Therefore the module contains 6 Credits.

Description of Teaching and Learning Methods

Lecture part: Lecture with practical demonstrations Exercise part: Practical and theoretical exercises; group work for conducting usability tests

Requirements for participation and examination

Desirable prerequisites for participation in the courses:

Desirable: Basic knowledge of information and communication technology

Mandatory requirements for the module test application:

This module has no requirements.

Module completion

Grading

graded

Type of exam

Oral exam

Language

English

Duration/Extent

No information

Duration of the Module

The following number of semesters is estimated for taking and completing the module:
1 Semester.

This module may be commenced in the following semesters:
Sommersemester.

Maximum Number of Participants

The maximum capacity of students is 60.

Registration Procedures

No prior registration required. Registration for the exam through QISPOS.

Recommended reading, Lecture notes

Lecture notes

Availability:  available

 

Electronical lecture notes

Availability:  available
Additional information:
Can be downloaded from ISIS page of the corresponding courses.

 

Literature

Recommended literature
No recommended literature given

Assigned Degree Programs


This module is used in the following Degree Programs (new System):

Studiengang / StuPOStuPOsVerwendungenErste VerwendungLetzte Verwendung
This module is not used in any degree program.

Miscellaneous

The topics of the module can serve as a foundation of a bachelor or master thesis in the area.