Usability Evaluation

Course Overview

Elements of user experience Principles, heuristics, patterns, guidelines and standards of human-computer interactionSetting user experience goals for a productgHeuristic evaluation Usability evaluation, think aloud protocol, card sorts and user performance tests Recruitment and design of usability tests Introduction to quantitative evaluation techniques.

Course Name	Usability Evaluation
Total Credits	4.0
Type	Theory
Lecture	1.0
Practical	2.0
Half Semester	N
Text Reference	• Jesse James Garrett, The Elements of User Experience, New Riders (2010)• Dix, Alan J.; Finlay, Janet E.; Abowd, Gregory D.; Beale, Russell; Human-Computer Interaction, Pearson Education; 2008.• Dumas, Joseph S.; Redish, Janice C.; Practical Guide to Usability Testing; Exeter : Intellect (1999)• Nielson, Jackob; Usability Engineering; Morgan Kaufmann (2)• Mike Kuniavsky; Observing the User Experience, Morgan Kaufmann (2)• Tom Tullis, Bill Albert, Measuring the User Experience, Morgan, 2013.

About Instructor

Prof. Anirudha Nanasaheb Joshi

Prof. Anirudha Joshi is professor in the interaction design stream in the IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, India. He works in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) design. He teaches HCI and related topics in IIT Bombay and in academic institutions all over India. He was one of the first teachers to introduce usability and ethnographic user studies methods in India.