How to prepare for the examination
Read the netpages of the course and read the corresponding chapters in
the book (Preece). You can also read the corresponding information in the
book by Shneiderman (see the reading list Shneiderman)
If you choose to use the finnish text read the book by Kalimo, it is
not structured in the same manner but contains the necessary information.
How to read the material
Pay attention on the concepts introduced at the course - try to understand
what the concept is and how it can be used in the analysis of interaction
situations.
Introduction:
Tandy Trower: Creating a Well-Designed User Interface (you can borrow the
video at the department)
Basic Concepts (Preece
chapter 1)
Components of HCI (Preece
chapter 2)
General HCI Design - Work
Space (Preece chapter 23)
HCI Design Methods
(Preece chap 17 + 18)
Task Analysis (Preece
chap 20)
Design example
Input Devices 1 Input
Devices 2 (Preece chapter 11)
Output Devices
(Preece chapter 12)
Interaction Styles
(Preece chapter 13)
Windowing systems/basic
windows (Preece chapter 14)
Windowing systems/menus
Windowing systems/controls
Windowing systems/Window
management
Evaluation methods
(Preece Part IV: Chapters 29-34)
Design Guidelines
Some special material worth looking at are
Guidelines for using the forms in html-page design (http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/Docs/fill-out-forms/overview.html)
The Interface hall of
shame (and hall of fame) for good and bad designs