COMP1649 (2022/23) Human Computer Faculty Contribution: 100% of

Collabs Interaction and Header ID: course

Design
Module Leader: Coursework Deadline Date:
Dr. Annemarie 25/11/2022
Zijlema
This coursework will be marked anonymously
YOU MUST NOT PUT ANY INDICATION OF YOUR IDENTITY IN YOUR SUBMISSION

This coursework should take an average student who is up-to-date with tutorial
work approximately 50 hours

Feedback and grades are normally made available within 15 working days of the
coursework deadline
Learning Outcomes:
1 Deploy theory, design principles, tools and methodologies to implement and
evaluate human- computer interactions;
2 Carry out design research to inform development of systems and applications;
3 Construct and create prototypes of human-computer interactions;
4 Demonstrate the origins of ideas by correctly citing and referencing sources used
in the work.

Plagiarism is presenting somebody else's work as your own. It

includes: copying information directly from the Web or books without
referencing the material; submitting joint coursework as an individual
effort; copying another student's coursework; stealing coursework
from another student and submitting it as your own work. Suspected
plagiarism will be investigated and if found to have occurred will be
dealt with according to the procedures set down by the University.
Please see your student handbook for further details of what is / isn't
plagiarism.

All material copied or amended from any source (e.g. internet, books) must
be referenced correctly according to the reference style you are using.

Your work will be submitted for plagiarism checking. Any attempt to

bypass our plagiarism detection systems will be treated as a severe
Assessment Offence.

Coursework Submission Requirements

 An electronic copy of your work for this coursework must be fully

uploaded on the Deadline Date using the link on the coursework
Moodle page for COMP1649.
  For this coursework you must submit a single PDF document. In
general, any text in the document must not be an image (i.e. must not
be scanned) and would normally be generated from other documents
(e.g. MS Office using "Save As .. PDF"). An exception to this is hand
written mathematical notation, but when scanning do ensure the file
size is not excessive.
 For this coursework you must also upload a single ZIP file containing
supporting evidence.
 There are limits on the file size (see the relevant course Moodle
page).
 Make sure that any files you upload are virus-free and not protected
by a password or corrupted otherwise they will be treated as null
submissions.
 Your work will not be printed in colour. Please ensure that any pages
with colour are acceptable when printed in Black and White.
 You must NOT submit a paper copy of this coursework.
 All courseworks must be submitted as above. Under no
circumstances can they be accepted by academic staff
 All mid-fidelity prototypes for this module must be submitted
as Axure file or in an open format such as HTML, CSS and
Javascript unless agreed with the module leader otherwise.
Submissions of prototypes submitted in other formats or as
proprietary file types from other prototyping tools will not be
accepted and marks for the prototype will be reduced to 0.

The University website has details of the current Coursework Regulations,

including details of penalties for late submission, procedures for
Extenuating Circumstances, and penalties for Assessment
Offences. See https://docs.gre.ac.uk/rep/sas/academic-regs

Detailed Specification
You have been commissioned to create a report and a prototype of a new
interactive product for skiers on the ski slopes. The basic brief you have been
given for the product is that it should enable skiers to track and view their skiing
activity (e.g. statistics and route taken) and view the snow conditions (e.g. a
weather forecast) at the mountain location they are. The scope of the prototype
should be limited to these two main areas. You are asked to create a proof of
concept for the interactions of this system to see if users find it usable and
desirable. The basic brief is open for interpretation, and you can and should
design desirable interactions as you see fit based on your background readings
and your research activities.

You need to define the audience for your product. Your design and research
activities need to be in alignment with that choice and a justification for all your
assumptions and design decisions need to be provided. You need to create a
 mid-fidelity prototype that enables people to experience at least the core
interactions that are available in your system in an interactive manner.

You are not required to do any material studies or create a physical prototype of
the device but you need to provide an interactive digital prototype demonstrating
the interface and interactions of your system (activity tracking and snow
conditions / weather forecast) and explain how one interacts with its
components in your report. Your writing needs to be supported by at least
12-15 academic references (journal papers, conference papers, academic
books - not blogs or online tutorials or the like). References ought to be
formatted in Harvard style.

 Deliverables
o Report of 2000-3000 words uploaded as a pdf file.
o Mid-fidelity prototype uploaded in a zip file.

The prototype should be submitted as an Axure file or in an open format such as HTML, CSS and
Javascript unless agreed with the module leader otherwise.

Assessment Criteria

Report

Professional writing style, language use, and formatting. Appropriate referencing in

Harvard style of relevant background literature (journal papers, conference papers,
academic books) throughout the report. The quality and relevance of the included
resources and their suitability to support your writing are important.
5%

Evidence that appropriate research activities have been carried out to generate
requirements for the Interaction prototype. Relevant background literature (e.g.
cognitive psychology, interaction design theory) needs to be integrated. There needs to
be a clear link, documentation and justification for each core requirement of the
proposed solution.
20%

A presentation of the proposed solution demonstrating how the requirements have

been met. Also the five dimension of interaction design and their application to the
coursework task are discussed. Include a brief discussion for each dimension and
suitable visual representations.
15%

A detailed proposal for an empirical research study that uses your interactive prototype
to test at least one assumption that you have made when designing your prototype. In
this step you need to present the design of a research study including the question(s) or
hypothesis that your research study attempts to investigate, who the participants of
 your study will be, how the study will be run and how you will analyse the data. You do
not need to run the study but you need to create all necessary instruments and
documentation that is required for a usability expert to run the study.
20%

A conclusion drawing together the key facts, critical reflections on the limitations of the
work that has been carried out and a discussion of potential future work if the project
would be developed further. The conclusion needs to go beyond repeating what has
been said elsewhere and show a clear vision of what the next steps for such a project
would be.
10%

Mid-fidelity prototype of an interaction device

Clear links between coursework report and the corresponding prototype so that design
decisions are well documented.

Evidence of the effective and successful application of Interaction Design principles to

create a prototype that can be used to test core concepts of your design and that is
suitable as a learning tool for researchers and designers. Specific consideration is to be
given to the concept of five dimension of interaction design and their implementation.
30%
 Criteria for 80-100 70-79 60-69 50-59 40-49 30-39 0-29
Assessment Exceptional Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Fail Fail
Application of Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates very Demonstrates There is satisfactory There is a lack of There is hardly
Interaction Design exceptional excellent good understanding overall a good evidence that at understanding of any engagement
Theory and systematic systematic of Interaction Design understanding of least some Design Theories, with relevant
understanding of understanding of Theories, Processes Interaction Design Interaction Design Principles and theory, principles
Principles of
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Interaction design
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design task. All design task. All relevant theory and literature.
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methodologies to exceptional excellent effectively in the
implement and understanding of understanding of design process.
evaluate human- relevant theory and relevant theory and
computer interactions; HCI best practices. HCI best practices.
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