User-Centred Design & Evaluation
Overview
User-Centred Design & Evaluation provides a comprehensive understanding of the design of interactive multimedia, with particular emphasis on accessible, ubiquitous, engaging and immersive interfaces. Students will examine a range of interactive interfaces and develop methodologies and practices for their evaluation through research and practical study. After completing this unit of study students are expected to have a theoretical and critical knowledge of the principles of interaction and associated heuristics. This subject is also designed to develop generic skills that are applicable to a broad range of disciplines and contexts.
Requisites
Rule
50 credit points of Level 2 Units
OR
GAM20003 Digital Game Prototyping Lab
02-November-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Reflect on the relationship between technology, society, culture and history
- Formulate arguments concerning the relationship between technology and civilization
- Integrate and apply knowledge from specific fields and disciplines such as media ecology, aesthetics, software heuristics, user-centred design and phenomenology in the evaluation of technical objects
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-campus Lecture | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| On-campus Class | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Specified Activities Various | 4.00 | 12 weeks | 48 |
| Unspecified Activities Various | 4.50 | 12 weeks | 54 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment | Individual | 60% | 1,2,3 |
| Hardware Evaluation | Individual | 40% | 1,2,3 |
Content
- Interactive interface design techniques
- Human factors in interaction design
- Interaction design for different platforms and applications
- Cognition and mental models in interaction design
- Evaluating game interactivity
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.