Human Factors

Human Factors in Design - SYDE162 (Spring 2022)

Lectures Content

Syllabus (Course Outline, Weekly Outline, Departmental Expectations)

  • W1L1, Introduction to Human Factors in Design (slides, TED-HCD reading)

  • W1L2, Human Factors Goals and Areas, Systems and Accidents (slides)

  • W2, Analysis: Risk, Activity and Error (slides)

  • W3, Design Guidance: Flow, Task, Decision Analysis (slides)

  • W4, Evaluation Methods: Simulation, Fault Tree, Operational Sequence (slides)

  • W5, User Modeling: Contextual Inquiry, User Personas (slides, PersonasTemplates)

  • W6, User Experience: Prototyping and testing, UX Metrics and Biometrics (slides)

  • W7, Cognition: Brain myths, perception, memory and attention (slides)

  • W8, Physical: Vision & System, Sound & Noise, Other Senses (slides)

  • W9, Ethics, Usability and Inclusive Design (slides)

Tutorial Content

  • Design thinker profile (materials)

  • Diagraming: Risk, Activity, Error

  • Homunculus and BrainMapping (NeuroVRLab)

Assignments