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
#1: Re-designing product/App (instructions)
#2: Final Design Project (instructions)