CPSC 481: Foundations of HCI

James Tam (instructor)

CPSC 481: Midterm exam information

Grades

 

Approximate breakdown of marks by topic

Section

 

Approximate percentage of the exam

Introduction

    6%

Task-Centered system design

  29

User-Centered design and prototyping

  27

Qualitative evaluation

  25

Small screen mobile devices

  6

The Psychology of everyday things (only the section "Pyschopathology of Everyday Things" will be included on the midterm - excludes "Psychology of Everyday Things" and the analysis of "Quirky Designs"

  6%

Sources of exam questions include the lecture notes, the assigned readings as well material that was covered in the lecture which is not available through any of the other sources.

 

The role of the required readings with respect to the midterm