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Human-Computer Interaction 4 + 5 + 6
HCI at University of Zürich
16
Computer Science
Undergraduate 1
01/04/2017

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What types of prototypes exist?
Definition
[image]
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What are brainstorming challenges?
Definition
[image]
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Brainstorming ++
Definition
1. individual brainwriting
2. Group brainstorming
3. Change perspective with external stimulit
4. repeat
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Discoverability
Definition
ability to discover what a product does, how it works and what operations are possible
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Conceptual model
Definition
highly simplified explanation of how a product works, based on several assumptions (model breaks when assumptions not met -> problems while using the product)
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Can the conceptual model change?
Definition
Yes, change between persons and within persons (e.g. over time when you learn new things about a product)
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System image
Definition
what the user perceives about the system
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How are system image and conceptual model connected?
Definition
If system image is incoherent, incomplete or contradicting -> erroneous conceptual model -> usability problems
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What makes a good conceptual model?
Definition
- Affordance
- Signifier
- Feedback
- Mapping
- Constraints
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How are conceptual model and discoverability connected?
Definition
If there is a good conceptual model, people find out how it works (discoverability)
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Affordance
Definition
relationship between a physical object and a person
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Signifier
Definition
mean of signaling the presence of the affordance
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Feedback
Definition
how the product communicates the results of an action to the user
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Mapping
Definition
how the relationship between the controllers and the controlled is shown
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What are attributes of feedback?
Definition
- single or multi channel (visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile)
- consistent or contradicting
- immediate or delayed
- informative or ambiguous
- ambient, obvious or obtrusive, distracting
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What are attributes of Mapping?
Definition
- spatial correspondance
- cultural convention
- biological nature
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