Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics

University of Aveiro

Human-Computer Interaction

2025/2026 – 2nd Semester

LECI / LEI

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Slides TP1

New versions of the slides will be available along the semester

Introduction to the course; Paper presentation guidelines

Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction. Usability and User Experience. Usability principles and paradigms

The user: Human Information Processing System (HIPS); Mental models and conceptual models 

Introduction to the design of interactive systems

Interaction Styles: Menus, direct manipulation, Other interaction styles

Other models for Design

Input devices, Output devices

Evaluation methods

Screen Layout. Color usage

S/W patterns for interactive systems

3D User interfaces: Introduction to Mixed Reality

Main bibliography:

- Sharp, H., J. Preece, and Y. Rogers, Interaction Design- beyond Human-Computer Interaction, 6^th ed., Wiley, 2023

https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/interaction-design-6th/9781119901099/cover.xhtml

- Shneiderman, B., C. Plaisant, M. Cohen, et al., Designing the User Interface- Strategies for Effective Human–Computer Interaction, Pearson, 6^th edition, 2016

- Gonçalves, D., M. J. Fonseca, P. Campos, Introdução ao Design de Interfaces, FCA, 2017

- A. Dix, J. Finlay, G. Abowd, R. Beale, Human-Computer Interaction, 3rd edition, Prentice Hall, 2003

- Soegaard, M. and, Rikke Friis, D.(eds.). The Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd Ed.. Aarhus, Denmark: The Interaction Design Foundation.
https://www.interaction-design.org/encyclopedia/interaction_design.html

Online playlist with other books: https://learning.oreilly.com/playlists/33cfa275-b19d-4919-9959-a2e52e1bece7/