Designing for Human Interaction
MTB620
Overview
To enrol in this unit, you must be accepted into a course from the provider.
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Level of study: What does Postgraduate mean?
Postgraduate
EFTSL: What does EFTSL mean?
0.125
Delivery Method: What does delivery method mean?
Fully Online
Prerequisites: What are the prerequisites?
Duration:
13 weeks
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Domestic student fee:
$2,000.00 (AUD)
International student fee:
$2,225.00 (AUD)
Description
On completion of the unit, the successful student will have acquired an understanding of the key concepts of Human Computer Interaction and how these concepts can be applied to designing both online and offline interfaces for interaction and how such design impacts on a business's competitiveness.
The student should be able to communicate to others the role that Human Computer Interaction (H-CI) can have in the modern business environment. The student should be able to relate the H-CI and design theories to practice, and discuss sensibly the implications of these theories within a given business context.
Enrolment Restriction
In order to enrol in this unit, you must be accepted into one of the following courses:
- Graduate Certificate of Technology (Business Systems)
- Graduate Diploma of Technology (Business Systems)
- Master of Technology (Business Systems)
If you wish to seek approval to enrol in this unit without being accepted in a course, please contact OUA regarding the process.
Prerequisites
Equivalent units
You cannot enrol in this unit if you have successfully completed any of the following unit(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
- MTB130 — H-CI and Web Design for Competitive Advantage
Assessment
- Assessment — Task (20%-30%)
- Assignment 1 — Individual (20%-30%)
- Assignment 2 — Group/individual (40%-50%)
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this unit students will be able to:
- demonstrate an awareness of the changing business environment and how information technology is playing a major role in that change
- understand social concepts and organisational concerns as necessary for designing interaction with organisational systems
- review and apply basic design processes of H-CI models including, web design, applications design and mobile applications design to users, user tasks, information and systems
- develop and implement basic designs using at least one common design tool according to an industry accepted design and development process
- demonstrate an awareness of the changing expectations for interaction in an online and mobile environment.
Topics
This unit addresses the following topics.
| Number | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to online business concepts |
| 2 | Social networks and social interfaces |
| 3 | Practical elements |
Study Resources
This unit is delivered using the following methods and materials:
Instructional Methods
- Chat rooms
- Discussion Forum/Discussion Board
- Online Quizzes/Tests
- Online assignment submission
- Podcasting/Lecture capture
- Standard Media
- Web links
Textbook information for this unit is currently being updated and will be available soon. Please check back regularly for updates. Alternatively, visit the Unibooks website and enter the unit details to search for available textbooks.
Relevant Courses
This unit is a core requirement in the following courses:
- Graduate Certificate of Technology (Business Systems), Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Graduate Diploma of Technology (Business Systems), Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Master of Technology (Business Systems), Swinburne University of Tnlgy
This unit may be eligible for credit towards other courses:
- Many undergraduate courses on offer through OUA include 'open elective' where any OUA unit can be credited to the course. You need to check the Award Requirements on the course page for the number of allowed open electives and any level limitations.
- In other cases, the content of this unit might be relevant to a course on offer through OUA or elsewhere. In order to receive credit for this unit in the course you will need to supply the provider institution with a copy of the Unit Profile in the approved format, which you can download here. Note that the Unit Profile is set at the start of the year, and if textbooks change this may not match the Unibooks textbook list.
