10 October 2025
Link to Slides Accessibility and inclusive design Why design accessible interfaces Different types of accessibility considerations
03 October 2025
Link to Slides Error Prevention Exercise Types of Errors What happens when something goes wrong? How can we reduce chances of error? Resources
30 September 2025
Link to Slides Feedback Mechanisms What is feedback Why do ergonomic systems need feedback? Qualities of effective feedback Feedforward Resources
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Link to Slides Error Recovery Root cause analysis five whys Error recovery Cognitive load and reducing cognitive load Resources “Design an Error Message” (20 mins) Show students scree...
27 September 2025
Intera Link to Slides Ergonomics Lecture 6 27 September Interaction Design Laws Exercise Laws of UX Fitt's Law Hick's Law Tesler's Law Jakob's Law Von Restorff...
26 September 2025
Link to Slides Ergonomics Lecture 5 26 September.pdf Mental Models Class discussion: How to read a paper Mental Models Reducing mental effort and improving comprehension in interfaces ...
19 September 2025
Link to Slides Ergonomics Lecture 4 19 September.pdf Attention Attention Memory Working memory and longterm memory Resources What are the Gestalt Principles? IxDF The Magical Num...
12 September 2025
Link to Slides Ergonomics Lecture 3 12 September.pdf Cognitive Ergonomics Cognition Visual Cognition Gestalt Exercise Gestalt in Interfaces Resources What are the Gestalt Princi...
29 August 2025
Link to Slides Ergonomics Lecture 2 29 August.pdf Physical Ergonomics Why study ergonomics? Anthropometry Body measurements and percentile data Using anthropometry for design decision...
22 August 2025
Link to Slides Ergonomics Lecture 1 22 August.pdf Introduction (What is Good Design?) Examples of designed objects Signifiers Affordances Why ergonomics matters Reading “Don’...
06 January 2025
See also: Syllabus · Grading Class schedule Fridays, 10am 12:15pm (unless rescheduled) Lecture 1 Introduction (What is Good Design?) 22 August 2025 · 10:00am Lecture 2 Physical Ergonomics...
Preparation Two Types of Errors: Slips and Mistakes Read page 170185 of The Design of Everyday Things Activity We will discuss the chapter in class and each student will talk about 2 pages. 17...
Activity (1 hour) Find as many laws of UX as you can, and read about them. Each student picks 1 law Where did the law originate? Was it a research paper? If yes, find the paper and do a lev...
Activity (15 min) Find an app or website that you think is poorly designed. Identify which gestalt principles are used or violated in the design. Redesign the layout using pen and paper in ...
Objective Make anthropometry tangible: see how measurements vary even in a small group. Apply the “5th–95th percentile” design rule to a real dataset. Visualize how chairs/tables must be ad...
Activity (15 min) Find an app/website you use regularly. Everyone should pick a different one. Analyse it using what we discussed about attention today. What is the app drawing your attent...
Keep feedback respectful and focused on the work, not the person. We’re all here to learn. If you liked something, call it out! If you don’t, try and explain why. You can use “I wonder…” or “Ha...
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About this Website This website documents some of the material I shared with students as part of the UCD & UX 1 Course on Ergonomics (Physical and Digital course I taught at JSID/Ecole Int...
See also: Lectures · Grading Subject Code: UCD & UX 1 Course Title: Ergonomics: Physical and Cognitive August to December 2025 Course Objective: Understand, apply, identify, design, and i...
Charu Pragya for helping with course structure, examples, grading, and planning learning objectives.
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