Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convener
Mark Wiggins
Contact via Email
16 University Avenue, Room 2.367
By Appointment
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to GradCertBusPsy or GradDipBusPsy or MCTerrorism or MCrim or MCyberSecAnalysis or MIntell or MSecStrategicStud
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit will provide students with an introductory knowledge of the role of human factors in new technologies. Practical components of the unit focus on the conduct of usability assessments in identifying and remediating issues that impede human performance. |
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
This assessment task involves a report in which you examine a website of your choice and provide recommendations to address any user experience or usability issues identified.
Your submission should be formulated as an industry report, and must include:
A summary of the outcomes of the investigation (e.g. audit outcomes, user perceptions/expectations, frequency of errors, path summary)
Specific recommendations to improve user experience and the usability of the website.
Completion of the multiple choice questions associated with each video recording is a unit requirement. While it does not carry any weight towards the final mark, the failure to complete the questions successfully may result in failure of the unit.
This task involves an examination of the work that you have covered throughout the semester. The examination is conducted online and is 90 minutes in duration. The responses are short-answer, and questions will be drawn directly from the learning objectives that accompany each class.
Late submissions, without an approved extension, will receive a 5% per day penalty including weekends and public holidays. No late submissions will be accepted more than 5 days after the submission deadline, unless special consideration has been granted. No further submissions will be accepted after the marked assignments are returned and feedback is released to students.
5% of the possible mark will be deducted per 100 words over the word limit for an assessment task. An additional 99 words beyond the limit can be written without penalty.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Fortnightly Quiz questions | 0% | No | Midnight 11/6/22 |
User Experience Report | 50% | No | Midnight 7/5/22 |
Examination | 50% | No | 5.00pm 25/5/22 |
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 4 hours
Due: Midnight 11/6/22
Weighting: 0%
Completion of the multiple choice questions associated with each video recording
Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 48 hours
Due: Midnight 7/5/22
Weighting: 50%
This assessment task involves a report in which you examine a website of your choice and provide recommendations to address any user experience or usability issues identified.
Assessment Type 1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task 2: 48 hours
Due: 5.00pm 25/5/22
Weighting: 50%
Examination of course material
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
This unit consists of alternating on-campus and on-line classes. Where a class in delivered on-line, students will be expected to: (a) Review a 20 minute (approx.) video clip, read the relevant chapter in the textbook together with one or two additional papers, answer questions to a short, on-line quiz, and undertake any activities as directed for that week. Students are expected to attend all scheduled classes. Learning objectives and assessment activities are based on the requirements of a minimum 80% on-campus class attendance. If there are exceptional circumstances where a session must be missed, this will need to be arranged with the unit convener in advance. Failure to do so implies a lack of professionalism.
Textbook: Stone, N.J., Chaparro, A., Keebler, J.R., Chaparro, B.S., & McConnell, D.S. (2018). Introduction to human factors: Applying psychology to design. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press
Readings: Essential readings are prescribed each week (see Topic Notes) and are available via Leganto accessible through the iLearn site for this unit.
Date |
Topic |
Mode |
Reading Requirements |
Assessments |
February 23 |
Introduction to Human Factors |
On-Campus |
Chapter 1 |
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March 2 |
Human Factors in Organisations |
On-Campus |
Chapter 11 (See Topic Notes for Readings) |
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March 9 |
User Experience and Usability |
Online Recording |
Chapter 5 (See Topic Notes for Readings) |
Online Quiz |
March 16 |
Human Factors and Cognition |
On-Campus |
Chapter 7 (See Topic Notes for Readings) |
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March 23 |
Human Factors and Systems Design |
Online |
Chapter 10 (See Topic Notes for Readings) |
Online Quiz |
March 30 |
Human Factors and Workload |
On-Campus |
Chapter 6 (See Topic Notes for Readings) |
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April 6 |
Human Factors Testing |
Online |
Chapter 2 (See Topic Notes for Readings) |
Online Quiz |
April 27 |
Human Factors and Simulation |
On-Campus |
(See Topic Notes for Readings) |
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May 4 |
Human Factors and Work Design |
Online |
Chapter 9 (See Topic Notes for Readings) |
Online Quiz |
May 11 |
Human Factors and Fatigue |
On-Campus |
(See Topic Notes for Readings) |
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May 18 |
Human Factors and Automation |
Online |
Chapter 12 (Section 12.4) (See Topic Notes for Readings) |
Online Quiz |
May 25 |
Examination |
Online |
(See Weekly Learning Objectives) |
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Unit information based on version 2022.03 of the Handbook