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King Faisal University
College of Computer Sciences and Information Technology
Human Computer Interaction
Assignment No. 1
Assignment title: Writing an essay
Individual Assignment
DATE SET:15/1/2019(Week 2)
DATE OF SUBMISSION 🙁 Week4)Last lecture
ASSIGNMENT VALUE :5%
Instructor: Dr. Amna Asif
Submission to dr.amna.asif@gmail.comor Dropbox.
And Hardcopy
Also Submit ithenticate report, in case of failure you will lose1%marks.
It is required to submit both soft and hard copy of assignment to Instructor
You are required to submit ithenticate plagiarism report with the final submission.
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You will lose 1% marks in case of not submitting the ithenticate report.
Softcopy should be saved as HCIEssay_Name_ID_Section.docx
Aim:
To investigate the performance, search strategies and resources used by students searching for a certain topic in Human Computer Interaction.
Learning outcomes:
Individual work can develop skills to ensure ability and compatibility.
Gain knowledge and experience
Develop critical reading/writing and self-learning skills
Improve student ability to explore, define, analysesa HCI topic and report it.
Assessment criteria:
The majority of marks are awarded for the critical analysis, quality of content and the essay structure; moredetailed criteria are provided in the attached marking sheet for this assignment.
Description of assignment:
This assignment requires you to write an essay ( 1000 words <its length > 1500 words). The essay title will be chosen by you from the following topics:
| Topics: |
| 1. Tangible interfaces for Leaning Systems
2. Designing photobook from the photos collection. 3. Usable privacy for public displays 4. Smartphone sensors applications for everyday health activities 5. Modern car navigation systems applications such as Interactive Map Widgets for Location-centric Interactions 6. Smart technologies in learning management systems 7. Shape changing interfaces the latest trends and technology 8. Toward Health Information Technology that Supports Overweight/Obese users for their food and fitness and addressing Emotion- and Stress-Related Eating 9. Food CHI (Human Computer Interaction) 10. Usable interfaces for social interaction 11. Wearable computing such digital jewelry (new trends) 12. Virtual reality headset User experience 13. Ubiquitous computing (Internet of things) 14. HCI 4D (Human computer interaction in socio-economic development) a. Computing in community based services 15. Middle eastern HCI and user experience 16. Material Design 17. Human computer interaction for data visualization techniques of complex information representation 18. Accessibility application (Dyslexia learner, Autistic learner, visually impaired, learner with writing difficulties ) 19. HCI for sensor-based technology such as Kinect 20. HCI support tools (such as programming, prototyping, evaluation tools) 21. HCI in game interfaces 22. Modern HCI applications in health domain. 23. Privacy and security in Human computer interaction 24. Usable interfaces of disaster management systems. 25. Interactive Embroidery for E-textiles 26. Crowdsourced Design and Evaluation of Biological Network Visualizations 27. Any topic with the permission of Instructor |
The essay is expected to follow a certain set of criteria. They are defined and explained below.
Description of marking criteria:
Marks will be awarded (or deducted) for the quality of written English, the adequacy of the bibliography and citations. However, the following criteria can help you to know how to write your essay.
| Criteria | Expected to be seen | Marks |
| A clear, brief and effective introduction
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Introduction is effective, no more than 250 words, no references;it covers the essay topics, written clearly. | 10% |
| Background of the topic | Easy to read, consistent, lead to assignment title | 15% |
| Critical analysis | Sufficient information, critically analysed, follow a clear logic, information are from a wide range of resources, ability to connect between the information you have found and the task you have been asked to do | 35% |
| Structure | A clear introduction, body and conclusion. Written formally, references used as evidence to back up the points you make. Information should be cited in a proper way. | 20% |
| Presentation | This includes correct grammar, spelling and sentence structure
Note: assignment should be double spaced and use a 12 point font |
10% |
| References | Up to date, different resources ( usually 10 to 15 references) | 10 % |
| Total | 100% |
Results explanation:
Results are explained as followed.
| Mark | Criteria | Explanation | |
| 90-100 | Excellent |
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| 80-90 | Very good | Significant number and range of sources; all sources appropriately cited; high level of accuracy in referencing. Very good level of critical writing, good use of literature and informative content | |
| 70 – 80 | Good |
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| 60-70 | Pass |
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| Below 60 | Fail |
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Note:
- Up to date and Useful references will be provided mostly from journal papers, conference papers, books, technical reports, magazines etc.
- Drafts can be checked during week 6
- Plagiarism is strictly prohibited. If plagiarism exceed 20% that will result in zero marks.Use only ithenticate for plagiarism checking.
- Students have the right to discuss the results and explain their opinions
- One topic could be selected by one group in the class i.e. maximum 4
- The class leader is responsible for providing me the name with selected topic of whole class.
- Late submission will result in marks deduction -2. If the students will be late in submitting both hard and soft copy the instructor have right to deduct the marks.
- The students combing web based project and HCI project should select the relevant topic.
- The report should be submitted with title page then 2nd page should printed with the criteria of “Description of marking criteria”.
