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0809-3 Human-Computer Interaction, lp3, TDA288

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1. How many hours per week did you spend on this course?

71 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		31		43%
Around 20 hours/week»		22		30%
Around 25 hours/week»		8		11%
Around 30 hours/week»		8		11%
At least 35 hours/week»		2		2%

Genomsnitt: 1.98

- None didnt follow course» (?)
- mostly exercises and assignment.» (At most 15 hours/week)
- The lectures were horrible!» (At most 15 hours/week)
- Just reading a few pages before coming to the exercise were enough prep for the most part. » (At most 15 hours/week)
- Around 15 hours per week» (At most 15 hours/week)
- Did pretty much all the work for my group.» (Around 30 hours/week)
- Workload is ok, not too much but enough to get all part of the course.» (Around 30 hours/week)
- Very much towards the end» (Around 30 hours/week)

2. How large part of the teaching offered did you attend?

72 svarande

0%»		3		4%
25%»		20		27%
50%»		12		16%
75%»		21		29%
100%»		16		22%

Genomsnitt: 3.37

- I took the course last year but went to the exercises» (0%)
- None didnt follow course» (0%)
- It wasn"t relevant to complete the course.» (0%)
- The lectures had nothing to do with the exercises» (25%)
- I only attented the exercises since they where optional. The lectures seemed meaningless, the ppts was hard to follow since there were a lot of text, and "a red thread" couldn"t be found» (25%)
- jag gick på föreläsningarna i början men insåg att det var lönlöst.» (25%)
- The lectures was almost impossible to follow and did rarely seem relevant. » (25%)
- Jag har varit på övningstiderna. » (25%)
- I felt the lectures were not that relevant and did not focus on the course content» (25%)
- Stopped going to the lectures after the first week» (25%)
- Had a compulsory lecture at the same time» (50%)
- Couldnt atake the classes on thursday due to clash with a core course. » (50%)
- About half of the lectures and all but the last exercise» (50%)
- I attended the first lectures, but it soon became clear that the information was not very relevant and could be read exactly the same on the web page if desired..» (75%)
- there are too many slides in the lecture, hard to remember all....» (75%)
- Nearly 100%» (100%)
- I attended all lectures.» (100%)

Goals and goal fulfilment

3. How understandable are the course goals?

I have not seen/read the goals»		31		43%
The goals are difficult to understand»		8		11%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		15		20%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		18		25%

Genomsnitt: 2.27

- None didnt follow course» (I have not seen/read the goals)
- The goals changed in the last part of the course, from 5 to 6 required "lab" reports and then back to 5.» (The goals are difficult to understand)
- I still don"t understand what the purpose of the course was.» (The goals are difficult to understand)
- There was confusion over whether or not all six exercise reports had to be accepted (the web page still says so). We have no information on what can be done, should we fail to pass the assignment.» (The goals are difficult to understand)

4. Are the goals reasonable considering your background and the number of credits?

45 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»		4		8%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		41		91%
No, the goals are set too high»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.91

- None didnt follow course» (?)
- As mentioned, "I have not seen/read the goals"» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)
- känns som att målen är simpelt specifiserade.» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)

5. Did the exercises assess whether you have reached the goals?

No, not at all»		5		9%
To some extent»		20		37%
Yes, definitely»		22		40%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		7		12%

Genomsnitt: 2.57

- the exercises and lectures do not correspond and does not benefit from each other.» (No, not at all)
- Some of them were a bit silly, like the wannabe businessmen. » (To some extent)
- unclear what to write» (To some extent)
- The exercise was the only thing that made the HCI concrete, and most of them even seemed unecessary.» (To some extent)
- Though I did not really learn anything from them, it was all old knowledge to me.» (To some extent)
- The exercises do not cover every detail but I think the exercises were really good.» (To some extent)
- Often, we received very little (if any) comments. Since the most important aspect of our exercise reports was our reflections, the lack of feedback made it difficult to determine whether we, in fact, had reached the goals.» (To some extent)
- övningarna var väldigt bra och det var där man lärde sig allt.» (Yes, definitely)
- The excercises were really good» (Yes, definitely)
- None didnt follow course» (I don"t know/have not been examined yet)

6. Did the project/assignment assess whether you have reached the goals?

No, not at all»		4		6%
To some extent»		26		44%
Yes, definitely»		21		36%
I don»		7		12%

Genomsnitt: 2.53

- The assignment lets you focus on some parts and techniques learned in the course. However it also lets you filter out parts of the course that would not be useful in your assignment so both yes and no are valid answers.» (To some extent)
- I think there should have been more supervision on the assignment. » (To some extent)
- Maybe? I haven"t seen any feedback on the assignment yet (except for the draft checklist).» (To some extent)
- Really good way to examine the course. Made you interested to learn stuff on the course, so you could apply it on your project. More courses should use this method.» (Yes, definitely)
- The project allowed us to invoke all the knowledge we learned during the course. Moreover it was a good team work practice.h» (Yes, definitely)
- Hard to say haven"t had any tutoring while writing or had it graded yet.» (I don)
- None didnt follow course» (I don)

Teaching and course administration

7. To what extent have the regular lectures been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		38		53%
Some extent»		22		30%
Large extent»		10		14%
Great extent»		1		1%

Genomsnitt: 1.63

- None didnt follow course» (?)
- Went to the three first, didn"t know whether to laugh or to cry.» (Small extent)
- The lectuers sucked. morten used a microphone but didn"t talk through it. Morten doesn"t have updated the slides on the page before the lecutres. When he talks with unsecure voice. he is not a lecturer. » (Small extent)
- de var riktigt dåliga, bara ett upprabblande av olika designade produkter, men ingenting om varför de var bra eller dåliga eller hur man skulle veta att de var bra eller dåliga.» (Small extent)
- Unstructured, lecturer seemed unfamiliar with teaching language (English), to much information in too little time.» (Small extent)
- Föreläsningarna var mycket dåliga och därför slutade jag att gå på dem.» (Small extent)
- No extent at all.» (Small extent)
- The lectures were very confusing, mostly a lot of slides that were not well tied to the exercises. I stopped going after a while.» (Small extent)
- There were too many films! Often it seemed like the most "important" part of the lectures was to showcase various state-of-the-art interfaces.» (Small extent)
- they taught me names of methods i already knew how to use...» (Some extent)
- Nice examples of technical advance in the field. Often too many slides though and a maybe a bit more on the methods that are to be used in the exercises.» (Some extent)

8. To what extent has the guest lecture TIBCO-Spotfire been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		24		34%
Some extent»		30		42%
Large extent»		12		17%
Great extent»		4		5%

Genomsnitt: 1.94

- None didnt follow course» (?)
- Did not attend it.» (?)
- Didnt go.» (Small extent)
- Could not attend due to sickness» (Small extent)
- Werent there» (Small extent)
- var inte där» (Small extent)
- This is the only lecture that I did not attend to.» (Small extent)
- Good lecture.» (Some extent)
- Though it was rather boring.» (Some extent)
- It was interesting to hear about HCI being used in the real-world, but the lecturers were not very experienced and failed to excite.» (Some extent)
- It was very interesting» (Large extent)

9. To what extent has the guest lecture HCI and games been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		30		45%
Some extent»		20		30%
Large extent»		11		16%
Great extent»		5		7%

Genomsnitt: 1.86

- None didnt follow course» (?)
- Did not attend it.» (?)
- Didnt go.» (Small extent)
- basically none» (Small extent)
- Werent there» (Small extent)
- deltog ej» (Small extent)
- var inte där» (Small extent)
- I did not attend» (Small extent)
- When we had the exercise with the "business-pitch" I learned more in 3 hours than I learned during the whole course.» (Large extent)

10. To what extent has exercise 1, Paper prototyping of PDA navigation system, been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		8		11%
Some extent»		22		30%
Large extent»		27		38%
Great extent»		14		19%

Genomsnitt: 2.66

- None didnt follow course» (?)
- Only thing I learned was that there is something called paper prototyping. I still don"t know what PDA stands for (did check google at the exercise though).» (Small extent)
- används ens detta idag?? » (Small extent)
- Seemed to be a joke, but afterwards you can see to upsides with it» (Some extent)
- This was one of the better exercises, and one of the easiest concepts to grasp.» (Some extent)
- Didn"t expect it to be that efficient» (Great extent)
- And it was fun!» (Great extent)

11. To what extent has exercise 2, Evaluation of an interactive system, been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		14		20%
Some extent»		22		31%
Large extent»		25		35%
Great extent»		9		12%

Genomsnitt: 2.41

- None didnt follow course» (?)

12. To what extent has exercise 3, Task analysis for interface (re-)design, been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		15		21%
Some extent»		26		36%
Large extent»		20		28%
Great extent»		10		14%

Genomsnitt: 2.35

- None didnt follow course» (?)
- Didn"t participate (was busy with vinterkräksjukan).» (Some extent)

13. To what extent has exercise 4, TIBCO-Spotfire on information visualization, been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		20		28%
Some extent»		21		29%
Large extent»		25		35%
Great extent»		5		7%

Genomsnitt: 2.21

- None didnt follow course» (?)
- Could not attend due to sickness» (Small extent)
- Was sick, could not attend.» (Small extent)

14. To what extent has exercise 5, Monator, been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		11		15%
Some extent»		13		18%
Large extent»		23		32%
Great extent»		23		32%

Genomsnitt: 2.82

- None didnt follow course» (?)
- This was the worst exercise i ever been at.» (Small extent)
- We were told that the most important part of the exercise session was the pitch of our design, not the design itself. Frankly, the point of this is beyond me - we are taking a course on HCI, not marketing or public relations skills. For the report, the most important part apparently was the reflection on the exercise itself (descriptions of our design were prohibited) but the feedback I received was basically no more than "ok"...» (Small extent)
- What to write?» (Some extent)
- det framgick inte vad själva målet var med övningen förr än den det var redovisningar. målet var att sälja sin produkt medan vi trodde att det var att konstruera en bra och genomtänkt produkt. det var väldigt många som hade misstolkat. handledarna var också oense på flera punkter och tystade ner varandra vilket var lite underligt.» (Some extent)
- It was a bit confusing. The brief on what you were expected to do could have been a lot clearer.» (Some extent)
- Probably the best exercise, but there was too much to do in too little time.» (Some extent)
- This exercise were the only lesson when I learned any thing at al during this course» (Great extent)
- Enda bra i hela kursen» (Great extent)
- Very good with Erik and Jonas, try and have them again on the next run.» (Great extent)
- Really great, the only thing worth learning in this course» (Great extent)

15. To what extent has exercise 6, Fitts" Law, been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		25		36%
Some extent»		23		33%
Large extent»		14		20%
Great extent»		7		10%

Genomsnitt: 2.04

- None didnt follow course» (?)
- did not do it.» (?)
- Didnt do it» (Small extent)
- deltog ej» (Small extent)
- I think overall that the exercises were very good for learning. Unfortunately due to shortage of time I did not submit a report on this last exercise but it was a good exercise nonetheless.» (Large extent)
- Seemed very realistic since a company was present giving their own feedback.» (Great extent)
- Nice with a well founded, old technique that still seems to work great.» (Great extent)

16. To what extent has the oral project/assignment/turoring been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		18		26%
Some extent»		29		42%
Large extent»		19		27%
Great extent»		3		4%

Genomsnitt: 2.1

- haven"t been anything oral??» (?)
- None didnt follow course» (?)
- did not attend» (?)
- har inte haft någon» (Small extent)
- Should be two part-way hand ins of the assignement or some form of guidance meetings with a tutor.» (Small extent)
- ???» (Small extent)
- Just a mess, hard to know to do. » (Small extent)
- Never recieved any assignment tutoring.» (Small extent)
- As for the exercises, this made at least something about the course concrete» (Large extent)
- We did not ask many questions, but got straight answers when we did.» (Large extent)

17. To what extent has the written feedback (both on exercises and on project/assignment) been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		35		50%
Some extent»		15		21%
Large extent»		16		23%
Great extent»		3		4%

Genomsnitt: 1.81

- Very short but positive comments. Only once a constructive improvement suggestion, don"T know if they really where nice or if some improvement could have been mentioned :-)» (?)
- None didnt follow course» (?)
- Was way to early for our group. Would be better to do this when the groups want instead of having a strict deadline (since many groups work practical the first few weeks, and then just work with writing).» (Small extent)
- Wasn"t given much feedback» (Small extent)
- Few tips on improvements. Lack of constructive feedback» (Small extent)
- got good feedback from tommaso but the rest was quite wothless » (Small extent)
- To get rejected because of not explaining what the exercise was about, when it was the lectures who had made it seemed really silly. This is however not a personal vendetta, just one case so I can explain better how they seemed to accept/reject on most obscure things The feedback on the assignment was good so that you could know what you HAD to write to get the assignment accepted» (Small extent)
- There barely was any feedback at all at the exercises, so what was the whole point with them? More on the assignment but it was all a bit messy.» (Small extent)
- Very little feedback, and took a while to get it.» (Small extent)
- Har knappt fått någon sådan. När vi lämnade in vårt halvfärdiga assignment fick vi inte ens svar på de frågor vi hade ställt.» (Small extent)
- Mostly the comments only said, good report I do however understand that with so many students you can"t really give extensive feedback on every report.» (Small extent)
- Feedback has been very short and not that informative. For the excercises I don"t think it"s necessary with more, but the project would benfit from it.» (Small extent)
- Sometimes it would be great if you have more feedback than just work done or not.» (Small extent)
- There wasnt much feedback.. for example last one just said "work done"» (Small extent)
- What written feedback? We never got any. We got a paper that was filled in with comments that said nothing about the project itself and on the assignments it was just "Ok, good work." or "Fix this:" nothing else.» (Small extent)
- There was very little feedback on exercises, sometimes just a "work done" or similar. The written feedback for the assignment consisted only of a checklist and was of absolutely no use.» (Small extent)
- I have made comments on this above.» (Small extent)
- Good feedback first week but later on in the course the only reply I recieved after one report was "work done". Not good at all!» (Small extent)
- only on the assignment. The exercise feedback was often, good! or nice job!» (Large extent)

18. To what extent has other feedback been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		29		42%
Some extent»		31		45%
Large extent»		7		10%
Great extent»		1		1%

Genomsnitt: 1.7

- None didnt follow course» (?)
- Vilken feedback?? Enda bra feedback vi fått var när killarna som höll i exercise 5 var där.» (Small extent)
- What feedback is intended here?» (Small extent)
- Didn"t get any.» (Small extent)
- See above.» (Small extent)
- Feedback in the exercises» (Large extent)

19. To what extent has the course literature and other material been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		38		54%
Some extent»		17		24%
Large extent»		13		18%
Great extent»		2		2%

Genomsnitt: 1.7

- Only used the lecture slides, which where quite a good summary» (?)
- None didnt follow course» (?)
- Opened the book twice - that was a well-spent ~500kr... not.» (Small extent)
- Book wasn"t very good.» (Small extent)
- none, as i did never open the book.» (Small extent)
- The book was of little to no use, and the exercises used material from other books. Should not be listed as compulsory material.» (Small extent)
- pdf slides have been to some help» (Small extent)
- Didnt buy the book» (Small extent)
- Den har inte använts nånting!! Man blir stulen på 600 spänn genom att köpa den» (Small extent)
- Jag köpte ingen kurslitteratur» (Small extent)
- Didn"t buy the book» (Small extent)
- I didn"t buy the book, I felt it was enough just being tentive during lectures and exercises.» (Small extent)
- Did not even buy the book» (Small extent)
- I am not even sure we hade course litterature.» (Small extent)
- Useless I wasted money buying it.» (Small extent)
- since the lectures was worthless the book has given some knowledge in the field» (Some extent)
- The book is good but to heavy to read.» (Some extent)
- The book covers a loty of interesting material» (Large extent)
- I found the book a quite tedious read, but still, it did go through a lot of stuff, often in lots and lots of detail.» (Large extent)

20. How well did the course administration, web page, handouts etc work?

Very badly»		11		15%
Rather badly»		11		15%
Rather well»		42		59%
Very well»		7		9%

Genomsnitt: 2.63

- None didnt follow course» (?)
- Web page never updated.» (Very badly)
- Course website was unfriendly to use! comic.. the website wasn"t updated and didn"t match with what morten said.» (Very badly)
- The course website was a mess, and some things wasn"t even updated. Bad Human-Computer Interaction on this website. Just to find the exercise notes took me half an hour» (Very badly)
- en interaktions designs kurs som har den värsta layouten någonsin. de borde göra cognitive walkthrough på den, väldigt svårt att hitta det man letade efter plus att det var ett väldigt fult tema.» (Very badly)
- Dåligt uppdaterad» (Very badly)
- one example is the 5 or 6 exercise to complete the course. I still dont know if you needed to do 5 or 6 exercises. » (Very badly)
- I dont even know where to begin.... The site is a mess. Its extremly hard to find. its annoyingly hard to ready and its a poor design. The site is not updatet at all. Morten says one thing at a lecture and the site says another thing. You can never be sure on what to do.» (Very badly)
- It would have worked better if the information was the same all over instead of shifting from time to time without no reason to do so. I am still unsure if we actually did not have a "tentamen" for this course.» (Very badly)
- The course site is that ugly I don"t want to look at it!» (Rather badly)
- The overhead"s on the course web-page was never up to date.» (Rather badly)
- Conflicting information on what we were required to do (see notes on exercise reports above). We had to ask whether we were supposed to send the assignment in via e-mail and paper copies in addition to using Fire - as the web page states. This was to be changed on the page we were told, but it still isn"t. Also there is mention of an "Important Dates and Times" item, but I can"t find any link to this.» (Rather badly)
- I would prefer to have the current slides in advance.» (Rather well)
- You should not have to log in to Fire to find out about hand in dates. The should be in the schedule or somewhere else were they are easy to find.» (Rather well)
- Alright. Could"ve been a better home page since the course is about human-computer interaction.» (Rather well)

Study climate

21. How were the opportunities for asking questions and getting help?

Very poor»		3		4%
Rather poor»		5		7%
Rather good»		20		28%
Very good»		27		38%
I did not seek help»		16		22%

Genomsnitt: 3.67

- None didnt follow course» (?)
- Läraren var inte hjälpsam och ville svara på frågor. Han tyckte att det var för mkt specialhjälpsamhet när jag frågade något. Efter det frågade jag inte mer.» (Very poor)
- Alright, could be done during the exercises. Maybe by email? Didn"t really do it that much since we got most of the info we needed from the assignment draft feedback.» (Rather good)
- svarade alltid på mail inom en rimlig tid.» (Very good)
- Fast email contact and also time between or after lectures. Great!!» (Very good)

22. How well has cooperation between you and your fellow students worked?

Very poorly»		3		4%
Rather poorly»		5		7%
Rather well»		32		45%
Very well»		30		42%
I did not seek cooperation»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.27

- None didnt follow course» (?)
- bad planing and different ambission levels» (Very poorly)
- Lazy peers.» (Rather poorly) (den här kommentaren har blivit redigerad i efterhand)
- In the exercises the cooperation worked out very well. In the assignment however, planning didn"t work out very well but that was only our own fault.» (Rather well)
- One of our group members had other courses which were an issue at some times.» (Rather well)

23. How was the course workload?

Too low»		1		1%
Low»		5		7%
Adequate»		55		78%
High»		8		11%
Too high»		1		1%

Genomsnitt: 3.04

- None didnt follow course» (?)
- high towards the end, but managable» (Adequate)
- The workload was good, but the lectures were really bad. » (Adequate)
- Most of the workload was on reading course litterature and writing reports. The time it took to write reports differed by alot.» (Adequate)
- Was rather high since I had to do everything. Their collective work was 0.5 of a page with unusable material. Guess their workload was rather low though.» (High)

24. How was the total workload this study period?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		3		4%
Adequate»		33		48%
High»		28		41%
Too high»		4		5%

Genomsnitt: 3.48

- None didnt follow course» (?)
- many hand-ins... and lineary algebra took a great deal of time» (High)
- Two courses with multiple weekly submissions that has to be done gets stressful.» (High)
- Read 3 courses instead of the normal 2.» (High)
- Math also took alot of time!» (High)
- Had a tough core course in Biomedical engineering. Was part of groups in botth the subjects where some or all of my members were not contributing. Otherwise the workload was manageable.» (Too high)

Summarizing questions

25. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		23		32%
Fair»		12		16%
Adequate»		19		26%
Good»		13		18%
Excellent»		4		5%

Genomsnitt: 2.47

- None didnt follow course» (?)
- could have been improved a lot through adding more content» (Poor)
- The course ruins a interresting subject.» (Poor)
- I don"t understand how its possible make a pretty interesting subject, to such a uninteresting and boring course. The things the teacher talks about makes no sense and its impossible to hear what he says. The different hand leaders on the exercises have different rules and requirements and its different hand leaders every week who handle your report. Its A LOT TO MUCH focus on that you should have the right font and that the text should be divided in to columns and so on. And the report have to be EXACTLY one page no more no less. In my opinion they should focus on the content and not on these things. This just makes you angry went you get rejected because you had the wrong font in your text. » (Poor)
- The worse course I"ve ever been on ever since daycare. Unstructured and fuzzy» (Poor)
- I had high expectations of the course, the worse for me. I would not recommend it to anyone.» (Poor)
- This is a course that you should only take if you"re really interested in the subject matter, it should not be compulsory. Because if you"r not interested in this course you wont get anything out of it, period.» (Poor)
- Det är pinsamt att den här kursen finns på chalmers. Det är ju egentligen en jätterolig och jättebra kurs. Jättetråkigt att den görs så dåligt» (Poor)
- No clear reason why we should learn this and most things where just stating the obvious» (Poor)
- Maybe you could have use for this, but not at the first year. Lectures need to be better planned, you cant rush through 45 slides in 10 min... » (Poor)
- You can not have a course built for a "tentamen" and then change the grade setting part to a project without changing the course itself. And even if it would have been changed I doubt that the course would have been much better. This is wierd though as one of the best master programs are the one that focus on HCI.» (Poor)
- It is a difficult subject to teach no doubt, but I think many people walked away rather confused. There was too much stuff being discussed during lectures, and too vague exercises/assignments.» (Poor)
- övningarna var jätte bra och gav väldigt mycket. så också rapporterna. Assignment var godkännd men det kännes som att man mest skrev för att få ihop 6 sidor än att göra bra analyser och skriva en bra raport. 6 sidor i storlek 10 är väldigt mycket och inte jätte mycket vägledning. föreläsningarna gav absolut ingenting, vilket jag blev väldigt besviken över eftersom jag har sett fram emot denna kursen.» (Fair)
- Even though i probably will use the knowledge that i have gained from the course the lectures could be better. The exercises where pretty good.» (Fair)
- Adequate leaning towards good. Mainly thanks to good exercises.» (Adequate)
- Pointless lectures about virtual reality etc. Good exercises and interesting assignment.» (Adequate)
- I never had a course were lectures and exercises were so well adjusted. Great! Also the exercises were fun and I learned a lot. » (Excellent)

26. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

27. What should definitely be changed to next year?

28. Additional comments