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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 : ( Week 4) Last lecture

ASSIGNMENT VALUE : 5%

Instructor: Dr. Amna Asif

Submission to [email protected] or Dropbox.

And Hardcopy

Also Submit ithenticate report, in case of failure you will lose 1%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.

https://app.ithenticate.com/en_us/login

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, analyses a HCI topic and report it.

Assessment criteria:

The majority of marks are awarded for the critical analysis, quality of content and the essay structure; more detailed 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:

Tangible interfaces for Leaning Systems
Designing photobook from the photos collection.
Usable privacy for public displays
Smartphone sensors applications for everyday health activities
Modern car navigation systems applications such as Interactive Map Widgets for Location-centric Interactions
Smart technologies in learning management systems
Shape changing interfaces the latest trends and technology
Toward Health Information Technology that Supports Overweight/Obese users for their food and fitness and addressing Emotion- and Stress-Related Eating
Food CHI (Human Computer Interaction)
Usable interfaces for social interaction
Wearable computing such digital jewelry (new trends)
Virtual reality headset User experience
Ubiquitous computing (Internet of things)
HCI 4D (Human computer interaction in socio-economic development)
1. Computing in community based services
Middle eastern HCI and user experience
Material Design
Human computer interaction for data visualization techniques of complex information representation
Accessibility application (Dyslexia learner, Autistic learner, visually impaired, learner with writing difficulties )
HCI for sensor-based technology such as Kinect
HCI support tools (such as programming, prototyping, evaluation tools)
HCI in game interfaces
Modern HCI applications in health domain.
Privacy and security in Human computer interaction
Usable interfaces of disaster management systems.
Interactive Embroidery for E-textiles
Crowdsourced Design and Evaluation of Biological Network Visualizations
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	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

Well-judged selection of range of sources; all sources appropriately cited; referencing consistently accurate. Very interesting arguments, very good of use of resources, very clear logic followed. Informative content, good use of English.

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

Significant number of sources; all sources cited; only minor inaccuracies in referencing. Good critical writing and content

60-70

Pass

Satisfactory number and range of sources; most sources cited; some minor inaccuracies in referencing, and content. Descriptive writing.

Below 60

Fail

Unsatisfactory number and range of sources; many sources not cited; major inaccuracies in referencing, poor writing and content.

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 students.
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”.