Monsoon Course on HCI 2020

Monsoon Course on HCI 2022 is now open for registration.

IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay announces a 15-day course on human-computer interaction design from May 27, 2020 to June 10, 2020. The course is an exposure to user studies, interaction design, design evaluation and user experience metrics for working professionals.

Update: (April 24, 2020) Because of the travel restrictions and lockdown post Covid19, the Monsoon Course on HCI 2020 will be conducted in a virtual mode. Please note that it will be a synchronous, full time course delivered online. You will attend lectures, ask questions, do assignments, work on projects in groups, make presentations, receive feedback, and do most things that you would have done in a physical course (including a few parties). In order to participate, you need to be able to join from a video conferencing system (mostly Zoom, but we may occassionally use Google Hangouts or Skype). The dates will be the same (May 27 to June 10), but the detailed schedule may vary slightly, based on needs and constraints of online education.

Dates

May 27 to June 10, 2020

Time

9:00 am – 5:30 pm

Venue

~~Jalvihar Guest House, IIT Bombay~~ On Video Conference

Contents

FAQ…

Who should attend?

This course is for you if you are:

A user interface designer with little formal exposure to design
A design professional with experience in another design field and now wants to move to interaction design
A software professional with experience in user interface design, but no formal training
A quality professional in the IT industry, who would like to learn about usability
A product manager responsible for the delivery of software products
An account executive responsible for client interaction in the IT industry
A faculty member in a design school or an engineering college who would like to teach a course on topics such as human-computer interaction, user studies, interaction design or design evaluation.

The course has two main goals. Firstly, it gives participants an exposure to issues, theories, principles and concerns relating to human interaction with interactive products. Secondly, participants get to practice the process and the techniques related to user studies, interaction design and design evaluation. After attending the course, participants should be able to conceptualise, design and evaluate interactive products. Those who are already involved in these activities should be able to improve the quality of their work, and should understand the theory behind what they do. Those responsible for the software development process should be able to make the process in their organizations more user-centered.

Contents and Schedule

Here are the currently planned contents. More contents might be added closer to the date.

Date	Morning	Afternoon
Wednesday, May 27	Introduction and startup Contextual interviews	Practice a contextual interview Analysis and tips Plan and conduct interview 1
Thursday, 28	Work models Interpreting interviews	Interpret interview 1 Share Conduct interview 2
Friday, 29	Consolidation using affinity Other user studies methods Case studies, learning from the field	Interpret interview 2 Conduct interview 3
Saturday, 30	Conduct and interpret interviews
Sunday, 31	Conduct and interpret interviews (optional)	Begin the affinity
Monday, June 1	Layers of user experience Conceptual models User models	Finish the affinity Presentation 1: Findings from user studies
Tuesday, 2	User experience goals Personas	Interaction design scenarios Build personas and scenarios
Wednesday, 3	Patterns, guidelines and standards Heuristics and principles of human-computer interaction	Build personas and scenarios Interaction design case studies
Thursday, 4	Detail out the interfaces	Prototype the design Build a presentation of the design
Friday, 5	Design evaluation	Presentation 2: Personas, scenarios, interfaces Plan evaluations
Saturday, 6	Plan and do evaluations
Sunday, 7	Do evaluations (optional)
Monday, 8	Design process Integrating HCI with software engineering Institutionalising HCI - the challenges in India	Do evaluations
Tuesday, 9	Integrating HCI methods in your work User experience metrics	Redesign
Wednesday, 10	Presentation 3: Findings from evaluations, final design	Feedback, Lessons learnt, Wrap up

Fees

	Industry participants and government organisations	Faculty members*	Full time students#	International participants
Fees	₹ 1,04,000	₹ 49,000	₹ 49,000	₹ 2,08,000

* Only faculty members who are involved with teaching design, HCI or related topics in an educational institute full-time can avail these reduced fees. Visiting or part-time faculty members, those teaching in the industry, freelancers, and those working in the industry need to pay the industry fees.

# Only students who are enrolled in an educational institute for full-time studies can avail these reduced fees. Freelancers, part-time students and those working in the industry need to pay the industry fees.

~~Fees include lunch and refreshments on the weekdays days of the course (excluding Saturdays and Sundays).~~ The fees include the course materials, which will be distributed digitally. The fees are inclusive of 18% GST. ~~Fees do not include accommodation.~~ Please note that TDS need not be deducted towards payments made to IIT Bombay. A certificate to this effect is available on request.

Registration

Before you register, please have handy a scanned copy of your photo-id (e.g. Adhaar card). To register, please follow the following steps:

Please visit https://portal.iitb.ac.in/ceqipapp/home.jsp and click on the link "List CEP/GIAN Courses".
Select CEP/GAIN courses. Search for the "HCI" and click on the "Apply" button below the "Monsoon Course on HCI 2020" course name. Create an account and login. Then fill out the course registration form. You will be asked to submit a photo id. Also, please make sure that you choose the appropriate categoy (academia, government organisation, industry, foriegn national or student).
Your application will be approved (usually within 24 hours), after which you will get an email
Login on https://portal.iitb.ac.in/ceqipapp/home.jsp again, click on "My Courses" and click on the button called "Application Submission Details".
Pay the fees. You could pay by internet banking, credit or debit cards, demand draft (DD), or choose to pay through your company. Internet banking / cards are the fastest (minutes), company payments are the slowest (days). If you choose DD, you will need to have the DD details ready. If you choose to use company payment, please have the name and contact details of the person in the your company who will manage the payment.
After we receive your fees, we will send you a confirmation of your registration.

The above process is demonstrated in this Youtube video (that version is a bit older, but still gives an overview). In case you face any problems, please write to anirudha{at the rate}iitb.ac.in.

Cancellation Policy
If you cancel till April 27, 2020, IIT Bombay will refund 85% of the fees paid (minus GST). If you cancel by May 12, 2020, IIT Bombay will refund 60% of the fees paid (minus GST). There will be no refunds thereafter. However, participant exchange will be allowed till May 25, 2020. For cancellations, please write to anirudha{at the rate}iitb.ac.in.

~~Accommodation~~
Shared accomodation is available in the IIT Bombay guest house for a limited number of participants on a first-come-first-served basis. If you require accommodation, please indicate so when you register. Accommodation costs are not included in the registration fee. Please do not pay the accommodation cost at the time of registration - you need to pay these at the venue.

Additional (and cheaper) rooms may be available in the IIT Bombay student hostels. As of now, we don't have a booking in the student hostels though. Also, please note that the guesthouse rooms are "nicer" than the hostel rooms. To enquire about current hostel options, please write to anirudha{at the rate}iitb.ac.in.

~~Lastly, many commercial accommodation options (including hotels and serviced apartments) are available at various price points quite near the IITB campus.~~

Please do refer to the FAQs. If you need more information please contact anirudha{at the rate}iitb.ac.in.