Instructor
Tobias Heffelaar, M.Sc.
Noldus Information Technology BV
Wageningen The Netherlands

Benefits
This course offers participants an intensive half-day course in video technology, software tools and integrated solutions for field and lab studies. After this course you will be up to date with the latest proven techniques, tools and best practices for data collection in HCI research or usability testing. If your next project is a field study, a focus group or a usability lab test, attend this course to learn how to select the right tool for the job, and how to put it to optimal use.

Origins
Previously taught at CHI 2004, CHI 2005, MobileHCI’05, CHI 2006, and CHI 2007.

Topics that will be covered in the course, are:

• Digital video recording and screen capture, storage and retrieval
• Designing a usability lab
• Observational data collection
• Eye tracking
• Physiological data acquisition
• Multimodal measurements

Audience
HCI researchers and usability practitioners (usability engineers, UI designers, usability testers) working in academia or industry.

Presentation
Classroom lectures, group exercises and hands-on training.

Instructors’ background
Tobias Heffelaar received a M.Sc. in social science information technology from the University of Groningen. Since 1998 he has been working for Noldus Information Technology as a usability engineer, trainer, and consultant. He has extensive experience in setting up software and hardware tools for HCI research and usability testing, and training users.

Website: www.noldus.com/chi2007/course