Usability, Privacy and Security

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of usability and user interface design related to privacy and security mechanisms in web-based systems. This is an emerging field of study that integrates theories and methodologies from usability, with modern techniques regarding privacy and security settings in web-based systems. The course covers models and methods involved in the design and evaluation of privacy and security features, as well as the design of user evaluation studies to assess the usability of these features. The emphasis of the course is on the practical understanding and application of usability principles to the design of usable privacy and security interface elements.