Evaluation, though often neglected, is a crucial topic. Student prerequisite knowledge None, although it is assumed that the students will have some knowledge of HCI evaluation or else they may be unready to accept the importance of testing real users. Student prerequisite skills It is assumed, although perhaps not wholly essential, that the students will have some experience of HCI evaluation methods, some experience of designing and using questionnaires, and some experience of receiving CBL material themselves. Course level This ATOM has been used at M.Sc. level but there is no obvious reason not to use it at any level, except perhaps for issues of independence and study habits. However planning and executing an evaluation as an autonomous activity, without simpler warmup activities, probably does require previous experience that may not be available except at this level.
Group work The plan is for students to work in groups.
Any size is conceivable. Having several groups in the class allows different designs to be contrasted. Thus this ATOM can probably not be the last activity in a course, and the CBL delivery used as a target cannot be the first thing in a course. More details on the sequence of activities is given elsewhere. Learner activity plan Follow this link for details.