Cornell University Ergonomics Web

The following notes supplement the materials presented in class, the course text and the readings.

Downloadable Course notes

The following notes from the actual class slideshows can be downloaded in .pdf format. These notes will be made available as material is developed. To read these notes you will need to have Adobe Acrobat (Version 5+) or Acrobat Reader (Version 5+) installed (this is available free at http://www.adobe.com):

• Course Overview
• Behavioral and Cognitive Methods
• Systems design
• Direct observation methods
• Subjective methods
• Interface Design
  • Designing Accessible Web Sites (Link to ITTATC web site)
  • Elements of Web interface design
  • Web style guide
  • Web interface design - Usability issues
• Usability
• Ergonomic Work Analysis
• Task analysis methods
• Posture analysis
  • Posture targeting methods (JSI, REBA, RULA)