Date |
Topics |
PPT |
PDF |
Reading Due |
Assignment Due |
Thur
9/27 |
Introduction to the Design, Prototyping, and Evaluation of Human-Computer Interfaces |
5.55 MB
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Tue
10/2 |
History of HCI
Class Introductions
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4.7 MB
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As We May Think by Vannevar Bush
Tools For Thought Ch 9 (Engelbart Demo)
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#1 Project Proposal (Individual) |
Thur
10/4 |
Design Discovery
Choose Project Groups
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4.4 MB
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Chapter 3 of The Design of Sites
Chapter 3 of Contextual Design
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Tue
10/9 |
Context-based ESM: Guest lecture and Q&A by Jon Froehlich
Phone handout & MyExperience Overview
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8.6 MB
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Hektner, J. M., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2002). The experience sampling method: Measuring the context and content of lives
Lewis & Reiman Chapter 2
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#2 Hall of Fame and Shame (Individual)
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Thur
10/11 |
Human Abilities
Working as a Team
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871 KB |
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Ch. 2: The Human Information Processor, from The Psychology of Human-Computer Interaction By Stuart K. Card, Thomas P. Moran, & Allen Newell, 1983, pp. 23-83
The Discipline of Teams
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Tue
10/16 |
Video Prototyping
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2.7 MB |
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Beaudouin-Lafon & MacKay, pp. 1-22
Tips for Working Successfully in a Group by Randy Pausch
Video Prototyping Examples
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Thur
10/18 |
Presentations #1
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#3 Contextual Inquiry, ESM & Task Analysis (Group) |
Tue
10/23 |
Conceptual Models & Interface Metaphors
Ubiquitous Computing (make-up later)
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2.6 MB |
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Norman Chapter 1 (subset)
Mark Weiser SciAm Article |
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Thur
10/25 |
Low-fi Prototyping |
8.2 MB |
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Snyder, Paper Prototyping, Ch. 4
Discussion of guidelines for user observation
By Kathleen Gomoll and Anne Nichol
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Tue
10/30 |
Heuristic Evaluation
Midterm Course Evaluation
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757 KB |
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Lewis & Rieman 4.3-4.4
Nielsen HE chapter (read 5 links under "Jakob Nielsen's Online Writings on Heuristic Evaluation") |
#4 Video Prototype (Group)
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Thur
11/1 |
Design Patterns (web, mobile, ubicomp)
Discuss Midterm Evaluation
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7.3 MB |
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Chapter 2 of The Design of Sites
Patterns C2, K2, H1, B4, M2, M3 from The Design of Sites
"E13 - Notification on Access of Personal Data" pattern from the Digital Home patterns
"B6 • FIND A FRIEND" pattern from the Ubicomp Pre-Patterns |
#5 Simple Heuristic Evaluation (Individual) |
Tue
11/6 |
MIDTERM
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Thur
11/8 |
Work on Project in Class
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Tue
11/13 |
Rapid Prototyping Tools
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7.2 MB |
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Chapter 4 of The Design of Sites
What do Prototypes Prototye? by Houde and Hill
Optional: The Perils of Prototyping by Alan Cooper |
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Thur
11/15 |
Presentations #2
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#6 Low-Fidelity Prototyping and Usability Testing
Example Consent Form |
Tue
11/20 |
Visual Design
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6.6 MB |
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Mullet & Sano, Designing Visual Interfaces, Ch. 2 and Ch. 5 |
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Thur 11/22 |
THANKSGIVING |
Tue
11/27 |
User Testing
Final Course Evaluation |
4.5 MB |
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Appendix A from The Design of Sites
Gomoll paper
Statistica Ch1, and parts of Ch3
Lewis & Rieman Ch. 5 |
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Thur
11/29 |
Work on Projects during Class (staff will meet around building)
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#7 Interactive Prototype (due on Friday at 5 PM -- online) |
Tue
12/4 |
In class work on summary HE Location change: CSE 022 Lab |
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#8 Project HE (individual)
#9 Project HE (group) |
Thur
12/6 |
Final Presentations & Project Fair
10:30 AM-1:30 PM (JHN 175) |
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#10 Project Poster (group) - due Wed.
#11 Final Presentation |
Mon 12/10 |
FINAL EXAM 10:30-12:20, EEB 037
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