Lecture Calendar, Slides, & Due Dates

Tuesday & Thursday, 10:30-11:50, EEB 045

Date

Topics

Video

PPT

PDF

Reading Due

Assignment Due

Tue
9/25

Introduction to the Design, Prototyping, and Evaluation of Human-Computer Interfaces

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PowerPoint
124 MB


2.6 MB

None

Thur
9/27

Designing the Future: Early Visions of HCI

Class Introductions

 

PowerPoint
64 MB


1 MB

As We May Think by Vannevar Bush

optional: Tools For Thought Ch 9 (Engelbart Demo)

#1 Project Proposal (Individual)

Tue
10/2

Choose Project Groups

Problem Finding

Working as a Team

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PowerPoint
8 MB


8 MB

Chapter 3 of The Design of Sites

The Discipline of Teams

 

Thur
10/4

Design Discovery: Contextual Inquiry

Design Discovery: Task Analysis

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PowerPoint
32 MB


1.5 MB

Chapter 3 of Contextual Design

optional: Lewis & Reiman Chapter 2

#2 Problem Finding & Research (Group)

Tue
10/9

Design Exploration

  PowerPoint
107 MB

2 MB

Pg. 35-51 from Buxton's Sketching User Experiences

Tips for Working Successfully in a Group by Randy Pausch

#3 Contextual Inquiry & 1st Sketches (Group)
Thur
10/11

Video Prototyping &
Concept Videos

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PowerPoint
48 MB

1 MB

Beaudouin-Lafon & MacKay, pp. 1-22

Video Prototyping Examples

 

 
Tue
10/16

Human Abilities

(guest lecture by Prof. Jacob Wobbrock)

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1 MB

1 MB
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 #4 Task Analysis & Sketches (Group)
Thur
10/18

Presentations #1 CI/TA/Sketches

     

 

#5 Web Site (Group)
Tue
10/23

Conceptual Models & Interface Metaphors

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PowerPoint
19 MB

1 MB

Norman Chapter 1 (subset)

 
Thur
10/25

Studio Task #1: Gestalt Principles [led by Nikki]

     

Gestalt Principles from Universal Principles of Design

 #6 Studio Task #1 - Gestalt Principles (Individual)

Tue
10/30

Presentations #2: Concept Videos


   


#7 Concept Video & 3 Sketches (Group)
Thur
11/1

Heuristic Evaluation (Nikki)

Midterm Course Evaluation

  PowerPoint
5 MB


1 MB

Lewis & Rieman 4.3-4.4

Nielsen HE chapter (read 5 links under "Jakob Nielsen's Online Writings on Heuristic Evaluation")

 

Tue
11/6
Early Stage Prototyping video icon
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PowerPoint
7 M

1 MB
"Making a Paper Prototype" (Ch 4) from Paper Prototyping by Carolyn Snyder

Discussion of guidelines for user observation
By Kathleen Gomoll and Anne Nichol
#8 Simple Heuristic Evaluation (Individual)
Thur
11/8
Work on project in class      

Chapter 4 of The Design of Sites

What do Prototypes Prototype? by Houde and Hill

Optional: The Perils of Prototyping by Alan Cooper

 
Tue
11/13

Presentations #3:
Lo-Fi Prototype & Test

   

 

#9 Low-Fidelity Prototyping and Usability Testing (Group)

Example Consent Form

Thur
11/15
MIDTERM

 

Tue
11/20

Visual Design

 

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PowerPoint
5 MB

1.4 MB

Mullet & Sano,Designing Visual Interfaces, Ch. 2 and Ch. 5

#10 Hall of Fame and Shame (Individual)
Thur 11/22
THANKSGIVING
Tue
11/27

User Testing


Final Course Evaluation

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PowerPoint
10 MB

1.3 MB

Appendix A from The Design of Sites

Discussion of guidelines for user observation
By Kathleen Gomoll and Anne Nichol

optional: Statistica Ch1, and parts of Ch3

optional: Lewis & Rieman Ch. 5

 
Thur
11/29


Meet & work with your project team
Tue
12/4
Presentations #4:
Interctive Prototype
        #11 Interactive Prototype (Group)
#12 Final Presentation (Group)
Thur
12/6
Presentations #4:
Interactive Prototype (cont).
       

#13 Poster (Group)

 

Mon 12/10

 

PROJECT FAIR: PRESENTATIONS & POSTER SESSION, 10:30-1:00, 045 EEB

 


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