Date |
Topics |
Video
|
PPT |
PDF |
Reading
Due |
Assignment Due |
Tue
9/25 |
Introduction to the Design,
Prototyping, and Evaluation of Human-Computer Interfaces |

Stream |

124 MB |

2.6 MB
|
None |
|
Thur
9/27 |
Designing the Future:
Early Visions of HCI Class
Introductions |
|

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
|

Stream |

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
|

Stream |

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
|
|

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 |

Stream |

48 MB |

1 MB |
Beaudouin-Lafon & MacKay, pp. 1-22
Video
Prototyping Examples
|
|
Tue
10/16 |
Human Abilities
(guest lecture by Prof. Jacob
Wobbrock) |

Stream |

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
|
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#5 Web Site
(Group) |
Tue
10/23 |
Conceptual Models & Interface Metaphors
|

Stream |

19 MB |

1 MB |
Norman Chapter 1
(subset) |
|
Thur
10/25 |
Studio Task #1:
Gestalt Principles [led by Nikki]
|
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Gestalt
Principles from Universal Principles of Design
|
#6 Studio
Task #1 - Gestalt Principles (Individual) |
Tue
10/30 |
Presentations #2: Concept Videos
|
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#7
Concept Video & 3 Sketches (Group) |
Thur
11/1 |
Heuristic
Evaluation (Nikki)
Midterm Course
Evaluation
|
|

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 |

Stream |

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 |
|
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|
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 |
|
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#9 Low-Fidelity
Prototyping and Usability Testing (Group)
Example Consent Form |
Thur
11/15 |
MIDTERM
|
Tue
11/20 |
Visual Design
|

Stream |

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 |

Stream |

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 |
|
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#11 Interactive
Prototype (Group)
#12 Final Presentation (Group) |
Thur
12/6 |
Presentations #4:
Interactive Prototype (cont). |
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#13 Poster (Group)
|
Mon 12/10 |
PROJECT FAIR: PRESENTATIONS & POSTER
SESSION, 10:30-1:00, 045 EEB
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