| Date | Topic & Reading | Due |
|---|---|---|
| September 26 Thursday [slides] |
Overview and Iterative Design Gomoll, Kathleen. (1992). Some Techniques for Observing Users. From The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design, 85-90.[local pdf] Rettig, Marc. (1994). Prototyping for Tiny Fingers. Communications of the ACM (CACM), 37(4), 21-27.[local pdf] Nielsen Norman Group. Paper Prototyping: A How-To Video.[local video] |
Iterative Design Lab out Project Proposal out |
| October 1 Tuesday [slides] |
Brainstorming
Pausch, R. Tips for Working Successfully in a Group [local html] Katzenbach, J.R. and Smith, D.K. The Discipline of Teams. [local html] Buxton, B. Sketching User Experiences. pp. 135-151. [local pdf] Fit4Life: The Design of a Persuasive Technology Promoting Healthy Behavior and Ideal Weight. Stephen Purpura, Victoria Schwanda, Kaiton Williams, William Stubler, Phoebe Sengers. CHI 2011. [available online] |
Project Proposal due |
| October 3 Thursday [slides] [1984 Video] [Alan Kay History Video] |
History of HCI Bush, V. As We May Think. Atlantic Monthly. 1945. [available online] |
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| October 8 Tuesday [slides] |
Contextual Inquiry Beyer, H. and Holtzblatt, K. Contextual Design. Chapter 3. [local pdf] Example Contextual Inquiry Reports: [Greenbean] [ParkSmart] |
Iterative Design Lab due Contextual Inquiry out |
| October 10 Thursday [slides] |
Task Analysis, Teamwork, and Sketching Working in groups - Pausch (html) Discipline of teams (html) Task analysis (html) Sketching and Design - Buxton (pdf) |
Task Analysis out |
| October 15 Tuesday [slides] |
Video Prototyping Beaudouin-Lafon, M. and Mackay, W.E. Prototyping Tools and Techniques. [local pdf] Feel free to read the whole thing, but you only need to read through the end of Section 4.1. [Directory of Videos Shown in Class] |
Video Prototype out |
| October 17 Thursday [slides] |
Conceptual Models and Interface Metaphors Norman, D. Design of Everyday Things. Chapter 1. [local pdf] |
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| October 22 Tuesday [slides] [videos] |
Low-Fidelity and Rapid Prototyping Refer back to these again: Gomoll, Kathleen. (1992). Some Techniques for Observing Users. From The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design, 85-90. [local pdf] Rettig, Marc. (1994). Prototyping for Tiny Fingers. Communications of the ACM (CACM), 37(4), 21-27. [local pdf] Nielsen Norman Group. Paper Prototyping: A How-To Video. [local video] And also take a look at this: Snyder, Carolyn. (2003). Paper Prototyping, Chapter 4. [local pdf] |
Contextual Inquiry due Task Analysis and Design Sketches due |
| October 24 Thursday |
Project Presentations | Low-Fidelity Prototype and User Testing out |
| October 29 Tuesday [slides] |
Inspection-Based Methods Lewis, Clayton and Rieman, John. (1993). Evaluating the Design without Users. [local html] Jakob Nielsen. (2005). Heuristic Evaluation.
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Hall of Fame/Shame out |
| October 31 Thursday |
Value Sensitive Design Guest Speaker: Alan Borning Friedman, B., Kahn, P. H., Jr., and Borning, A. (2006). Value Sensitive Design and information systems. In P. Zhang and D. Galletta (eds.), Human-computer interaction in management information systems: Foundations, 348-372. Armonk, New York; London, England: M.E. Sharpe. [PDF] |
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| November 5 Tuesday |
Midterm Review! | Video Prototype Due Interactive Prototype Out Final Presentations out Final Poster out |
| November 7 Thursday |
Midterm | |
| November 12 Tuesday |
Human Performance | Low-Fidelity Prototype due |
| November 14 Thursday |
Remote Testing, Design Patterns, Competitive Analysis | Hall of Fame/Shame due |
| November 19 Tuesday |
Presentations | |
| November 21 Thursday |
TBA | |
| November 26 Tuesday |
Personal Informatics Guest Speaker: Matthew Kay |
Interactive Prototype Due Final Presentation Due |
| November 28 Thursday |
No Class: Thanksgiving | |
| December 3 Tuesday |
Final Presentation | Poster Draft Due |
| December 5 Thursday |
Final Presentations | Final Poster Due |