[Syllabus] [Schedule] [Homework] [Projects] [Resources] [Directory]
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Overview of HCI and course. Getting started on projects. |
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HCI development process (Benyon Ch 1 & 3). Critical Analysis of UIs (Benyon 10.2). Team project brainstorming. |
I1 |
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Humans (Benyon Ch 21 & 25). Team project brainstorming. |
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Doing observational studies (Benyon Ch 2 & 7; Fetterman; Example 1; Example 2). |
I2 |
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Interaction (Benyon Ch 23) GUEST LECTURE: Zessie Zhang & Shuo Zhou |
P1a |
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Requirements analysis: Users & Tasks (Benyon Ch 11), Scenarios (Rosson part of Ch 2), Intro to Usability (Benyon Ch 4). |
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GUI Software Architecture. [Overview][Intro to Java Swing][Intro to Netbeans] |
I3 |
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Design I (Benyon Ch 5 & 9; Rosson Ch 3). |
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Design II (Rosson Ch 4). [CHI1,CHI2,CHI3,example][Swing events.] |
I4 |
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10/10 |
HOLIDAY |
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Design III (Benyon Ch 12). UI Design Layout principles. Interface design guidelines. |
P3 | P4 | ||
| 10/17 | Evaluation (Benyon Ch 10). [Swing layout managers] | I5 |
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| Envisioning (Benyon Ch 8). Paper Prototyping (Rettig, PP1, PP2, PP3). | P4 | P5a | ||
| Intro to usability studies (Nielsen Ch 6). In class paper prototyping rehearsal. Sample user briefing. | P5a | P5b | ||
| 10/26 | Reporting usability test results. Usability report template (usability.gov). | I6 | ||
| 10/31 | Designing for Mobile (Benyon Ch 19). | P5b | P6 |
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| 11/2 | Designing for the Web (Benyon Ch 14)(trends). |
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| 11/7 | Designing Social Interfaces (Benyon Ch 24 & 15). | |||
| 11/9 | Agents and Avatars (Benayn Ch 17). | |||
| 11/14 | CSCW (Benyon Ch 16). Expert evaluation & Heuristic Evaluation (review Benyon Ch 10; Pinelle) | P6 | P7, I7 | |
| 11/16 | Multimodal Interfaces (Benyon Ch 13). Affect (Benyon Ch 22). (Affect in UX) | |||
| 11/21 | Design guidelines in industry (Buie,Theofanos). Design for accessibility (review Benyon 4.2). |
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| 11/23 | HOLIDAY |
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| 11/28 | Usability testing (Review Benyon Ch 10 & Nielsen Ch 6). | P7 |
P8, P9 |
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| 11/30 | Ubicomp & Wearables (Benyon Ch 18 & 20). | |||
| 12/5 | Motivation for Usability (Nielsen Ch 1). Case study (Gould). Review for Final (sample exam) |
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| 12/7 | Final Project Presentations. | P8,P9a | |
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| 12/12 | Final report due. |
P9b |
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| 12/14 |
Final Exam 1-3pm, Forsyth 236 |
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