Date |
Topics |
PPT |
PDF |
Reading Due |
Assignment Due |
Thur
9/25 |
Introduction to the Design, Prototyping, and Evaluation of Human-Computer Interfaces |
7.5 MB |
1.5 MB
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None |
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Tue
9/30 |
History of HCI
Class Introductions
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4.7MB |
500 KB |
As We May Think by Vannevar Bush
optional: Tools For Thought Ch 9 (Engelbart Demo) |
#1 Project Proposal (Individual) |
Thur
10/2 |
Choose Project Groups
Design Discovery: Contextual Inquiry
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4.3MB |
850 KB |
Chapter 3 of Contextual Design
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Tue
10/7 |
Design Discovery: Task Analysis
Working as a Team
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2.8 MB |
559 KB |
Chapter 3 of The Design of Sites
The Discipline of Teams
optional: Lewis & Reiman Chapter 2 |
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Thur
10/9 |
Design Sketching
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1.9 MB |
875 KB |
Pg. 35-51 from Buxton's Sketching User Experiences
Tips for Working Successfully in a Group by Randy Pausch
optional: Hektner, J. M., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2002). The experience sampling method: Measuring the context and content of lives
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#2 Contextual Inquiry (Group) |
Tue
10/14 |
Video Prototyping
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2.5 MB |
299 KB |
Beaudouin-Lafon & MacKay, pp. 1-22
Video Prototyping Examples
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Thur
10/16 |
Presentations #1 |
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#3 ESM & Task Analysis (Group) |
Tue
10/21 |
Human Abilities
(guest lecture by Prof. Julie Kientz)
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1.3 MB |
524 KB |
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 |
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Thur
10/23 |
Conceptual Models & Interface Metaphors |
2.3 MB |
736 KB |
Norman Chapter 1 (subset) |
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Tue
10/28 |
Heuristic Evaluation
Watch Videos! |
1 MB |
475 KB |
Lewis & Rieman 4.3-4.4
Nielsen HE chapter (read 5 links under "Jakob Nielsen's Online Writings on Heuristic Evaluation") |
#4 Three Sketches & Video Prototype (Group) |
Thur
10/30 |
Design Patterns (web, mobile, ubicomp)
Midterm Course Evaluation
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7.2 MB |
2.4 MB |
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
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Tue
11/4 |
Low-fi Prototyping
Discuss Midterm Evaluation |
5.76 MB |
834 KB |
Snyder, Paper Prototyping, Ch. 4
Discussion of guidelines for user observation
By Kathleen Gomoll and Anne Nichol |
#5 Simple Heuristic Evaluation (Individual) |
Thur
11/6 |
Work on Project in Class
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VETERANS DAY
(but please do reading)
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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 |
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Thur
11/13 |
Presentations #2 |
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#6 Low-Fidelity Prototyping and Usability Testing (Group)
Example Consent Form |
Tue
11/18 |
MIDTERM
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Thur
11/20 |
Visual Design
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Mullet & Sano, Designing Visual Interfaces, Ch. 2 and Ch. 5 |
#7 Hall of Fame and Shame (Individual) |
Tue
11/25 |
Work on Projects during Class (staff will meet with your team) |
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Thur 11/27 |
THANKSGIVING |
Tue
12/2 |
User Testing
Final Course Evaluation
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Appendix A from The Design of Sites
Gomoll paper
optional: Statistica Ch1, and parts of Ch3
optional: Lewis & Rieman Ch. 5 |
#8 Interactive Prototype (Group) |
Thur
12/4 |
Work in Class |
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#9 Poster (Group) -- due Fri
#10 Final Presentation (Group) -- due Fri |
Mon 12/8 |
PROJECT FAIR: PRESENTATIONS & POSTER SESSION, 10:30-1:00, 037 EEB
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