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Course Outline, Class Notes Links, and Assignment Due-Date Calendar
Project assignments, with appropriate deliverables and dates for their completion are given below. These dates are firm, with at least the up-front expectation that there will be no extensions or exceptions. It is nearly impossible to slip dates and still get it all done in the semester.
Class notes: This is a pdf version of the entire set of class notes. You can print it all at once, or one unit at a time (by printing the appropriate page range).
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Week #
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Day
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Date
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Topic
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Class notes |
Text
Chapters |
Project Assignment / Due Date
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# Weeks
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1
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Tu
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8/24
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Introduction, demographic survey, Life Cycle |
1: Intro, p. 1,
2: Life cycle, p. 8 |
1 & 4
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-
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Th
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8/26
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Life Cycle, Systems Analysis, product concept statement, form teams |
3: Systems analysis,
p. 16 |
5
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-
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-
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2
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Tu
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8/31
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Systems Analysis, exercises |
-
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-
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-
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Th
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9/2
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Systems Analysis exercises, Design |
4: Design, p. 47
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5
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1.0
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3
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Tu
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9/7
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Scenarios & Screen Design, exercise |
-
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-
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-
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-
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Th
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9/9
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Scenarios & Screen Design show & tell Benchmark Tasks, Usability Specifications |
5: Usability specs,
p. 71 |
8
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-
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-
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4
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Tu
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9/14
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Benchmark Tasks, Usability Specifications, exercise, show & tell |
-
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-
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Project 2: Systems Analysis |
1.5
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Th
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9/16
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Rapid Prototyping, exercise |
6: Rapid prototyping,
p. 93 |
9
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-
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-
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5
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Tu
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9/21
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Rapid Prototyping exercise |
-
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-
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-
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-
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Th
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9/23
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Usability evaluation (Intro) |
7: Evaluation intro,
p. 108 8: Evaluation before, p. 115 9: Evaluation during, p. 131 |
10
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Project 3: Scenarios, Screen Design, and Early Prototype |
1.5
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6
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Tu
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9/28
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Usability evaluation (During data collection) |
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-
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-
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Th
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9/30
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Introduction to the HCI (Usability Methods Lab) DCART UE-support tools demo Data collection demo (The NY Ticket Kiosk) |
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7
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Tu
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10/5
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Usability evaluation (During data collection) team exercise |
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-
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-
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-
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Th
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10/7
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Usability evaluation (After data collection) |
10: Evaluation after,
p. 142 |
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-
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-
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8
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Tu
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10/12
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Usability evaluation (After data collection) team exercise In-class exercise Kiosk RP & evaluation show & tell |
-
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-
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Project 4: High-Fidelity Prototype and Usability Specifications |
2.5
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Th
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10/14
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Team (outside) project prototype demos (in-class overview) |
-
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-
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Team (outside) project prototype demos (detailed task-driven demos for GTA): all teams |
-
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9
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Tu
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10/19
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User Action Framework, design guidelines (1-28) |
11: Guidelines, p. 158 |
2
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Team (outside) project prototype demos (detailed task-driven
demos for GTA): all teams
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Th
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10/21
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User Action Framework, design guidelines (29-50) |
- |
-
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Team (outside) project prototype demos (detailed task-driven demos for GTA): all teams 6:30 PM: Deadline for team (outside) project prototype grading with GTA |
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10
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Tu
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10/26
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User Action Framework, design guidelines (51-55), Usability guidelines exercises, Usability Inspection |
12: Guidelines exercises, p. 186 13: Usability inspection, p. 192 |
-
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- |
-
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Th
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10/28
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Web usability |
14: Web usababillty, |
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-
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11
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Tu
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11/2
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Usability problem analysis |
15: Usability Problem Analysis, p.217 |
-
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3.0
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Th
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11/4
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Usability problem analysis |
- |
-
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-
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12
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Tu
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11/9
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Project 7: Oral Presentation: Team 1 Human-to-human communication, Wrap up |
16: Human-to-Human Communication, p.223 17: Wrap up, p.225 |
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Project 7: Oral Presentation |
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Th
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11/11
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Project 7: Oral Presentations: Teams 2, 3, 4 |
- |
-
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Project 6: Design Iteration (Teams 5, 6, 7) Project 7: Oral Presentations (Teams 2, 3, 4) |
1.5
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13
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Tu
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11/16
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Project 7: Oral Presentations: Teams 5, 6, 7 |
-
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-
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Project 6: Design Iteration (Teams 1, 2, 3, 4) Project 7: Oral Presentations (Teams 5, 6, 7) |
2.0
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Th
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11/18
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Open |
- |
-
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- |
-
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Thanksgiving Break Week - Enjoy your turkey, cheeseburger,
tofu, or wherever!!
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Tu
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11/30
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Review and Faculty Evaluation (attendance required) |
- |
12
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-
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Th
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12/2
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Open |
- |
-
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-
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-
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15
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Tu
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12/7
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Open |
-
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-
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- |
-
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????
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12/??
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Final Exam |
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