CS3724 Fall 2000
Course Outline and Project Due Date Calendar
This is the approximate chronological order in which material will be covered.  It is mandatory for you to bring your class notes to every class. 

You are responsible for knowing where our class discussions are in the class notes and setting your own reading pace to keep ahead enough to be prepared for class discussion and activities.  There will be numerous quizzes, often unannounced, to assess how well you are keeping up.
 
Week Date Topic Project Assignment / Due Date
1 22 August
Introduction
Life Cycle
  
2 29 August Life Cycle

Systems Analysis

  
3 5 September
Systems Analysis
 9/5 Project 1: Topic, Client and High-Concept Statement
4 12 September Scenarios & Screen Design 9/14 Project 2: Systems Analysis
5 19 September
Scenarios & Screen Design
  
6 26 September Rapid Prototyping 

Benchmark Tasks

 9/28 Project 3: Scenarios, Screen Design
7 3 October
Benchmark Tasks 

Evaluation (Intro)

Evaluation before Data Collection

  
 8 10 October Evaluation During and After Data Collection 

Benchmark Tests
9  17 October  Interaction Design Guidelines

Web Intro, Guides, UAF-Guides

 10/17 Project 4: Benchmark Tasks and Prototype

Prototype Demos Outside class
10 24 October Interaction Design Guidelines

Web Intro, Guides, UAF-Guides

  
11 31 October
Interaction Design Guidelines:Web Intro, Guides, UAF-Guides

Usability Inspection
12 7 November
User Action Framework Demos

Usability Concept Classification
13 14 November Project Presentations 11/14 Project 5: Formative Usability Evaluation Groups that are doing presentations on this day will have until 5:00 pm on 11/15 to turn the project in.

11/14 Project 6: Oral Project Presentations by Groups 1, 2, 3, 6

11/16 HW#1 is due. People in groups that are doing presentations on this day will have until 5:00 pm on 11/17 to turn the HW in.

11/16 Project 6: Oral Project Presentations by Groups 4, 5, 7, 9
   
Thanksgiving Break
  
14 28 November Project Presentations 11/28 Project 6: Oral Project Presentations by Groups 10, 11, 12, 13

11/30 HW#2 is due. People in groups that are doing presentations on this day will have until 5:00 pm on 12/1 to turn the HW in.

11/30 Project 6: Oral Project Presentations by Groups 14, 15, 16, 17 
15 5 December Wrap-up and Review 

Faculty Evaluations (attendance required)

 12/5 Project 7: Team Member Evaluations
  8 December FINAL EXAM, 7:45AM (Friday)  FINAL EXAM