CS3724 Calendar

CS 3724, Fall 2004: Course Calendar

The classes alternate between lecture and group-based class activities. The lectures are roughly based on the chapters in Usability Engineering, but often introduce other material that you will also be responsible for in exams. The UE chapters are required reading.

Homework and Project assignments are due in class on W/Th. Hall-of-Fame/Shame Presentations are done according to project teams:

Week	M/T (Lecture)	M/T Presentation	W/Th (Activity)	W/Th Presentation	Readings	Project due (W/Th)	Homework due (W/Th)
Aug 23 Week 1	Introduction		SBD overview		UE, Ch. 1		1 - UI comparison
Aug 30 Week 2	Requirements		Team Building Exercise		UE, Ch. 2	1 - Teams
Sep 6 Week 3	Design		Link Up	Team 1	UE, Ch. 3		2 - UCS task analysis
Sep 13 Week 4	Information Visualization	Team 2	Requirements Review	Team 3	UE, Ch. 7.2	2 - requirements
Sep 20 Week 5	Formative Evaluation	Team 4	Vis design	Team 5	UE, Ch. 4		3 - Vis tool
Sep 27 Week 6	Design		MID-TERM EXAM		UE, Ch. 5
Oct 4 Week 7	Programming		Programming	Team 6		3 - design and formative
Oct 11 Week 8	Midterm Presentations		Midterm Presentations			4 - midterm presentation
Oct 18 Week 9	Programming	Team 7	Programming	Team 8			4 - Applet
Oct 25 Week 10	Info Vis Nav.	Team 9	Perception	Team 10
Nov 1 Week 11	Evaluation	Team 11	project demos		UE, Ch. 7	5 - implementation
Nov 8 Week 12	Evaluation	Team 13	Exper. statistics	Team 14 & Team 12
Nov 15 Week 13	TBD	Team 15	TBD	Team 16		6 - evaluation
Nov 22	Break
Nov 29 Week 14	Project Presentations		Project Presentations			7 - final presentations
Dec 6 Week 15	Project Presentations		Final review (Wed only)			8 - final implement. (due M/T)
MW Final Exam: Dec 10, 7:00-9:00pm TTh Final Exam: Dec 15, 2:05-4:05pm