CS3724 Calendar

CS 3724, Fall 2005: Course Calendar

The classes alternate between traditional lecture and group-based class activities. The lectures are 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, as is familiarity with the online case studies.


Week	Tuesday Class	Thursday Class	Readings
Aug 23/25	Lecture: Course Overview and Introduction Syllabus, procedures, project survey	Demos: Analyzing UI usability Lecture: Introduction to SBD	UE, Ch. 1
Aug 30/Sept 1	Lecture: Requirements Analysis Groups out	Activity 1 Phase 1 out	UE, Ch. 2
Sept 6/8	Lecture: Activity Design	Activity 2	UE, Ch. 3
Sept 13/15	Lecture: Information Design	Activity 3	UE, Ch. 4
Sept 20/22	Lecture: Information Design	Activity 4 Phase 1 due Phase 2 out	UE, Ch. 4
Sept 27/29	Lecture: Interaction Design	Lecture: Interaction Design	UE, Ch. 5
Oct 4/6	Activity 5 and Mid-term review	MID-TERM EXAM	UE, Ch. 5
Oct 11/13	Lecture: Prototyping	Activity 6 Phase 2 due Phase 3 out	UE, Ch. 6
Oct 18/20	Lecture: Evaluation	Activity 7	UE, Ch. 7
Oct 25/27	Lecture: Evaluation	Activity 8 Excel file for activity 8	UE, Ch. 7
Nov 1/3	Lecture: Emerging Paradigms Phase 3 due Phase 4 out	Activity 9	UE, Ch. 9
Nov 8/10	Lecture: HCI in the real world (Justin Belcher)	Activity 10	NONE
Nov 15/17	Lecture: Documentation	Activity 11 Phase 4 due Phase 5 out	UE, Ch. 8
Nov 29/Dec 1	NO CLASS Work on project presentations and reports	Project Presentations	---
Dec 6/8	Project Presentations Phase 5 due December 7 (Wed), 11:59 PM	Reading Day (no class)	---
Dec. 14	FINAL EXAM, 2:05-4:05 PM, McBryde 216