| Tuesday | Thursday | Readings |
| 1/14: Course Overview | 1/16: Lecture: SBD Introduction Group project overview Preferences for class presentation slots are due before class today (send email to Beth Yost) |
UE, Ch. 1 |
| 1/21: Lecture: Requirements Analysis | 1/23: Requirements Analysis Homework 1:due at start of class Andrew Luck & Shannon Kern present homework solutions Video: "Requirements interview" (DIS 2002) In-Class Activity 1: Requirements Change |
UE, Ch. 2 |
| 1/28: Lecture: Activity Design
Before lecture, Seung Kim & Harish Hoon present examples of requirements tradeoffs |
1/30: Conceptual metaphor Homework 2: due at start of class Todd Thurheimer & Khang Le present homework solutions Video: "Lifestreams" (CHI 96) In-Class Activity 2: Metaphor brainstorming |
UE, Ch. 3 |
| 2/4: Lecture: Information Design
Before lecture, Christopher Cain & Robert LaPrelle present examples of activity tradeoffs Group Project Requirements Analysis Doc due today |
2/6: Visual perception and Web page design
Homework 3: due at start of class Justin Gawrilow & Peter Disessa present homework solutions Video: "Browsing graphs using fisheye view" (CHI 93) In-Class Activity 3: discuss Web page examples as a class (nothing to hand in) |
UE, Ch. 4 |
| 2/11: Lecture: Information Design
Before lecture, Richard Kim & Michael Link present examples of information design tradeoffs |
2/13: Information visualization Homework 4: due at start of class Video: "Hyperbolic Browser" (CHI 96) In-Class Activity 4:Project groups meet to discuss visualizations; one student from each group reports back to the whole class |
UE, Ch. 4 |
| 2/18: Lecture: Interaction Design
Video: "FilmFinder" (CHI 94) |
2/20: Interaction design Homework 5: due at start of class Matt Wonkovich & Matthew Silverthorn present homework solutions Video: "Digital Ink" (CHI 98) In-Class Activity 5: Project groups work on their user interface designs (nothing to hand in) |
UE, Ch. 5 |
| 2/25: Lecture: Interaction Design
Before lecture, Will Humphries & Jeffery Kuhn present examples of interaction design tradeoffs |
2/27: Mid-term Exam | UE, Ch. 5 |
| 3/4: SPRING BREAK | 3/6: SPRING BREAK | (none) |
| 3/11: Lecture: Prototyping (Note that Mid-term Exam make-up is at 8 am on 3/10 by prior arrangement only) Video: "Prototyping" (DIS 2002); "Suede" (CHI 2001) |
3/13: User Interface design Homework 6: due at start of class David Spencer & Graham Smith present homework solutions In-Class Activity 6:group redesign based on homeworks present redesigns |
UE, Ch. 1-5 |
| 3/18: Lecture: Usability Evaluation
Before lecture, Nipun Jawaurar & Gregory Brammer present examples of prototyping tradeoffs |
3/20: Homework 7: due at start of class John LaGuardia and TBA present homework solutions Videos: "Knowledge Navigator" (CHI 92);"Digital Scale" (CHI 97) In-Class Activity 7: Project groups work on prototyping plans for their project; one student from each group reports back to the whole class |
UE, Ch. 6 |
| 3/25: Mid-term exam discussed Video: "Toolglass and magic lenses" (CHI 94) Group Project UI Design doc is due today |
3/27: Usability evaluation Homework 8: due at start of class Video: "Walkthrough Evaluation of Electronic Post-Its" (DIS 2002) In-Class Activity 8: project groups draft a preliminary evaluation plan |
UE, Ch. 7 |
| 4/1: Lecture: Usability Evaluation
Before lecture, Eric Tressler & Justin Wienckowski present examples of evaluation tradeoffs |
4/3: Model-based evaluation Homework 9: due at start of class Brendan Macdonald & TBA present homework solutions In-Class Activity 9: use the digital watch models to drive an evaluation exercise (bring digital watches to class) |
UE, Ch. 7 |
| 4/8: Lecture: Emerging Paradigms
(guest lecturer: Beth Yost)
Video: "GUI w/ tablets, 2 hands, transparency" (CHI 97) |
4/10: Novel interaction techniques Video: "mediaBlocks" (CHI 99) In-Class Activity 10: Elaborating MOOsburg. One student from each group reports back to the whole class |
UE, Ch. 9 |
| 4/15: Lecture: Documentation design
Before lecture, Stephen Cooper & TBA present examples of emerging paradigms tradeoffs |
4/17: Documentation design Homework 10: due at start of class Jon Gasser & TBA present homework solutions Video: "QOC in action" (CHI 93) In-Class Activity 11: Project groups work on documentation design for their group project; one student from each group reports back to the whole class |
UE, Ch. 8 |
| 4/22: Project Presentations 1
Group 1: Michael Bennett, Mark Lawson |
4/24: Project Presentations 2 Group 8: Daniel Turner, Melanie Roberts Group 9: John Tan, John Archie Group 6: Michael Fulton, Scott Kim Group 11: Allen Kerr, Ross Andrews Group 12: Elisha Langhals, Matt McHugh Group 13: Craig Mackie, Jonathan Durr Group Project Usability Evaluation doc is due today |
(None) |
| 4/29: Discuss "usability in practice," careers in usability engineering, take questions about final exam, complete Course evaluation forms | 5/1: Reading Day | UE, Ch. 10 |
| Friday 5/2 (Finals week) | 10:05-12:05: Final Exam | UE, Ch. 6-10 |
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