cs3724:  Introduction to HCI

Professor:

Steve Harrison
510 McBryde Hall
Office Hours:  MW 1:20-2:20pm, 3:50-4:50pm

Chris North
634 McBryde Hall
Office Hours:  MW 3:00-5:00pm

Jacob Somervell
jsomerve@cs.vt.edu
Office Hours:  MW 9:00-11:00am, 104 McBryde Hall, or by appointment.

Kibum Kim
kikim@vt.edu
Office Hours:  TTh 9:30-11:30am, 3160A Torgerson, or by appointment.

• Syllabus
• Lecture notes and code examples
• Schedule
• Grades
• Listserv: CS3724 FORUM 

• Usability Engineering book case studies
• Nielsen's 10 heuristics
• Research and Evaluation
• Information Visualization demos

(tentative schedule)

• Readings:  Usability Engineering chapters announced in class
• Presentation   5%:   schedule (North),   schedule (Harrison)
• Homework   30%
  • Homework #1   (5%)   due: Jan.28 (Harrison), Jan.29 (North)
  • Homework #2   (5%)   due: Feb.4 (Harrison), Feb.5 (North)
  • Homework #3   (5%)   due: Feb.18 (Harrison), Feb.19 (North)
  • Homework #4   (5%)   due: Mar.17 (Harrison), Mar.18 (North)
  • Homework #5   (5%)   due: Mar.25
  • Homework #6   (5%)   due: Apr.14 (Harrison), Apr.15 (North)
• Project   40%:
  • Teams and topics   (0%):   project topics,   teams(Harrison),  teams(North)
  • Requirements   (10%)   due: Feb.11 in class (Harrison), Feb.12 (North)
  • Formative analysis and design   (25%)   due: Mar.3 in class (Harrison), Mar.4 (North)
  • Interim presentation   (5%)   due: Mar.15 - 18
  • Prototype implementation   (10%)   due: Apr.5 - 8
  • Summative evaluation   (15%)   due: Apr.21 in class (Harrison), Apr.22 (North)
  • Final presentation   (10%)   (due Multiple Days) Harrison presentation schedule North presentation schedule
  • Final implementation   (25%)   due: May.3 in class (Harrison), May.4 (North)
• Midterm Exam   10%   (Feb 25)
• Final Exam   15%   2:05-4:05pm, May 10 at McB 126 (Harrison), 7:00-9:00pm, May 08 at McB 209 (North)
• The final exam review document