Week	Date	Topic	Reading (Chapters in text)	Project Assignment / Due Date
1	19 January	Introduction [ Lecture Notes ] Motivation for HCI Terminology, concepts User Interaction Life Cycle Activities [ Lecture Notes ] Relationship of interaction design to software design Development methodologies LUCID introduction [ Lecture Notes ]	1 3 LUCID material on Web
2	26 January	LUCID Stage 1: Envision [ Lecture Notes ] Product concept, user classes, usability goals, constraints, high-level tasks/functionality UI roadmap	2.4.1
3	2 February	LUCID Stage 2: Analyze [ Lecture Notes ] User class characteristics Requirements gathering User task analysis Usage scenarios	3.5, 2.4.2, 3.7	2 February - Project 0: Getting started
4	9 February	LUCID Stage 3: Design [ Lecture Notes ] Metaphor/model, navigation, screen layout and visual design	3.6	11 February - Project 1: Product concept
5	16 February	LUCID Stage 3: Design Low fidelity prototype User Interaction Design Guidelines, UAF [ Lecture Notes - part 1] [ Lecture Notes - part 2]	3.6	16 February - Homework 1
6	23 February	User Interaction Design Guidelines, UAF, Web design	2, 11	25 February - Project 2: User task analysis
7	2 March	LUCID Stage 3: Design Usability inspection [ In-class exercises ]	2, 11
	2 March	MID TERM EXAM		MID TERM EXAM
8	9 March	SPRING BREAK
9	16 March	LUCID Stage 4: Refine [ Lecture Notes ] Benchmark task design User-based evaluation [ Sample Forms ]	4
10	23 March	LUCID Stage 4: Refine User-based evaluation Iterative redesign based on evaluation results	4	23 March - Project 3: Design and prototype
11	30 March	Theories and Principles	2
12	6 April	Interaction Styles Direct manipulation Virtual environments [ VE Lecture Notes ] Hypermedia WWW	6, 16
13	13 April	TBA		13 April - Project 4: Usability evaluation
14	20 April	Project presentations		20 & 22 April - Project 5: Presentation 20 April - Homework 2
15	27 April	Project presentations		27 & 29 April - Project 5: Presentation 29 April - Homework 3
16	4 May	Review, wrap up
	7 May	FINAL EXAM, 7:45 A.M		FINAL EXAM