CS 3724 (Somervell), Summer II 2003: 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. In most cases the class activities will lead to class participation credit. The UE chapters are required reading, as is familiarity with the online case studies. Activity days (Tuesdays and Thursdays) will also have readings associated with them. You will be required to know these materials on the associated activity day, which will be tested in the form of a short quiz.

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

6/29:

6/30: First day of classes. Introduction to course.
Reading: Chapter 1.

7/1: Activity 1. Scenario creation and claims extraction.
Reading: garden.com case on ucs.cs.vt.edu

7/2: Requirements.
Reading: Chapter 2.3

7/3: Activity 2. Claims analysis and mitigation.
Reading: "Visualization Strategies for the Design of Interactive Navigable 3-D Worlds" Interactions

7/4: No school due to Independence Day.

7/5

7/6:

7/7: Analyzing requirements.
Reading: Chapter 2.2-2.3.

7/8: Activity 3. Participatory Design.
Reading: Wilson article.

7/9: Activity Design.
Reading: Chapter 3-3.4

7/10: Activity 4. Metaphors and Aesthetics.
Reading: Phonewriter case on ucs.cs.vt.edu

7/11: Project discussion, domain, background.
Reading: none.

7/12

7/13: Project phase 1 due.
Problem scenario and claims.

7/14: Stages of Action.
Reading: Chapter 4.1, 5.0, DOET pp 45-53

7/15: Activity 5. Norman's stages of action
Reading: Table 5.1 in text, know how to invert colors in GIMP and Paint.

7/16: Information design
Reading: Chapter 4.1-4.4

7/17: Activity 6. Gestalt and Squint Test
Reading: Gestalt principles.

7/18: Information design 2
Reading: Chapter 4.1-4.4

7/19

7/20: Project phase 2 due.
Activity and Information Scenarios and Claims.

7/21: Interaction design
Reading: Chapter 5.1-5.3

7/22: Activity 7. Affordances and Fitt's Law.
Reading: Virtual School Project

7/23: Prototyping
Reading: Chapter 6.1-6.2, 6.5

7/24: Activity 8 [part 1]. Storyboarding.
Reading: None.

7/25: Activity 8 [part 2]. Storyboarding.
Reading: Wunderkammer paper.

7/26

7/27: Project phase 3 due.
Interaction design and prototypes.

7/28: Analytical Evaluation
Reading: Chapter 7.1-7.2

7/29: Activity 9. Cognitive Walkthrough.
Reading: Cognitive Walkthrough .

7/30: Emperical Evaluation
Reading: Chapter 7.3

7/31: Activity 10. Controlled Lab Study.
Reading: Hypothetico deductive method.

8/1: Oral presentations: evaluation methods.
Reading: None.

8/2

8/3:

8/4: Organizational HCI, management buy-in
Reading: Chapter 10.1-10.2

8/5: Activity 11. Claims mitigation.
Reading: Wunderkammer article.

8/6: Project Presentations.
Final project reports due.

8/7: Review for Final Exam, class evaluations. Attendence required.

8/8: No class. Final exams.

8/9: FINAL EXAM at 8:00 AM. Final exam is scheduled for 2 hours.