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Course Outline and Assignment Due-Date Calendar
Project assignments, with corresponding deliverables and dates for their completion are given below. These dates are firm, with at least the upfront expectation that there will be no extensions or exceptions. It is nearly impossible to slip dates and still get it all done in the semester.
Class notes: This is a pdf version of the entire set of class notes. It contains handouts for the same PowerPoint presentations I will use in class. This is the major source of content and discussion for the course. You can print it all at once, or one unit at a time (by printing the appropriate page range), or you can download the file onto a pen drive and take it to the copy center of your choice for printing.
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Week #
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Day
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Date
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Topic
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Class notes |
Text
Chapters |
Project Assignment / Due Date
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# Weeks
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1
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Tu
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8/22
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Introduction, demographic survey, Life Cycle |
1: Intro, p. 1,
2: Life cycle, p. 8 |
1 & 4
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-
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Th
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8/24
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Life Cycle, Systems Analysis, product concept statement |
3: Systems analysis,
p. 16 |
5
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-
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-
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2
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Tu
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8/29
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Systems Analysis, exercises |
-
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-
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-
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-
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Th
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8/31
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Systems Analysis, exercises, show & tell |
-
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5
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NOTE: Project 1 due date changed. The Project 1 deliverable is now due by midnight this Friday (September 1). Send it to Partha, our GTA, at: ppyla@vt.edu, as a Word document attached to an email message. He will print it out, grade it over the weekend, and return it to you on the following Tuesday, to put in your project binder. |
1.5
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3
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Tu
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9/5
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Systems Analysis, exercises, show & tell |
4: Design, p. 47
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-
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-
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Th
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9/7
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Design |
5: Usability specs,
p. 71 |
8
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-
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-
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4
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Tu
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9/12
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Benchmark Tasks, Usability Specifications |
-
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-
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-
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-
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Th
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9/14
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Usability specifications exercise, show & tell (optional) Rapid Prototyping |
6: Rapid prototyping,
p. 93 |
9
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2.0
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5
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Tu
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9/19
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Introduce RP exercise, Rapid Prototyping exercise |
-
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-
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-
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-
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Th
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9/21
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Usability evaluation (Intro) |
7: Evaluation intro,
p. 108 8: Evaluation before, p. 115 9: Evaluation during, p. 131 |
10
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-
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-
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6
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Tu
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9/26
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Usability evaluation (During data collection) Critical incident training exercise (individual) |
-
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-
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-
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Th
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9/28
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Camtasia screen recording demo Introduce team kiosk data collection exercise Introduce NY Ticket Kiosk demo and exercise |
-
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2.0
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7
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Tu
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10/3
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Data collection team exercise |
-
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-
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-
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-
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Th
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10/5
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Usability evaluation (After data collection) |
10: Evaluation after,
p. 142 |
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-
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-
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8
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Tu
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10/10
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Complete data analysis (after data collection) team exercise In-class exercise Kiosk RP & evaluation show & tell |
-
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-
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Homework #1 due |
-
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Th
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10/12
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Concrete motivational examples User Action Framework, design guidelines (1-23) |
11: Guidelines, p. 158 |
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- |
-
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9
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Tu
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10/17
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User Action Framework, design guidelines (24-36) |
- |
2
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Project 4: High-Fidelity Prototype and Usability Specifications Help SE people with integration |
2.5
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Th
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10/19
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Open, no class |
- |
-
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Help SE people with integration |
-
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10
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Tu
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10/24
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User Action Framework, design guidelines (37-55) |
12: Guidelines exercises, p. 186 13: Usability inspection, p. 192 |
-
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Help SE people with integration 6:30 PM: Deadline for team (outside) project prototype grading (detailed task-driven demos) with GTA |
-
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Th
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10/26
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Usability guidelines exercises Limitations of design guidelines Usability Inspection Web usability |
14: Web usability, |
-
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Homework #2 due Help SE people with integration |
-
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11
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Tu
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10/31
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Web usability Usability problem analysis Introduction to the UAF |
- |
-
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Help SE people with integration |
-
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Th
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11/2
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UAF walk-through Usability designs & problem analysis |
15: Usability Problem Analysis, p.217 Sample usability problems for diagnosis in class (please print and bring to class) |
-
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Project 5: Formative Usability Evaluation Help SE people with integration |
2.5
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12
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Tu
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11/7
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Usability designs & problem analysis |
17: Wrap up, p.225 |
-
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Help SE people with integration |
-
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Th
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11/9
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Usability designs & problem analysis |
- |
-
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- |
-
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13
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Tu
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11/14
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Usability designs & problem analysis Wrap up |
-
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-
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-
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-
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Th
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11/16
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Human-to-human communication |
16: Human-to-Human Communication, p.223 |
-
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Project 6: Design Iteration (fully integrated with functionality) |
2.0
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Thanksgiving Break Week - Enjoy your turkey, cheeseburger,
tofu, or wherever!!
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14
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Tu
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11/28
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Review and Faculty Evaluation (attendance required) |
- |
12
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-
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Th
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11/30
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Joint CS/ISE5714 and CS 5704 Symposium, oral presentations: 2 - 5 PM, KW II, Room 110 |
- |
-
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Project 8: Oral presentations
(Symposium)
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-
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15
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Tu
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12/5
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No class |
-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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12/11
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7:45 AM: Final Exam (14T) |
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