CS 5714 -- Usability Engineering

Professor

Scott McCrickard
mccricks@cs.vt.edu
623 McBryde Hall
Office Hours: MW 2:15-3:30 or by appointment

Teaching Assistant

Iype Isac
iisac@vt.edu
133 McBryde
Office Hours: T 4-6, Th 3-5

Required Text

Mary Beth Rosson and John M. Carroll, Usability Engineering: Scenario-Based Development of Human-Computer Interaction, Morgan Kaufmann.

Course Description

From the course catalog: Design and evaluation of effective user interfaces, beginning with principles for designing the product. Development process for user interaction separate from interactive software development. Development process includes iterative life cycle management, systems analysis, design, usability specifications, design representation techniques, prototyping, formative user-based evaluation. Integrative and cross-disciplinary approach with main emphasis on usability methods and the user interaction development process. Cross listed as ISE 5714. (3H,3C).

Resources

The listserv will be the primary way to exchange information outside of class. Announcements will be sent to the listserv, and summaries from in-class events should be sent to the listserv.

A full syllabus (this document) will be maintained on the class Web page. Information about lectures, assignments, and exams will be added to the class Web page throughout the quarter. Lecture notes will be linked to the Course Topics section of the page. Assignments and exam review materials will be linked to the Assignment and Exam Due Dates section. Friday activities are listed on the activities page. Ongoing class projects are listed on the project ideas page. Note that all of the information in the syllabus is subject to change.

Listserv: CS5714_15109@LISTSERV.VT.EDU

Web page: http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs5714/spring2002/

List of class members

 

Final Grades: http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs5714/spring2002/grades.htm

Course Topics