Course Schedule

Tentative and subject to change during the semester.


Date

Topics & Readings

Assignments

Lectures
(slides)

Practice

Research

Due

Start

Week 1
9/7

Overview of HCI and course. Human Subjects Protection (covered in class).

 

T1 and
Human Subjects Protection Training

Week 2
9/14

Interaction Design (PSR CH1). Data Gathering (PSR CH7: pp 226-243). Interviews (Patton, on blackboard. Focus on pp427-428, 439-442, 444-474)

Lab: Interviewing.

 

Human Subjects Protection Training

I1

Week 3
9/21

Interaction Design (PSR CH9). Identifying the Problem Space (PSR 2.1-2.2: pp 37-41) How to Read a Research Paper.
New Urban Mechanics presentation.

Action Research

I1 (Interviews)
** DUE 9/21, 6pm

T1 (Background Research)
** DUE 9/25, 11:59pm

T2

Week 4
9/28

Cognition (PSR CH3). Data Analysis (PSR Ch8.6; Holtzblatt on Blackboard).

Week 5
10/5

Personas & Goals (CRC Ch3)

Lab: Data Analysis.

T3

Week 6
10/12

Establishing Requirements (PSR CH10).
CRC Ch 4 (Scenarios)

Optional: HTML5 or other Web UI tutorial.

E-Government

T2 (Interviews)
**DUE 10/12 @ 6pm

T4, I2

Week 7
10/19

IDEO Brainstorming Rules
Design, Prototyping & Construction (PSR CH11).
Rettig (on Blackboard).
Rubin & Chisnell Ch 9 on Blackboard.

Design: Paper Prototyping

Week 8
10/26

Design Frameworks (CRC pp119-134). Platforms, posture & metaphors (CRC Ch9 & 13).
Lab: UI Design.

T3 (Affinity Diagram, Persona & Design Ideation)
**DUE 10/27 @ 11:59pm

Week 9
11/2

Interfaces (PSR CH6). Visual Design (CRC Ch 17, 19--especially pp507-553)

MS Modern Design

 HCI Theory: Experience

Orchestration, flow & excise (CRC Chs 11 & 12).

HCI Research as Problem Solving

I2 (UI Critique)
** DUE 11/9 by 6pm

 T5 and I3

Week 11
11/16

Evaluation Part 1 -- Introduction & Usability Testing w/users (PSR CH 13&14).

Lab: Design a user testing plan

From Research to Product

T4 (Concept Selection, Paper Prototype & Evaluation)
**DUE 11/16 by 6pm

 T6

Week 12
11/23

No class: Thanksgiving break.

I3 (UI Design)
** DUE 11/22 by 11:59pm

Week 13
11/30

Expert evaluations (PSR CH15; Nielsen Ch 5 on Blackboard).

Lab: Heuristic evaluation.

Week 14
12/7

 Final project presentations

T5(Final Presentation) **DUE 12/7, by 6pm

Sunday, 12/11 Final report and interface due 11:59 PM  

T6 (Final prototype & report)

  

Course content is tentative and may change during the semester.  Students will be notified of such changes.