Human-Computer Interaction - Fall 07
Instructor: Juan Pablo Hourcade, 101L MacLean Hall, Office Hours: 1-2M, 11-12T, 2:30-3:30Th, or by appointment
Teaching Assistant: D. Ezra Sidran, 101N MacLean Hall
Location: 213 MacLean Hall
Schedule: 1:05-2:20, TTh


Announcements
There are a few books on reserve at the Mathematical Sciences Library that you may find useful during the course: Designing the User Interface by Ben Shneiderman and Catherine Plaisant; Designing Web Usability by Jakob Nielsen; The Art of Innovation by Tom Kelley, Jonathan Littman; Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi; Interaction Design by Jenny Preece, Yvonne Rogers, Helen Sharp; Universal Principles of Design by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler.

December 21, 12:00 noon: Final exam.

December 11, 13: Group presentations.

December 6: Hall of fame/shame by Victor Ondego. See slides

Announcement of Research Topics in HCI class see slides print slides

November 29, December 4, 6: Universal principles of design. Slides available on ICON.
Due: n/a Read: n/a Assigned: n/a Due dates: P3, 12/11

November 27: Hall of fame/shame by Sachin Chopra. See slides

November 27, 29: Cognition. Slides available on ICON.
Due: n/a Read: n/a Assigned: n/a Due dates: P3, 12/11

November 27: Hall of fame/shame by Yelena Mejova. See slides

November 15: Hall of fame/shame by Jesse Chen. See slides

November 15, 27: Interaction devices. Slides available on ICON.
Due: n/a Read: Ch. 9 Assigned: n/a Due dates: P3, 12/11

November 13: Hall of fame/shame by Andrea Mascher. See slides

November 8: Hall of fame/shame by Joseph Engler. See slides

November 8, 13, 15: Evaluation. Slides available on ICON.
Due: P2 Read: n/a Assigned: P3 Due dates: P3, 12/11

November 6, 8: Hall of fame/shame by Noah Abrahamson. See slides

November 6: Command languages. Slides available on ICON.
Due: n/a Read: Ch. 8 Assigned: n/a Due dates: P2, 11/8

November 1: Menus, forms and dialog boxes. Slides available on ICON.
Due: n/a Read: Ch. 7 Assigned: n/a Due dates: P2, 11/8

November 1: Hall of fame/shame by Nick Arnold. See slides

October 30: Hall of fame/shame by Justin Smestad. See slides

October 30: Hall of fame/shame by John Abdul-Masih. See slides

October 30: Direct manipulation, Menus, forms and dialog boxes. Slides available on ICON.
Due: n/a Read: Ch. 7 Assigned: n/a Due dates: P2, 11/8

October 23, 25, 29: Direct manipulation. Slides available on ICON.
Due: n/a Read: Ch. 6 Assigned: n/a Due dates: P2, 11/8

October 23: Hall of fame/shame by Peter Likarish. See slides

October 18: Hall of fame/shame by Dhruv Shukla. See slides

October 16: Midterm.

October 11: Hall of fame/shame by Justin Wodstrchill. See slides

October 11, 18, 23: GUI guidelines, principles and theories. Slides available on ICON.
Due: P1 Read: Ch. 2.1-2.4 Assigned: P2 Due dates: P1, 10/11

October 9: Hall of fame/shame by Cameron Littke.

October 9: Hall of fame/shame by Vani Muraka. See slides

October 9: Brainstorming activity. Slides available on ICON.
Due: n/a Read: n/a Assigned: n/a Due dates: P1, 10/11

October 4: Brainstorming. Slides available on ICON.
Due: n/a Read: n/a Assigned: n/a Due dates: P1, 10/11

October 4: Hall of fame/shame by Hetalben Patel. See slides

October 4: High fidelity prototyping. Slides available on ICON.
Due: n/a Read: n/a Assigned: n/a Due dates: P1, 10/11

October 2: Low fidelity prototyping activity. Slides available on ICON.
Due: n/a Read: n/a Assigned: n/a Due dates: P1, 10/11

October 2: Hall of fame/shame by Marcus Ernster. See slides

October 2: Hall of fame/shame by Liqun Li. See slides

September 27: Competitive assessments and low fidelity prototypes. Slides available on ICON.
Due: n/a Read: n/a Assigned: n/a Due dates: P1, 10/11

September 27: Hall of fame/shame by Matt Stults. See slides

September 25: Conceptual models. Slides available on ICON.
Due: n/a Read: n/a Assigned: n/a Due dates: P1, 10/11

September 20: Hall of fame/shame by Keith Jackowski. See slides

September 20: Observing users. Slides available on ICON.
Due: n/a Read: n/a Assigned: n/a Due dates: P1, 10/11

September 18: Hall of fame/shame by Chelsey Keller. See slides

September 18: Identifying needs and establishing requirements. Slides available on ICON.
Due: n/a Read: n/a Assigned: n/a Due dates: P1, 10/11

September 13: Hall of fame/shame by Si-Chi Chin. See slides

September 13: User centered design. Slides available on ICON.
Due: HW2, 9/13 Read: 3.5-9 Assigned: P1 Due dates: HW2, 9/13

September 11: Hall of fame/shame by Jason Bertram. See slides

September 6, 11: Interaction design process. Slides available on ICON.
Due: HW1, 9/6 Read: 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 Assigned: HW2 Due dates: HW1, 9/6

September 4, 6: Usability principles. Slides available on ICON.
Hall of fame/shame by Prof. Hourcade: see slides, print slides
Project options: see slides, print slides
Due: HW1 Read: Ch. 2.3.4 Assigned: n/a Due dates: HW1, 9/6

August 30: Usability and user experience. Slides available on ICON.
Due: n/a Read: Ch. 1.1-1.3 Assigned: HW1 Due dates: HW1, 9/6

August 28: Introduction to class. Slides available on ICON.
Due: n/a Read: n/a Assigned: n/a Due dates: n/a