| Week |
Dates |
Topics |
Readings |
Group Meeting and Project Deliverables |
| 1 |
September 3 |
Course Introduction |
Skim through Preece, Chapter 1 |
none |
| |
| 2 |
Sept 8, 10 |
Project Preparation |
The Design of Everyday Things
Browse Wikipedia article on cognitive science. |
none |
| |
| 3 |
Sept 15, 17 |
Foundations of HCI: Human Psychology and Design Psychology |
Preece, Chapter 10 |
Groups and ideas completed.
Schedule TA meeting. |
| |
| 4 |
Sept 22, 24 |
User- and Task-Centered Design |
1. TCUID Chapters 1 and 2.
2. Preece pps. 578-582
3. Apprenticing with the Customer
|
Project proposals and user visit plans |
| |
| 5 |
Sept 29, Oct 1 |
Design and Prototyping
Interaction styles, Visual design, Low fidelity prototypes |
1. Preece, Chapter 11
2. Skim through Preece, Chapter 6
3. Prototyping for Tiny Fingers |
User visit reports; Task analysis |
| |
| 6 |
Oct 6, 8 |
Initial Prototype Reviews
- Monday, Oct 6, 9:30 - 11:00
- Wednesday, Oct 8 , 9:30 - 11:00
- Friday, Oct 10, 9:30 - 11:00
Times to be confirmed
|
Personas: Practice and Theory
|
Initial Paper Prototypes |
| |
| 7 |
Oct 13, 15 |
Introduction to evaluation
Cognitive walkthroughs |
1. TCUID Chapter 4.
2. Preece, 15.3 |
Scenarios for User Tasks, Personas |
| |
| 8 |
Oct 20, 22 |
Heuristic Evaluation
UI Implementation: Concepts and Toolkits |
1. Preece, Chapter 15.2
2. Jakob Nielsen on heuristic evaluation
3. Olsen Chapter 1
4. Skim through Olsen Chapter 9 |
Final Paper Prototype, Rationale |
| |
| 9 |
Oct 27, 29 |
No Class Meetings
Usability Lab Visit and Activities:
- Monday, Oct 27, 9:00 - 11:00
- Wednesday, Oct 29, 9:30 - 11:30
- Thursday, Oct 30, 9:30 - 11:30
| Preece, Chapters 12 and 14 |
Cognitive Walkthrough
Evaluation Report |
| |
| 10 |
Nov 3, 5 |
More on Evaluation with Users |
TBA |
Individual Heuristic EvaluationHeuristic Evaluation Report |
| |
| 11 |
Nov 10, 12 |
Advanced Topics |
TBA |
Prototype Plans |
| 12 |
Nov 17, 19 |
Wednesday, Nov 19th. EXAM
|
TBA |
Coded Prototype, Plans for User Testing |
| |
| 13 |
Nov 24, 26 |
UI Software and Technology
|
Principles of Interactive Systems: Chapters 1 and 21 |
User Evaluations and Reports |
| |
| 14 |
Dec 1, 3 |
Advanced Topics.
Course Wrap up |
TBA |
Prioritized Change List, Plans for Presentation |
| |
| 15 |
Dec 8, 10 |
No class meetings this week. The Open House project presentations will be on Wednesday, December
10th from 6:30pm to 9:00pm. |
None |
Presentation; Final Implementation, Code and Documentation; Final report; Retrospective |
