CS160 Lecture Topics

Date Topic Readings Assignment Submit
8/30/04 Introduction+project overview(pdf) (ppt) Course outline     
9/1/04 History of HCI (ppt) (pdf slides) (printable pdf) Licklider, Engelbart, Liddle Project proposal   
9/8/04 Human-centered design (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Don Norman, Lewis & Rieman: Ch 1     Project proposal due
9/13/04 Contextual inquiry (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Beyer & Holtzblatt Ch. 3 Contextual Inquiry    
9/15/04 Human learning (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) NRC learning report Ch 3        
9/20/04 Learning technologies (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) NRC report Ch9, Laurillard Ch 10         
9/22/04 Informal prototyping (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Rettig: Prototyping for tiny fingers Low-fi prototype Contextual Inquiry due 
9/27/04 Evaluation of prototypes (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Gomoll and Nicol, Jacob Nielsen        
9/29/04 Managing teams (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Katzenbach/Smith        
10/4/04 Cognitive models (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Preece: Ch 6&7      Low-fi due
10/6/04 Midterm (in class)          
10/11/04 Graphic design (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Mullet and Sano: Ch. 2 and 5 Interactive prototype   
10/13/04 Interface toolkits/platforms (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Lewis & Rieman: Ch. 6        
10/18/04 Model-view controller (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf)              
10/20/04 Sensori-motor models (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Card, Moran, Newell: (Ch 2)        
10/25/04 Project prototype presentations      HE of prototypes Interactive proto. due
10/27/04 Project prototype presentations              
11/1/04 Design patterns (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) VDLH: Ch. 2 & Ch. 11        
11/3/04 Quantitative Evaluation Methods (ppt) (pdf) (prt) Statistica Ch1, and parts of Ch3 Pilot usability study HE of prototypes due
11/8/04 Social Psych./Brainstorming (ppt) (pdf) (prt pdf) Kiesler: Ch 2        
11/10/04 Computer-Supported Cooperative. Work (ppt) (pdf) (prt) Baecker et al. CSCW        
11/15/04 Handling user errors (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Lewis and Norman (Handout)               
11/17/04 Help and documentation (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Dix et al. Ch 12 (Handout) Final report Pilot usability due  
11/22/04 Information design and viz. (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Schneiderman Ch 15 (Handout)         
11/24/04 Speech and multi-modal interfaces(pdf) (ppt) Oviatt et al. (Handout)       
11/29/04 Learning Environments (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf)        
12/1/04 Big Ideas from the course (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf)     Performance Report    
12/6/04 Project presentations       Report & prototype due
12/8/04 Project presentations        Final presentation due
12/8/04 Review session, 4-5pm 320 Soda      
12/9/04 Review session, 10-11am Wozniak lounge                
12/20/04 Final exam 8-11am in 105 Northgate