CS160 Lecture Topics

Date Topic Readings Assignment Submit
1/18/06 Introduction+project overview(pdf) (ppt) Course outline     
1/23/06 History of HCI (ppt) (pdf slides) (printable pdf) Licklider, Engelbart, Liddle Project proposal   
1/25/06 Human-centered design (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Don Norman, Lewis & Rieman: Ch 1     Project proposal due
1/30/06 Contextual inquiry (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Beyer & Holtzblatt Ch. 3 Contextual Inquiry    
2/1/06 Human learning (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) NRC learning report Ch 3        
2/6/06 Learning technologies (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) NRC report Ch9, Laurillard Ch 10         
2/8/06 Informal prototyping (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Rettig: Prototyping for tiny fingers Low-fi prototype Contextual Inquiry due 
2/13/06 Evaluation of prototypes (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Gomoll and Nicol, Jacob Nielsen        
2/15/06 Managing teams (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Katzenbach/Smith        
2/22/06 Cognitive models (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Preece: Ch 6&7      Low-fi due
2/27/06 Midterm (in class)          
3/1/06 Graphic design (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Mullet and Sano: Ch. 2 and 5 Interactive prototype   
3/6/06 Interface toolkits/platforms (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Lewis & Rieman: Ch. 6        
3/8/06 Model-view controller (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf)              
3/13/06 Sensori-motor models (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Card, Moran, Newell: (Ch 2)        
3/15/06 Project prototype presentations      HE of prototypes Interactive proto. due
3/20/06 Project prototype presentations              
3/22/06 Design patterns (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) VDLH: Ch. 2 & Ch. 11        
4/3/06 Quantitative Evaluation Methods (ppt) (pdf) (prt) Statistica Ch1, and parts of Ch3 Pilot usability study HE of prototypes due
4/5/06 Social Psych./Brainstorming (ppt) (pdf) (prt pdf) Kiesler: Ch 2        
4/10/06 Computer-Supported Cooperative. Work (ppt) (pdf) (prt) Baecker et al. CSCW        
4/12/06 Handling user errors (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Lewis and Norman (Handout)               
4/17/06 Help and documentation (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Dix et al. Ch 12 (Handout) Final report Pilot usability due  
4/19/06 Information design and viz. (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf) Schneiderman Ch 15 (Handout)         
4/24/06 Speech and multi-modal interfaces(pdf) (ppt) Oviatt et al. (Handout)       
4/26/06 Learning Environments (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf)        
5/1/06 Big Ideas from the course (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf)     Performance Report    
5/3/06 Project presentations       Report & prototype due
5/8/06 Project presentations        Final presentation due
5/13/04 Final exam, 5-8pm