CS160 Lecture Topics
| Date | Topic | Readings | Assignment | Submit |
| 8/28/01 | Introduction+project overview (2M ppt) | |||
| 8/30/01 | History of HCI (870k ppt) | Licklider, Engelbart, Liddle (Handout) | ||
| 9/4/01 | Human-centered design (550k ppt) | Don Norman, Lewis & Rieman: CH 1 | ||
| 9/6/01 | Contextual inquiry (380k ppt) | Beyer & Holtzblatt Ch. 3&4 (Handout) | Project proposal | Individual project idea |
| 9/11/01 | Task analysis (300k ppt) | Dix et al: Ch 7 (Handout) | ||
| 9/13/01 | Informal prototyping (6M ppt) | Rettig: Prototyping for tiny fingers | Contextual Inquiry | Project proposal due |
| 9/18/01 | In-class project work | |||
| 9/20/01 | Sensori-motor models (400k ppt) | Raskin: Ch 4 (Handout) | ||
| 9/25/01 | Conceptual modeling and metaphors (500k ppt) | Preece: Ch 6&7 (Handout) | Lo-Fi/User testing | Contextual inquiry due |
| 9/27/01 | Heuristic evaluation (400k ppt) | Jacob Neilsen: Heuristic Evaluation | ||
| 10/2/01 | Interface toolkits (260k ppt) | Lewis & Rieman: Ch. 6 | ||
| 10/4/01 | Midterm | |||
| 10/9/01 | Interface toolkit details (2.4M ppt) | Hi-fi prototype | ||
| 10/11/01 | Graphic design (1.8MB ppt) | Kevin Mullet: Ch. 2 and 5 (Handout) | Keirsey test | Lo-Fi/User test write-up |
| 10/16/01 | Organizing and managing teams (100k ppt) | Katzenbach/Smith: The discipline of Teams | Keirsey test (email) | |
| 10/18/01 | Design patterns 1: home page (1.5Mppt) | VDLH: Ch. 2 & Ch. 11 | ||
| 10/23/01 | Design patterns 2: commercial site (2Mppt) | VDLH: Ch. 16 & Ch. 17 | ||
| 10/25/01 | Quantitative Evaluation Methods (1.4Mppt) | Nielsen: Ch 6
(Handout) Statistica Ch1, and parts of Ch3 |
Hi-fi prototype (Friday) | |
| 10/30/01 | Project prototype presentations | Project critiques | ||
| 11/01/01 | Qualitative Evaluation Methods (100k ppt) | Gomoll and Nicol | Heuristic evaluation | |
| 11/06/01 | Social psychology (300k ppt) | Kiesler: Ch 2 (Handout) | ||
| 11/08/01 | Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) (800k ppt) | Dourish et al. (Handout) | User testing | Heuristic evaluation of prototypes |
| 11/13/01 | Information design (250k ppt) | Schneiderman handout | ||
| 11/15/01 | Handling user errors (430k ppt) | Lewis and Norman (Handout) | ||
| 11/20/01 | Help and documentation (170k ppt) | Dix et al. Ch 12 (Handout) | User tests | |
| 11/22/01 | Thanksgiving holiday | |||
| 11/27/01 | Speech and multi-modal interfaces (650k ppt) | Oviatt et al. (Handout) | Final report | |
| 11/29/01 | Information visualization (900k ppt) | Schneiderman Ch 15 (Handout) | ||
| 12/04/01 | Project presentations | |||
| 12/06/01 | Project presentations | Project report (Friday) | ||
| 12/10/01 | Review session, 1pm | 405 Soda | ||
| 12/14/01 | Final exam, 5-8pm | 241 Cory Hall |
JCR Licklider "Man-Computer
Symbiosis" |
Doug Engelbart "Augmenting Human
Intellect: |
Don Norman "Want Human-Centered
Development? |