| Lec # | Date | Topic | Reading | Assignment (Due next time) | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1/13 | Introduction | | Read Wigdor and Balakrishnan, Tilt Text
Evaluate structure and content Identify design principles Experiment 6: Table for sums of powers of 2 Read John Canny on the future of HCI | |
| 2 | 1/20 | HCI research | Wigdor and Balakrishnan Canny | Read Bunt, Conati and McGrenere, Adaptive Support
Evaluate structure and content | Choose research topic and team (Due noon Monday) |
| 3 | 1/27 | Notations for actions GOMS models; interface widgets Research project | Bunt et al | To hand in: Perform a GOMS analysis of constructing the table of sums of powers of 2 | To hand in: Hypotheses, Independent and dependent variables IRB Form draft; Consent form draft; Bibliography from EndNote |
| 4 | 2/3 | GUEPs; Cognitive dimensions | | Read Edge and Blackwell, Cognitive Dimensions Tradeoffs in Tangible User Interface Design | Short presentation on research project Revise IRB form as necessary Add to bibliography |
| 5 | 2/10 | Research project presentations Task analysis iPod Example | Edge and Blackwell | To hand in: analysis of your two buttons | Continue working on experimental material Start writing background sections |
| 6 | 2/17 | Table creation (reprise) Tangible User Interfaces | | Read Thomas Claburn on perfect phones
Due next time: Complete experimental materials and IRB form | |
| 7 | 2/24 | Interface design: the Perfect Phone Laptop tracking Paper presentation guidelines | Claburn Young | Choose presentation topic and paper by Monday, 3/9 Choose top three perfect phone tasks by Monday, 3/9 | |
| | 3/3 | Spring Break | |||
| 8 | 3/10 | Interface design team meetings Submit preliminary design report | | Read Dix, Upside-Down A's and Algorithms | Progress Report 1 |
| 9 | 3/17 | Perfect phone interface presentations Interface evaluation: metrics and scoring Case Studies: websites; history systems | | Read Way and Barner, Automatic visual to tactile translation | |
| 10 | 3/24 | Dix on formal models The PIE Model Web form design | | Presenter: Prepare presentation following guidelines Listener: Prepare two probing questions for each of two papers | Progress Report 2 |
| 11 | 3/31 | Paper Presentations: Intelligent User Interfaces Discussion | | | |
| 12 | 4/7 | Paper Presentations: Computer Supported Collaborative Work Discussion Web form design (continued) | | | First Draft, Sections 1 and 2 |
| 13 | 4/14 | Paper Presentations: Participatory Design Interface evaluation | | | First Draft, Sections 3, 4, and 5 |
| 14 | 4/21 | | | ||
| 15 | 4/28 | Research Presentations | | | Final written report |
| | 5/5 | Final Exam | | | Poster abstract and design |