Schedule
Lecture slides will be posted after class.
Some dates are tentative. The schedule will be updated as the semester progresses...
| WEEK | DAY | Lectures & Examples | Topic & Reading | Assignments |
| 1 | Sep 01 | Introduction to Course | Assignment 0 | |
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| Sep 05 | Our first class Lecture |
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| 2 | Sep 08 | Lecture | Usability User Analysis Task Analysis |
Assignment 1 Read "user testing" articles (in reverse order) on Discussion page |
| Sep 10 | Drop/Add ends Lecture |
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| Sep 12 | Lecture | |||
| 3 | Sep 15 | Lecture | Contextual Design, Human Capabilities | Read "Contextual Design" and post comment on Discussion page Read electronic voting and Secrets articles and post a comment on Discussion page |
| Sep 17 | Lecture | |||
| Sep 19 | Lecture | |||
| 4 | Sep 22 | Lecture | Human Capabilities Usability Guidelines Designing, Prototypes |
Read "What do Prototypes Prototype?" article and post a comment on Discussion page Read "Now Preening on Your Coffee Table" and "Google User Experience" and post a comment on Discussion page |
| Sep 24 | Lecture | |||
| Sep 26 | Lecture | |||
| 5 | Sep 29 | Lecture | Prototypes, Graphical Design Skills Topic: Project preparation |
Due Friday: Project Deliverable 0: scope, schedule |
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| Oct 03 | Lecture | |||
| 6 | Oct 06 | Lecture | Graphic Design Skills Topic: Reviewing |
Poster Reviews Wed - Project Status Reports, Journal |
| Oct 08 | Lecture | |||
Oct 10 |
Reading Days |
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| 7 | Oct 13 | Lecture | Information Visualization Designing Interfaces, by Jennifer Tidwell Skills Topic: Latex, Bibtex, |
Reviewing Papers Fri - Project Status Reports, Journal |
| Oct 15 | Lecture | |||
| Oct 17 | Lecture | |||
| 8 | Oct 20 | Lecture | Information Visualization Skills Topic: Latex, Bibtex, Unix Permissions |
Fri - Project Status Reports, Journal |
| Oct 22 | Lecture | |||
| Oct 24 | Lecture | |||
| 9 | Oct 27 | Lecture | Information Visualization | |
| Oct 29 | Project work day | |||
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| 10 | Nov 03 | Lecture | CSCW Skills Topic: Version Control |
Fri - Project Status Reports, Journal Information Visualization Analysis |
| Nov 05 | Version Control | |||
| Nov 07 | Lecture | |||
| 11 | Nov 10 | Lecture | Evaluation, Heuristics Skills Topic: Intermediate UNIX Tools, Bash Scripts |
Fri - Project Status Reports, Journal |
| Nov 12 | Lecture | |||
| Nov 14 | Lecture | |||
| 12 | Nov 17 | Lecture | User Testing, Social Software | |
| Nov 19 | Lecture | |||
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Nov 24 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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Nov 26 |
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Nov 28 |
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| 13 | Dec 01 | The Future of HCI: Social Software, Accessibility Course Evaluations |
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| Dec 03 | Lecture | |||
| Dec 05 | Last day of classes | |||
Dec 08 |
Final Exam Week |
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Dec 10 |
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Dec 12 |
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Parts of lecture slides from Scott Klemmer and from MIT OpenCourseWare