CS 465   -    PRINCIPLES OF USER-INTERFACE DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, AND EVALUATION

Course Syllabus

Supplemental Readings

Note:  Assignments should be emailed to Tony Bergstrom (abergst2) by midnight before the day listed in the syllabus. They should be in html or pdf format.

All homeworks may be accessed at: http://social.cs.uiuc.edu/class/cs465/assignments

 

Week 1	W   August 27	Introduction [pdf] Course Requirements.  Books.  Projects. Assignment: Read the Donald Norman book, The Design of Everyday Things for Wednesdays class       Complete Homework 1 - Take 10 pictures around the Siebel      Center that are not designed for intuitive use      Submit these photographs with caption (pdf or html) to      abergst2@cs.uiuc.edu
	F   August 29	What is HCI.  History of HCI [pdf] Origins of HCI More Project Discussion
Week 2	W September 3	Principles of Design, Reaction Time and Motor Skills [pdf] Task Centered User Interface Design Go over Homework 1 Assignment: Read Chapters 0, 1, 2, and 3  in TCUID Homework 2	Homework 1 Due
	F   September 5	Perception and Cognition [pdf] Group project discussions Read Chapters 1-4 in ID Note: Project proposals due Monday September 8
Week 3	W  September 10	Color for Graphic Design, Information Visualization [pdf] Secial Color pdf: [pdf] Read Chapters 5,6 in ID	Homework 2 Due
	F   September 12	Augmented and Physical Interfaces  [pdf] Assignment:  Homework 3
Week 4	W September 17	Wall Interfaces (cont), Mobile Interfaces [pdf] Assignment: Read : Prototyping for Tiny Fingers by Marc Rettig	Homework 3 Due Please have Chapters 5 and 6 read by  now!
	F   September 19	Affective Interfaces, User and Task Analysis, Contextual Inquiry [pdf] Assignment:  Read: Ch.8 of ID Homework 4	Proposal Rewrites Due
Week 5	W  September 24	Heuristic Evaluation, Cognitive Walkthrough [pdf] Assignment: Read: Chapters 4,5, and 6 in TCUID Read: Ch. 9 of packet # 3 Read Ch. 10 and 13 of ID Read: Ch. 14 of ID	Homework 4 Due
	F   September 26	Low-fidelity Prototyping,  In-class work [pdf] Homework 2 returned  Assignment: Read: Chapters 8 in ID
Week 6	W October 1	GOMs and Action Analysis, In-class work [pdf]	Heuristic, Cognitive Walkthrough evaluations due
	F   October 3	User Interface Tools,  Windows and Events, UI Controls and Layout [pdf] Go over Homework 3	Scenario and low-fidelity prototype of project due
Week 7	W  October 8	Midterm Review Go over Homework 4
	F   October 10	MIDTERM
Week 8	W October 15	In-Class work Comments on proposals. Assignment: Read Chapter 7 and 8 ID
	F   October 17	Conducting Interviews, Writing Surveys [pdf] Assignment: Look over chapters 4 and 5 from TCUID again. Read Chapter 11 and 12 from ID Homework 5
Week 9	W  October 22	Designing for Collaboration, Communication [pdf] Assignment: Read Chapters 5 ,6 (again) and 15 in ID
	F   October 24	Focus of attention, Multimodal Interfaces, Handheld Devices Homework 5 due
Week 10	W October 29	Present interactive project implementations	First interactive project implementation due
	F   October 31	Continue Project Presentations, In-class work
Week 11	W  November 5	The Face in the Interface, Trust [pdf]
	F   November 7	In-class work
Week 12	W November 12	Designing for the Web [pdf]
	F   November 14	In-class work	Second interactive project implementation due
Week 13	W  November 19	Privacy, Ethics, Writing a Paper [pdf] On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research Minding your Practices: Exposure and Anonymity in Social Network Data by Caroline Haythornthwaite Privacy and Security from Internet Ethics, ed. Duncan Langford	Interview Questionnaires Due
	F   November 21	In-class evaluations
Week 14	W November 26	Thanksgiving Break (no class)
	F   November 28	Thanksgiving Break (no class)
Week 15	W  December 3	In-class work
	F   December 5	In-class work	User evaluations due
Week 16	W December 10	Final Project Presentations	Submit Project
		Final Papers are due December 17	Submit Final Report Submit Group and Peer Evaluations