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Nov 23: The handouts for Project Part 3 (all students) and Paper (CS 620 students only) are available in section Homework below. Deadlines are indicated there as well.

Textbook

[Heim 2007] Heim, S., The Resonant Interface: HCI Foundations for Interaction Design, Addison-Wesley, 2007; ISBN 978-0321375964

Teaching team

Instructor: Dr. Sergiu Dascalu
Teaching Assistants: Zack Norcross, MS student and Muhanna Muhanna, PhD candidate.

Lectures

Lecture 01 (Aug 24): Course syllabus: PowerPoint presentation and pdf handout
Lecture 02 (Aug 26): Students' introductions and video clips from CHI-2005
Lecture 03 (Aug 31): Chapter 1: Interaction Paradigms
Lecture 04 (Sep 02): Chapter 1: Interaction Paradigms (continued)
Lecture 05 (Sep 09): Chapter 2: Interaction Frameworks and Styles
Lecture 06 (Sep 14): Chapter 3: Interaction Design Processes
Lecture 07 (Sep 16): Chapter 4: Discovery
Lecture 08 (Sep 21): Chapter 4: Discovery (continued) and drawing for presentation order
Lecture 09 (Sep 23): Chapter 5: Design
Lecture 10 (Sep 28): Chapter 5: Design (continued)
Lecture 11 (Sep 30): Preparation presentations, test, project
Lecture 12 (Oct 05): Chapter 6 - Design Principles, presented by Justin, Nathaniel, and Jigar
Lecture 13 (Oct 07): Chapter 8 - Usability Testing, presented by Bugra, Kellen, and Katie
Lecture 14 (Oct 12): Chapter 9 - Color, presented by Darrell, Jeff N, and Akilan
Lecture 15 (Oct 14): Midterm #1
Lecture 16 (Oct 19): Chapter 10 - Interface components, presented by Kurt, Brian, and Johnny
Lecture 17 (Oct 21): Presentation [ppt] by Richard Kelley on RO-MAN Japan and Project preparation
Lecture 18 (Oct 26): Chapter 11 - Icons, presented by Richard, Devin, and Evander
Lecture 19 (Oct 28): Chapter 12 - Text, presented by Alex, Jeff F., and David
Lecture 20 (Nov 02): Chapter 13 - Speech and Hearing, presented by John, James, and Aaron
Lecture 21 (Nov 04): Other HCI Resources, Technologies, and Research [ppt]
Lecture 22 (Nov 09): On project part 2 and midterm 2
Lecture 23 (Nov 16): Appendix C: Input /Output Devices
Lecture 24 (Nov 18): Midterm #2
Lecture 25 (Nov 23): Additional reading presentations: 1. Bugra and 2. Akilan; also, Notes on BS in CSE proposal [ppt]
Lecture 26 (Nov 25): Project part 3 preparation
Lecture 27 (Nov 30): Additional reading presentations: 3. Devin and 4. Jigar
Lecture 28 (Dec 02): Additional reading presentations: 5. Alex and 6. Richard
Lecture 29 (Dec 07): Project demos, as follows:

Tuesday Dec 08

  • 04:00 pm Team 05

    Wednesday Dec 09

  • 11:00 am Team 03
  • 11:45 am Team 01
  • 03:00 pm Team 02
  • 04:00 pm Team 10
  • 05:00 pm Team 08

    Thursday Dec 10

  • 12:00 pm Team 07
  • 02:00 pm Team 04
  • 03:00 pm Team 06
  • 05:00 pm Team 09

    Homework

    Paper [CS 620 only]: [pdf]. Due Tuesday December 15 at 9:00 pm (by email).
    Project 3: [pdf]. Demos on December 9 and 10, deliverable due on Friday December 11 at 9:00 pm (by email).
    Project 2: [pdf]. Due Friday November 13 at 9:00 pm (by email).
    Project 1: [pdf]. Due Friday October 23 at 9:00 pm (by email).
    Assignment 3: [pdf]. Due Friday October 9 at 9:00 pm (by email).
    Assignment 2: [pdf]. Due Friday September 25 at 9:00 pm (by email).
    Assignment 1: [pdf]. Due Tuesday September 15 at 9:00 pm (by email).

    Tests

    Midterm #2: Wednesday November 18, at 4:00 pm (FA-253). Study required is indicated here. A sample test is available here.
    Midterm #1: Wednesday October 14 at 4:00 pm (FA-253). Study required is indicated here. A sample test is available here.

    Project groups

    Team One
  • Students: Katie Ceglia, Devin Connell, Alex Redei
  • Project: iLearn
    Team Two
  • Students: Darrell Bernardo, Jeff Fiddler
  • Project: Overwhelmed - Advanced Personal Task Manager
    Team Three
  • Students: Justin Lewis, Aaron Pena
  • Project: Night in Question (N.I.Q)
    Team Four
  • Students: Richard Kelley, Nathaniel Janca
  • Project: Building the Curtain: Constructing an Interface for Wizard of Oz Experiments with a Humanoid Robot
    Team Five
  • Students: Jigar Patel, David Rocovits
  • Project: SOELA - Software Engineering Lab Website at UNR
    Team Six
  • Students: Akilan Velmurugan, Evander Jo
  • Project: School File Manager
    Team Seven
  • Students: Bugra Oktay, Kurt Dukatz
  • Project: Securit-Eat
    Team Eight
  • Students: James Arthur, Brian McNeill
  • Project: LocalEntertainment.com
    Team Nine
  • Students: Jeff Naruchitparames, Johnny Kim
  • Project: A WebCT Replacement
    Team Ten
  • Students: Kellen Dale, John Man
  • Project: Western Wine

    Additional readings (CS 620 students)

  • Jigar: Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steven Krug
  • Alex: The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
  • Akilan: User Interface Design for Programmers by Joel Spolsky
  • Richard: Emotional Design by Don Norman
  • Devin: Leonardo's Laptop by Ben Shneiderman
  • Bugra: Persuasive Technology by B.J. Fogg

    Selected video clips