Nov 08 The study required for Midterm test #2 is available in section Tests below. The test will take place on Wednesday November 18 from 4:00 pm.
Oct 28 The handout for Project Part #2 is available in section Homework below. Deadline is Friday November 13 at 9 pm (by email).
Textbook
[Heim 2007] Heim, S., The Resonant Interface: HCI Foundations for Interaction Design, Addison-Wesley, 2007; ISBN 978-0321375964
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
Lecture 26 (Nov 25):
Lecture 27 (Nov 30): Additional reading presentations: 3. Devin and 4. Richard
Lecture 28 (Dec 02): Additional reading presentations: 5. Alex and 6. Jigar
Lecture 29 (Dec 07):
Homework
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