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Apr 22: The handout for Project P3 is available in section Homework below. Demos will be held on May 2, 3, or 4 (as scheduled below), deadline for submitting documentation is Thursday May 5, 2011 at 8:00 pm.

Textbook

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

Lectures

Lecture 01 (Jan 19): Course syllabus [ppt] and [doc]
Lecture 02 (Jan 24): Students' introductions; Examples of poor designs from www.baddesigns.com; and videos from CHI-2005
Lecture 03 (Jan 26): Invited speaker, Mr. L. Wimbley; and more on Interaction Design through videos
Lecture 04 (Jan 31): Individual assignment preparation
Lecture 05 (Feb 02): Chapter 1 Interaction Paradigms
Lecture 06 (Feb 07): An Interaction Analysis Framework
Lecture 07 (Feb 09): Chapter 1 Interaction Paradigms [continued]
Lecture 08 (Feb 14): Chapter 2 Interaction Styles
Lecture 09 (Feb 16): Class cancelled (instructor sick)
Lecture 10 (Feb 23): Chapter 2 Interaction Styles [continued]
Lecture 11 (Feb 28): Chapter 3 Interaction Design Process
Lecture 12 (Mar 02): Chapter 4 Discovery
Lecture 13 (Mar 07): Chapter 4 Discovery [continued]
Lecture 14 (Mar 09): Chapter 4 Discovery [continued]
Lecture 15 (Mar 21): Midterm #1 [pdf]
Lecture 16 (Mar 23): Chapter 5 Design [ppt]
Lecture 17 (Mar 28): Chapter 5 Design (continued) and Project preparation
Lecture 18 (Mar 30): Chapter 6 Design Principles presented by: Travis, Cat, Nathan, Rui [ppt]
Lecture 19 (Apr 04): Chapter 9 Color presented by: Anne, Peter, Josiah, Rakib [ppt]
Lecture 20 (Apr 06): Chapter 10 Interface components presented by: Andrew, Kim, Paul, John [ppt]
Lecture 21 (Apr 11): Chapter 11 Icons presented by: Nitish, Spencer, Warren, Nolan [ppt]
Lecture 22 (Apr 13): Chapter 12 Text presented by: Parth, Steve, Abba [ppt]
Lecture 23 (Apr 18): Presentation Steve Komarov on his undergraduate HCI research
Lecture 24 (Apr 20): Midterm #2
Lecture 25 (Apr 25): IxD videos and on Usability Testing
Lecture 26 (Apr 27): Individual project preparation
Lecture 27 (May 02-04): Project demos as follows:

MONDAY May 02:
  • 12:00 pm Team 01
  • 01:00 pm Team 10
  • 02:00 pm Team 08
  • 05:30 pm Team 04

    TUESDAY May 03:
  • 02:00 pm Team 09
  • 03:00 pm Team 06
  • 04:00 pm Team 05

    WEDNESDAY May 04:
  • 10:00 pm Team 02
  • 11:00 pm Team 03
  • 12:00 pm Team 07

    Homework

    Project 3: [word]. Deadline is Thursday May 5 at 8:00 pm.
    Project 2: [word]. Deadline (extended) is Thursday April 14 at 5:00 pm.
    Project 1: [word]. Deadline is Thursday March 10 at 8:00 pm.
    Assignment 2: [word]. Deadline is Friday February 11 at 8:00 pm.
    Assignment 1: [word]. Deadline is Tuesday February 1 at 9:00 pm.

    Tests

    Midterm #2: Wednesday April 20 at 2:30 pm (DMS-105). Study required is indicated [here].
    Midterm #1: Monday March 7 at 2:30 pm (DMS-105). Study required is indicated here. A sample test is available here.

    Project Teams

    Team One: Anne, Paul
  • Project: Holographic Education
  • Demo: Monday May 2 at 12:00 pm

    Team Two: Abba, Nolan
  • Project: AirKaraoke
  • Demo: Wednesday May 4 at 10:00 am

    Team Three: Cat, Andrew
  • Project: Grocery List with barcode Scanner
  • Demo: Wednesday May 4 at 11:00 am

    Team Four: Rui, John
  • Project: KidQuiz
  • Demo: Monday May 2 at 5:30 pm

    Team Five: Rakib, Parth
  • Project: Vacation Scheduler
  • Demo: Tuesday May 3 at 4:00 pm

    Team Six: Peter, Travis
  • Project: Group Scheduler
  • Demo: Tuesday May 3 at 3:00 pm

    Team Seven: Nitish, Nathan
  • Project: projectBase
  • Demo: Wednesday May 4 at 12:00 pm

    Team Eight: Kim, Warren
  • Project: Cooking Device
  • Demo: Monday May 2 at 2:00 pm

    Team Nine: Josiah, Spencer
  • Project: Aviation Operations Display
  • Demo: Tuesday May 3 at 2:00 pm

    Team Ten: Steve
  • Project: Adapatation of NCCP Web Interface to Small-Screen Devices
  • Demo: Monday May 2 at 1:00 pm

    Pointers

  • Nevada Governor's Cup 2011.
  • Zack Norcross' Group Selector