Information in this schedule will change as the term progresses. This version of the class schedule is a work in progress, but was last updated August 07. The dates and school holidays are correct for Fall 2009, but the topics and order of topics may change.
| Wk | Date | Topic | Reading | Slides (pdf) | Assignment |
| 1 | 8/17 | Introduction |
CH 5,6,7 | ||
| 8/19 | History & Frameworks | Start P0 | |||
| 8/21 | Video, DOET IRB Online Training |
DOET | CITI IRB Training | ||
| 2 | 8/24 | UCD Process | CH 1,2,3,4 | ||
| 8/26 | Usability Principles | P0 due, Start P1, Start H1 | |||
| 8/28 | Human Abilities 1 | CH 14 | |||
| 3 | 8/31 | Human Abilities 2 IRB & Ethics |
PDF |
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| 9/2 | Task Analysis Requirements Definition |
CH 13,15 Handbook Chapter |
H1 due | ||
| 9/4 | Introduction to Evaluation | CH 9 | |||
| 4 | 9/7 | No Class | School Holiday - Labor Day | ||
| 9/09 | Predictive Motor and Cognitive Models | CH 12; CMN paper; MacKenzie on Fitts' Law | |||
| 9/11 | ...cont'd | ||||
| 5 | 9/14 | Descriptive Cognitive Models | CH 12; Nardi paper | Start H2 | |
| 9/16 | Interaction Design #1 | CH 14,16 | P1 due, Start P2 | ||
| 9/18 | ...cont'd | ||||
| 6 | 9/21 | Design #2 | |||
| 9/23 | Errors | CH 11 | H2 due | ||
| 9/25 | ...cont'd | ||||
| 7 | 9/28 | EXAM | |||
| 9/30 | Project MIDTERM POSTER Presentation | ||||
| 10/2 | Prototyping | ||||
| 8 | 10/5 | No Class | Fall Break | ||
| 10/7 | Universal Design & Assistive Technology | CH 10 | P2 due, Start P3 | ||
| 10/09 | |||||
| 9 | 10/12 | Interaction Styles 1: WIMP | CH 8 | ||
| 10/14 | IS 2: Direct Manipulation | Start H3 | |||
| 10/16 | |||||
| 10 | 10/19 | Software to Build UIs (T) | CH 17 | ||
| 10/21 | Evaluation 1 (T) | CH 9 | |||
| 10/23 | Evaluation 2 (T) | H3 due, Start HW4 | |||
| 11 | 10/26 | ...cont' d | |||
| 10/28 | IS 4: Pen / PDA | ||||
| 10/30 | |||||
| 12 | 11/2 | IS 3: Nat. Language & Speech | CH 18 | P3 due, Start P4 | |
| 11/4 | Audio | ||||
| 11/6 | |||||
| 13 | 11/9 | Web | CH 21 | ||
| 11/11 | Help & Documentation | ||||
| 11/13 | Pervasive Computing | CH 20 | |||
| 14 | 11/16 | HW4 due | |||
| 11/18 | CSCW | CH 19 | |||
| 11/20 | Information Visualization | ||||
| 15 | 11/23 | ||||
| 11/25 | Agents | ||||
| 11/27 | No Class | Thanksgiving Break | |||
| 16 | 11/30 | Project Final Posters Presentation | Schedule on Project page | ||
| 12/2 | Project Final Posters Presentation | ||||
| 12/4 | Wrap-up and Review | P4 due Friday last day of classes at START OF CLASS | |||
| 17 | 12/09 | FINAL EXAM | Date: WED Dec 09, 2009, 3:00-6:00pm | Finals Schedule |