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 . The dates and school holidays are correct for Fall 2014, but the topics and order of topics may change.
| Wk | Date | Topic | Reading | Slides (pdf) | Assignment |
| 1 | 18-Aug | Introduction & Class Overview | ID 1, 2 | PDF"); ?> | |
| 20-Aug | History | PDF"); ?> | Start P0 | ||
| 22-Aug | Theory of Interdisciplinary Teams: Structure and Formation | PDF"); ?> | |||
| 2 | 25-Aug(T) | Frameworks IRB Online Training |
DOET (Optional) | PDF"); ?> | CITI IRB Training |
| 27-Aug(T) | UCD Process | UYU 1, 2, 3 | PDF"); ?> | ||
| 29-Aug | Usability Principles, Some Examples | PDF"); ?> | P0 due, Start P1 | ||
| 3 | 1-Sep | No Class | School Holiday - Labor Day | ||
| 3-Sep | Know Your User - Abilities 1, Universal Design | ID 3 | PDF"); ?> | Start H1 | |
| 5-Sep | Team Brainstorming | PDF"); ?> | |||
| 4 | 8-Sep | Human Abilities 2 | PDF"); ?> | ||
| 10-Sep | Requirements Definition Task Analysis |
UYU 4, 5, 6 Handbook Chapter |
PDF"); ?> | H1 due | |
| 12-Sep(T) | Requirements Definition: Interviews & Surveys | ID 7, 8, 9, 10; UYU 7, 8 | PDF"); ?> | ||
| 5 | 15-Sep | Requirements Definition: Needs Analysis & Focus Groups | UYU 9, 12 | PDF"); ?> | Start H2 |
| 17-Sep(T) | Evaluation 1: Predictive Motor & Cognitive Models | ID 15; CMN paper; MacKenzie on Fitts' Law | PDF"); ?> PDF"); ?> | P1 due, Start P2 | |
| 19-Sep(T) | Evaluation 2: Descriptive Models | Nardi paper | PDF"); ?> | ||
| 6 | 22-Sep | Design 1 | ID 11 | PDF"); ?> | |
| 24-Sep | Design 2 | ||||
| 26-Sep | Design 3 | H2 due | |||
| 7 | 29-Sep | Project POSTER Session | |||
| 1-Oct | Prototyping | PDF"); ?> | |||
| 3-Oct | EXAM | ||||
| 8 | 6-Oct | Interaction Styles: WIMP , Gestures/Touch, Direct Manipulation/VR/AR, Speech | ID 6; LAZAR CH6 | PDF"); ?> | P2 due, Start P3 |
| 8-Oct | Interaction Styles, cont'd | LAZAR CH14, LAZAR CH17 | |||
| 10-Oct | Interaction Styles, cont'd | ||||
| 9 | 13-Oct | No Class | Fall Break | ||
| 15-Oct | Universal Design & Assistive Technology: Accommodations, Mods, Customizations | PDF"); ?> | Start H3 | ||
| 17-Oct | Software to Build UIs | PDF"); ?> | |||
| 10 | 20-Oct(T) | Evaluation 1 | ID 12, 13, 14 | PDF"); ?> | |
| 22-Oct(T) | Evaluation 2 | ||||
| 24-Oct | Evaluation 3 | H3 due, Start HW4 | |||
| 11 | 27-Oct | Evaluation 4 - Special populations, circumstances | Lazar, Heng & Hochheiser CH14 & CH15 | PDF"); ?> | |
| 29-Oct(T) | Errors | PDF"); ?> | |||
| 31-Oct(T) | Help & Documentation | Denon Manual | PDF"); ?> | ||
| 12 | 3-Nov | Audio 1 | Nees & Walker 2009 | PDF"); ?> | P3 due, Start P4 |
| 5-Nov | Audio 2 | Nees & Walker 2011 | |||
| 7-Nov | Mobile/Ubicomp Issues 1 | PDF"); ?> | |||
| 13 | 10-Nov | Mobile/Ubicomp Issues 2 | |||
| 12-Nov | Affect and Emotion 1 | ID 5 | PDF"); ?> | ||
| 14-Nov | Affect and Emotion 2 | ||||
| 14 | 17-Nov | Data Analysis, Synthesis, Interpretation | PDF"); ?> | HW4 due | |
| 19-Nov | Data Presentation, Use in Iterative Design | UYU 14 | PDF"); ?> | ||
| 21-Nov | Information Visualization | PDF"); ?> | |||
| 15 | 24-Nov | CSCW and Technology for Teams | ID 4; LAZAR CH8 | PDF"); ?> | |
| 26-Nov | International(ization) Issues | LAZAR CH18 | PDF"); ?> | ||
| 28-Nov | No Class | Thanksgiving Break | |||
| 16 | 1-Dec | Project Final POSTER Session | Schedule on Project page | ||
| 3-Dec | Project Final POSTER Session | ||||
| 5-Dec | Course Wrap-up and Review | PDF"); ?> PDF"); ?> | P4 due Friday last day of classes at NOON | ||
| 17 | 12-Dec | FINAL EXAM | Date: FRIDAY Dec 12, 2014, 3:00-6:00pm | Finals Schedule |