Schedule and Readings
- The schedule and assignments are tentative and subject to change. Check back here often!
- We are using the Tepper calendar; note that the start and end dates for classes is somewhat different from the rest of the university.
- The readings are due on the date noted.
- Required text: (note: you will be given a free copy
of this book;
see note about this new text!):
- Hartson-Pyla text: H. Rex Hartson and Pardha S. Pyla, The UX Book: Process and Guidelines for Ensuring a Quality User Experience, to be published by Morgan Kaufmann / Elsevier in 2011 or 2012.
- Optional texts: (none of the readings from these is
required, but these are excellent to have if you are
interested in this topic)
- CD Text = Beyer, H. and Holtzblatt, K., Contextual Design
- Nielsen Text = Jakob Nielsen. "Usability Engineering". Boston: Academic Press, Inc. 1993. ISBN 0-12-518406-9 (paperback) or ISBN 0-12-518405-0 (hardcover).
- Norman book = Donald A. Norman, "The Design of Everyday Things". New edition: Basic Books, 2002, ISDN 0-465-06710-7
- PowerPoint slides will be posted at least a day before the lecture.
- VPN Note: Access to the ACM Digital Library (for the papers and guest lectures) is restricted to only those on a CMU machine. Use VPN if you are at home, or you can get a password from the instructor. For VPN, here are the instructions for SCS, or here are the general CMU instructions.
- The course is being videotaped, and videos of the lectures will be posted here the day following the lecture. Here is the table of contents of all course videos for the course.
- The course syllabus is available here, and the full list of homeworks is available here.
This is an version of the course. Please go to the 2012 page instead!
| Wednesday October 26, 2011 |
1. Why is UI Design Important and Why Is It Difficult?.
PowerPoint slides for
Lecture 1 Required Readings:
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| Monday October 31, 2011 |
2. Discovering what people can't tell you:
Contextual Inquiry and Design Methodology
PowerPoint slides for Lecture 2 Required Readings:
Start on Homework 1. |
| Wednesday November 2, 2011 |
3. Contextual Analysis/Design Methodology, cont.
PowerPoint slides for Lecture 3
Movie (88.5 MB) for in-class CI demonstration (mpeg file)
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| Monday November 7, 2011 |
4. From Analysis to Design: Sketching and Prototyping
PowerPoint slides for Lecture 4 Required Readings:
Start on Homework 2. |
| Wednesday November 9, 2011 |
5. How to design a good user study
PowerPoint slides for Lecture 5 Required Readings:
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| Monday November 14, 2011 |
6. Usability Engineering Process
PowerPoint slides for Lecture 6 Required Readings:
Start on Homework 3. |
| Wednesday November 16, 2011 |
7. Implementing a Wireframe Prototype: Overview of Using PowerPoint, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Fireworks, Balsamiq, OmniGraffle, html, etc.
PowerPoint slides for Lecture 7 Required Readings:
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| Monday November 21, 2011 |
8. Evaluation using Heuristic Analysis
PowerPoint slides for Lecture 8 Required Readings:
Start on Homework 4. |
| Wednesday November 23, 2011 |
(No class - University Holiday: Thanksgiving) |
| Monday November 28, 2011 |
9. Graphic and Interaction Design for User Interfaces
PDF of slides for Lecture 9 Required Readings:
An interface is the link between a user and a product that communicates how a product will be used and creates an experience for the people who will use it. Interaction design is the process of creating and defining product behavior, encompassing both usability and aesthetic dimensions of an artifact, service, or environment.In this lecture, we will explore issues that pertain to the design of interfaces. Students will become proficient in interface and interaction design fundamentals as applied to visual interfaces, including use of design systems, typography, color, scale, ordering, hierarchy, and repetition. In understand the design process for creating interface designs. Turn in Homework 4. Start on Homework 5. |
| Wednesday November 30, 2011 |
10. Designing for the Web
PowerPoint slides for Lecture 10 Required Readings:
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| Monday December 5, 2011 |
11. International and Handheld User Interfaces
PowerPoint slides for Lecture 11 Required Readings:
Start on Homework 6. |
| Wednesday December 7, 2011 |
12. Other HCI Methods:
Cultural Probes, Diary Studies, Card Sorting, "Body
Storming", Keystroke Model, "Speed
Dating", Cognitive Walkthroughs, Cognitive Dimensions, etc.
PowerPoint slides for Lecture 12 Required Readings:
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| Monday December 12, 2011 |
13: Guest lecture: Interaction Design: Perspective from a local professional
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| Wednesday December 14, 2011 |
14: Novel interaction techniques and interfaces for new devices
PowerPoint slides for Lecture 14 (last day of class) |
| Thursday Dec. 15,
8:30am-11:30am in Scaife Hall (SH) 125; and Monday, Dec. 19, 1:30pm, Tepper Rm:
146 |
FINAL EXAM |
