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 quite different from the rest of the university.
- The readings are due on the date noted.
- Required text: (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, Morgan Kaufmann / Elsevier, 2012.
- Optional texts: (none of the readings from these is
required, but these older books 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 times where the TAs will be available for office hours are shown on the staff page and in this Google Calendar.
- 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.
| Monday, October 22, 2012, and Wednesday, October 24, 2012 | No class, because we are running on the Tepper schedule. Tepper graduate courses start Oct 29, according to their schedule. |
Monday **SPECIAL ROOM** |
1. Why is UI Design Important and Why Is It Difficult?.
PowerPoint slides for
Lecture 1 Required Readings:
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| Wednesday October 31, 2012 |
2. Discovering what people can't tell you:
Contextual Inquiry and Design Methodology
PowerPoint slides for
Lecture 2 Required Readings:
Start on Homework 1. |
| Monday November 5, 2012 |
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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| Wednesday November 7, 2012 |
4. From Analysis to Design: Sketching and Prototyping
PowerPoint slides for
Lecture 4 Required Readings:
Start on Homework 2. |
| Monday November 12, 2012 |
5. Graphic and Interaction Design for User Interfaces PowerPoint slides for
Lecture 5 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 be introduced to interface and interaction design fundamentals as applied to visual interfaces, including use of design systems, typography, color, scale, ordering, hierarchy, and repetition. They will also gain an understanding of the design process for creating interface designs. |
| Wednesday November 14, 2012 |
6. How to Design a Good Usability Evaluation
PowerPoint slides for
Lecture 6 Required Readings:
Start on Homework 3. |
| Monday November 19, 2012 |
7. Implementing a Wireframe
Prototype: Overview of Using PowerPoint, Adobe
Illustrator, Adobe Fireworks, Balsamiq, OmniGraffle,
html, etc. PowerPoint slides for
Lecture 7
Start on Homework 4. |
| Wednesday November 21, 2012 |
(No class - University Holiday: Thanksgiving) |
| Monday November 26, 2012 |
8. Evaluation using Heuristic Analysis PowerPoint slides for
Lecture 8
Start on Homework 5. |
| Wednesday November 28, 2012 |
9. Usability Engineering Process
PowerPoint slides for
Lecture 9
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| Monday December 3, 2012 |
10. Designing for the Web
PowerPoint slides for
Lecture 10 Required Readings:
Start on Homework 6. |
| Wednesday December 5, 2012 |
11. International and Handheld User Interfaces
PowerPoint slides for
Lecture 11 Required Readings:
Course Evaluation day. Please fill out both:
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| Monday December 10, 2012 |
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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| Wednesday December 12, 2012 |
13: Guest lecture: Interaction Design: Perspective from a local professional
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| Either Fri, Dec. 14, 1 - 4pm in room 7500 Wean Hall, or Mon. Dec. 17, 2 – 5pm in Posner Hall 152 & 153 |
FINAL EXAM This class will have a final exam. It will be given twice, to accommodate both the "normal" and the Tepper calendars. Anyone can go to either exam time, and you do not need to let me know which one you will attend. Note that the last two lectures are after the official end of classes for "normal" courses so you don't want to leave before the evening of Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. |
