17-770/46-863: Introduction to Human Computer Interaction for Technology Executives, Mini 1, Fall, 2006

Final Questionnaire

This is a brand new course. Please help us improve it!

To be filled out in class on October 12, 2006

    Topics

  1. Are there any topics we didn't cover that should be added next time the course is taught?




  2. Are there any topics that we covered that you would eliminate or spend less time on next time?





  3. Are they any topics we should spend more class time on next
    4. time?



    Lectures

  4. Please rate the lectures: (Circle appropriate number)
    5. Material Covered Too Fast  -3  -2  -1  0  1  2  3  Too Slow

	      Interesting   1  2  3  4  5  6  7  Boring
  5. Any constructive suggestions for improving the lectures?



  6. How was the guest lecture by Ellen Ayoob on Design?
    7. 	Good  1   2   3  4  5  6  7  Not Good
    Comments:



     
  7. How was the guest lecture by David Bishop from Maya?
    8. 	Good  1   2   3  4  5  6  7  Not Good
    Comments:

     

     

  8. How was the VB Tutorial presented in class by the TA:
    9. VB tutorial:  	  Good  1   2   3  4  5  6  7  Not Good
		Useful  1   2   3  4  5  6  7  Not Useful
    Comments:


     

    Homeworks

  9. Please rate the homeworks:
    10. 	    Valuable  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  Useless
	 Interesting  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  Boring
		Easy  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  Difficult
    Grading was fair  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  Unfair

    Comments on the Homeworks:

     

     

  10. Do you have recommendations on how to improve the homeworks?

    11.  

     

  11. Did you like using VB .Net as the language for the course? If not, what would you preferred that we used?





  12. Were there any of the UI techniques used in the homeworks (contextual inquiry, user studies, prototyping, heuristic analysis) that should be eliminated or changed next time?




    13. Texts and Readings

  13. How many of the required readings did you read?
    14.      All       Some      None
  14. How many of the recommended readings did you read?
    15.      All       Some      None
  15. Please rate the text books and readings:
    16. Beyer, H. and Holtzblatt, K., Contextual Design:
	    Valuable  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  Useless    8 Did not read/use
	 Interesting  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  Boring

    Jakob Nielsen. Usability Engineering
	    Valuable  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  Useless    8 Did not read/use
	 Interesting  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  Boring

    Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things
	    Valuable  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  Useless    8 Did not read/use
	 Interesting  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  Boring

    Other readings listed in the schedule
	    Valuable  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  Useless    8 Did not read/use
	 Interesting  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  Boring
    Comments on the text books and readings:




    General

  16. This class is supposed to take about 12 hours per week, including class time. Averaged over the whole course, how much time did you spend on the course each week including class time?  Should something be made longer or shorter?





  17. This course contained people with a large variety of programming skills. Do you feel that it was appropriate for people with programming skills at your level? If not, which level are you, and why not? Please recommend how it could be changed to be more appropriate.





  18. This is a required course for some of the Tepper students. Do you think it is appropriate as a required course? Why or Why not?





  19. Was this course what you were expecting? If not, please explain.





  20. What did you like best about the course? What did you like the least?





  21. Any other suggestions or comments?




Now, please go to http://www.cmu.edu/fce or the Tepper equivalent and fill out the official evaluation for this course!

Thank you very much for helping improve this course!