CS 3041 - Human Computer Interaction - D11

A Point of View for the Course:

User-Based Psychological Analysis of Computer Software

The User's Bill of Rights

Ready, Get Set ...

• Early in the course read this from Sun, about Page design and redesign, Icon design, and Useability Testing. There may be a question about this on an exam.


• Early in the course read this from IBM, about web page design based on user expectations. There may be a question about this on an exam.

General Information: Key Information, including: Contacts, Grading, Books, Due dates. Class Schedule Course content & notes Course map Course outcomes Related Courses Example Principles & Guidelines: Selected Universal Principles of Design TOG's First Principles of Interaction Design 100 Interface Design Guidelines	Projects: Overview of Projects Project 1 - mixture   (evaluation scheme ) Project 2 - experiment   ( evaluation scheme ) Project 3 - design         (evaluation scheme )         (groups )         (presentations )         (group eval ) Project 4 - program  (evaluation scheme )
Videos: Video: "Creating a well designed user interface", by Tandy Trower Summary of Contents Collected HCI videos	Extra Fun: Embassy English The Power of Shift Guide to Error Messages Error Message Haiku Microsoft Messages I just can't take it anymore! Tech Call (We're not normal) 25 Real Weird Error Messages Real Human Interface Fatal error buddy! by Alan Cooper.
Web Resources: A large collection of web based resources for the course are available that cover HCI, Interface Guidelines, unusual interfaces, Visual Basic, web page development, etc.