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CS3041 - Human Factors in Computer Systems - A07

Schedule

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Version: Mon Aug 27 20:26:32 EDT 2007

Class Date Video
Clips
Bloop Read
Chapter
Topics Assign
Project
Project
Due
Notes
1 R 23 Aug -- -- -- Reverse Eng. P1 -- {page} {slides}
2 F 24 Aug Engelbart -- 1 Intro. to HCI. -- -- --
3 M 27 Aug Card 1 2 Models of Design. -- -- {slides}
4 T 28 Aug Mott 28 3 HCI tasks & Metrics. -- -- --
5 R 30 Aug Tesler 6 4 Human diversity. -- -- --
6 F 31 Aug Atkinson 45 5 Perception, Memory, Cognition. P2,P3,P4 P1 due --
- M 3 Sep -- -- -- -- -- -- Labor Day
7 T 4 Sep -- 53 6 Personality & culture
Make sure to read the class notes as well as the information they link to: including the articles in "interactions".
-- -- DCB away:
CLASS CANCELLED
8 R 6 Sep Bradley 11 8 Theories intro. & user models. -- -- DCB away:
Prof. C. Rich lectures
9 F 7 Sep Verplank 16 9 GOMS, keystroke model, 7 stages. -- -- DCB away:
Prof. C. Wills lectures
10 M 10 Sep Ratzlaff 22 10 Feedback, consistency, synt. & sem. Kn. -- P4 - Rough Design P3 groups assigned
11 T 11 Sep Ellenby 35 11 User analysis, task analysis. -- -- --
12 R 13 Sep Hawkins 26 12 Interaction styles; Rules & principles. -- -- --
13 F 14 Sep Keely 25 13 Usability metrics. ** -- P2 due --
14 M 17 Sep Haitani 9 -- Menus intro. -- -- --
15 T 18 Sep -- Pontiac -- Exam 1. -- -- {Sample Exam Qs}
16 R 20 Sep Boyle 18 14 Menus. -- -- --
17 F 21 Sep Liddle 24 16 Fillin forms. -- P3 - User & Task analysis --
18 M 24 Sep Hunter 15 17 Commands. -- -- --
19 T 25 Sep Sakai 33 20 Command naming experiment. -- P4 - XML File Input --
20 R 27 Sep Kelley 49 21 Natural Lang. & Direct manip. -- -- --
21 F 28 Sep Mercer 54 22 Icon design. -- P3 - Rough Design --
22 M 1 Oct Gordon 41 23 Device evaluation. -- -- --
23 T 2 Oct Boyle 3 25 Keyboards. -- P4 due --
24 R 4 Oct Laurel 5 26 Color & Error msgs. -- -- Course evaluation forms
25 F 5 Oct -- -- -- Trower Video (Exam Review!) -- -- TA evaluation forms
26 M 8 Oct -- -- -- Exam 2. -- P3 Group eval forms due.
Self Assessment forms completed.
{Sample Exam Qs}
27 T 9 Oct -- -- -- Group Presentations. -- P3 due Present & evaluate P3
28 R 11 Oct -- -- -- Group Presentations. -- -- Present & evaluate P3
Class Date Video Bloop Chapter Topics Assign Due Notes



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