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CPE/CSC 484 User-Centered Interface Design and Development Winter 2005

CPE/CSC 484-W05 User-Centered Interface Design and Development Schedule

The following table provides an outline for the course schedule. Since this is the first time I'm teaching this course, the schedule is subject to changes, and some details will be provided as we go.

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Week Date Topic Keywords Readings Speaker Backup Speaker Lab Assignment Project Student Presentations Student Commentators 1 Jan 4 Introduction: Overview UCD and HCI User-Centered Design, Human-Computer Interaction [Preece, Rogers & Sharp, 2002] Ch. 1-2 Review of research with human subjects; work on Assignment 1 Assignment 1: Tools for UCD 2 Jan 11 Understanding User Interaction conceptual model, interface metaphor, interaction method [Preece, Rogers & Sharp, 2002] Ch. 2 continue work on Assignment 1 A1 Presentations 3 Jan 18 Cognitive Foundations; Collaboration and Communication; User Interfaces and Users [Preece, Rogers & Sharp, 2002] Ch. 3-5 Mary Somerville: Cal Poly Learning Commons completion Assignment 1; distribution Assignment 2: "Learning Commons" Storyboards identification of possible project topics A1 Presentations Assignment 1 Team Presentations 4 Jan 25 Interaction Design Process User Needs & Requirements [Preece, Rogers & Sharp, 2002] Ch. 6-7 work on Assignment 2; distribution Assignment 3: User Data Collection discussion of project topics Melissa Toy: Usability Evaluation of an existing company Web site 5 Feb 1 Designing and Prototyping User-Centered Approaches [Preece, Rogers & Sharp, 2002] Ch. 8-9 distribution Term Project A2 Presentations 6 Feb 8 Usability Evaluation Overview Usability Evaluation Framework [Preece, Rogers & Sharp, 2002] Ch. 10-11 distribution Assignment 4: Usability Evaluation topic selection term project project topics (informal) 7 Feb 15 Observing Users Asking Users and Experts [Preece, Rogers & Sharp, 2002] Ch. 12-13 presentations Assignment 3; A3 Presentations 8 Feb 22 Testing and Modeling Users [Preece, Rogers & Sharp, 2002] Ch. 14 alpha version term project project updates (informal) 9 Mar 1 Usability Evaluation in Practice [Preece, Rogers & Sharp, 2002] Ch. 15 beta version term project; check out the Interactive Heuristic Evaluation Toolkit Melissa Toy: Usability Evaluation of a redesigned company Web site (tentative); project updates (informal) 10 Mar 8 Final Project Presentations final presentations term project Final Project Presentations 11 Mar 15 Finals Week

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